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: 12th October 2026
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.
Today (April 1) marks the first day of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month (TYACAM) – an opportunity for charities and the young people we support to come together and raise awareness.
Around 2,300 young people aged 15-24 are diagnosed with cancer each year and have to face the huge impact of its treatment, while already juggling the unique challenges that this age group faces.
This year marks the fourth year of TYACAM, with 22 charities joining forces to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer in teenagers and young adults (TYA) and the issues they face. We’ll also be sharing how we, as individual organisations and as a collective, support young people with cancer.
Importantly, TYACAM represents an opportunity to support young people to share their experiences and ensure their voices are heard.
Abby Maxwell, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma aged 22 in 2023, said: “I believe that giving young people with cancer a voice is important to empowering us and in helping expand knowledge and understanding of the differences in our journeys compared to those who are older.
“It will also, hopefully, educate GPs to reduce the delays in diagnosis and educate healthcare professionals about the different needs we have.”
Ashley Ball-Gamble, Chief Executive at CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association and Chair of the Children and Young People’s Cancer Coalition, said: “As Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month continues to grow, it allows us to further raise awareness of the unique issues young people face when diagnosed with cancer. “In April, we want to give young people with cancer the opportunity to share their experiences and be assured that they are being heard – and to know that together, we are all working toward a better future.“By giving them a platform to share their experiences and insight, charities, healthcare professionals, policy makers and the general public can all learn from what they have to say.“Giving young people a voice and making sure they’re heard before, during and after treatment is vital to ensuring they receive the care and support that they not only need but deserve.”
The charities supporting Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month 2026 are CCLG: The Children’s & Young People’s Cancer Association, Bone Cancer Research Trust, Cancer
Research UK, Candlelighters, Children with Cancer UK, Dragonfly Cancer Trust, Ella Dawson Foundation, Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, Grace Kelly Cancer Trust, It’s in the Bag, Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund, Lymphoma Action, Project Youth Cancer, Sarcoma UK, Solving Kids Cancer, Team Jak Foundation, Teenage Cancer Trust, Teens Unite Fighting Cancer, the Little Princess Trust, the Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation, Trekstock Cancer Support and Young Lives vs Cancer.
Search #TYACAM to follow Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month and find out how the charities are raising awareness and how you can get involved this April.
