National organisations

Beads Of Courage UK – Raising Awareness & Supporting Children - Siblings The Sibling programme was designed to recognise the important role that siblings play in every family and helps siblings to record, tell and own their story of courage as they journey alongside their brother or sister who is coping with a serious illness. The programme focus on themes which help siblings to cope, and provide talking points to encourage communication and healing opportunities.

Bupa UK: booklets, videos and patient stories to help explain cancer to young children.

Cancer Research UK - Supporting brothers or sisters: all the tips here are from parents who have experienced children’s cancer. There is also information about where to get extra help and support.

Children & Young People's Cancer Association (CCLG - Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group): a UK children's cancer charity and a central hub for childhood cancer through the specialist expertise of our members and we have a range of UK based publications for parents, grandparents and siblings. (In 2019 CCLG and TYAC merged and in 2025 relaunched as CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association.)

Children with Cancer UK: a childhood cancer charity in the UK, supporting families and childhood cancer research. 

Macmillan Cancer Support: information for young people with cancer and young carers. Also includes a general Supporting someone section.

Maggie's: offers support free to anyone with cancer and their families who walk through their doors. They have centres alongside NHS hospitals and can also offer support online.

MSN Children & Young People with Cancer:  is charged with delivering the Scottish Government’s vision for cancer services – to ensure that children and young people in Scotland with a diagnosis of cancer attain the best possible outcomes, have access to appropriate specialist services, as locally as possible that are both safe and sustainable, and that the pathway of care is as equitable as possible regardless of where they live in Scotland. There is information about a Parent, Carer and Family Forum on this website.

NHS inform:  information about cancer types in teenagers and young adults.

The Oncology Guide: website aiming to provide a simple, safe and trusted resource for families to access information they need to help them navigate the start of their cancer journey. 

Shine Cancer Support: a UK charity that support adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s who have experienced a cancer diagnosis.  The friends and family resources topic on this website includes podcasts, videos, and booklets.

Sibs: it's an online information service for children and young people aged 7-17, who have a brother or sister who is disabled, has special educational needs or a serious long-term condition. Young siblings can get information about disability and conditions, plus tips for enjoying life and dealing with feelings. They can also get help from the Sibs team with sibling issues at home and at school.

Teenage Cancer Trust: offers unique care and support, designed for and with young people. They run events for young people with cancer to help them regain independence and meet other young people going through something similar and provide easy-to-understand information about every aspect of living with cancer as a young person. They also provide information about how to support someone with cancer for families, brothers, sisters, friends, and partners. 

Teens Unite: provide those aged 13-24 with the social, emotional, and physical support that is vital to their recovery. They can come together with others their age who understand what they’re going through, and remember who they are as a person, not just a cancer patient. There are also Parent Space events.

Trekstock: a charity redefining what life alongside cancer looks like for people in their 20s and 30s. Includes  webpages about Supporting your adult child through cancer and My partner has cancer.

Young Lives vs Cancer: a charity that helps children and young people (0-25) and their families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them. Includes a My Child has cancer section. 

Young Lives vs Cancer - My brother or sister has cancer: this section on the website has suggestions for what you can do and what you might want to know.

Your guide to cancer (formerly Young Persons Guide to Cancer): a guidebook based on what young people who have had cancer, and the clinical staff who helped them told the Teenage Cancer Trust they wanted to know. It also provides information about how to support someone with cancer for families, brothers, sisters, friends, and partners.