Our mission is to support children and young people facing a life-threatening cancer diagnosis.
As a national charity, we are committed to providing comprehensive support to young cancer patients and their families, fostering an environment where each moment matters and is filled with memories, comfort, and connection.
We do this by working directly with young cancer patients aged 0 – 25, families, hospitals and hospices across the UK.
We provide memory making opportunities in the form of cash gifts, memory and sibling boxes, activity boxes and personalised keepsakes for families to treasure.
Dine. Dance. Do good!
Date: 11th October 2025
Venue: The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Join us for a night of glamour, fundraising, and living life to its fullest!
Every ticket includes:
3-course meal & prosecco reception
Tombola | Silent Auction | Live Auction
Live Entertainment | Dancing
Corporate table bookings include the above as well as the following:
Wine at the table, special thank-yous to the host, and brand recognition for each business with a full table.
We provide young people with terminal cancer, the opportunity to make memories that they and their family can cherish. Amongst hospital visits, feeling poorly and anxiety about what is to come, we want to brighten their day by allowing them to do whatever it is that they enjoy the most.
We want to enable these young patients to spend quality time with the people who matter while giving them a sense of control over their lives and normality amongst the chaos.
We have supported a range of things such as shopping sprees in a toy store, sweet sixteenth parties, a first and only smart suit and tie, personal firework displays, family outings, weddings, blessings and opportunities to say thank you.
We help to create hand-made personalised keepsakes, for example:
* A memory box filled with activities that help a young patient concentrate on their lives and loved ones, rather than their disease.
* Glass hearts engraved with handwritten messages, for example a verse from a song or a favourite saying.
* Hand casting kits for families to create their own meaningful moment that can be painted or cast in bronze.
We provide activity boxes for young patients with cancer to use during periods of treatment. These are sent to hospitals throughout the country to provide a creative focus and essential distraction during hospital stays.
We are currently enhancing new Sibling Boxes. The contents will offer a talking point for the family to prepare for what lies ahead and give an opportunity for siblings to ask those difficult questions surrounding death and dying.
We know you care about improving the lives of children and young people living with cancer as much as we do. If you want to become part of our force for change, there has never been a better time.
There are so many ways to get involved in your local area, even from the comfort of your own home. Whether it’s through volunteering, donating, or creating a fundraising event, any contribution you can make to our cause will have a real and immediate impact on a patient with terminal cancer.
We’re delighted to share that Dragonfly Cancer Trust is now officially recognised as a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1)
The Disability Confident scheme is a UK Government initiative that helps employers make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace. It gives organisations the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain, and develop disabled people.
For us, this means:
Actively seeking to attract applications from disabled candidates
Making our recruitment process as inclusive and accessible as possible
Supporting existing employees with any additional needs
Committing to ongoing learning and improvement to be an inclusive workplace
No matter the size of an organisation, being part of the Disability Confident scheme ensures that valuable skills and experience are not overlooked, and that everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
We’re proud to play our part in building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities.
