16th March 2023 Friendships. Relationships. Exams. Parties. Hormones. Travel? University? Kids? Being a teenager or young adult can be difficult, but should also be super exciting. There are so many important decisions, that first sweet smell of freedom. Independence. Then you hear the three words you least expected: “you have cancer”, and all those plans,…
Saturday 17th June 2023 Time: 1.30pm Venue: Nuclear Wild Forest, Parsonage Farm, Ongar Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0LA Fancy taking on the #LoveMud challenge by taking part in our event at Nuclear Races Wild Forest. You will be in for a great experience whilst undertaking some fantastic obstacles at the award winning Wild Forest. If…
FUNDRAISERS hit the jackpot when legendary football manager Harry Redknapp swapped footballs for charity bingo balls. We held a special online bingo night to raise much-needed funds to support young people with cancer during the pandemic. But nobody was expecting the Foundation’s Patron Harry and his wife Sandra until they were let into the online…
54% of UK cancer deaths are from rare and less common cancers (cancers other than bowel, breast, lung or prostate). Despite this, rare and less common cancers are underrepresented and underfunded across all areas, including policy, services and research. The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation is a member of Cancer52 which is an alliance of…
Entering the workplace One of Tom’s greatest concerns was how he would get back into the workplace following his cancer diagnosis. What would employers say about his long period of time away from work or study? Would they want to employ him at all if they knew he had had cancer? These were concerns not…