The award-winning Contact magazine is a free quarterly magazine for families of children and young people with cancer.
Launched in 2004, it acts as an essential source of information and reduces the isolation that families with children diagnosed with a rare disease, such as cancer, inevitably face. Each themed issue focuses on one aspect of cancer in children and young people, and contains informative articles by childhood cancer professionals and stories from parents, young people and childhood cancer survivors.
It can be a challenge to go on holiday when a child has cancer, but it's a chance for families to leave the clinical routine behind and escape for a few days. Our helpful guide on pages 8-9 offers support and advice on planning a holiday. Sunny days can always help lift our mood and improve our emotional wellbeing even when life isn't going as planned. Elsewhere, psychologist Dr Amandeep Samrai gives expert tips on self-care and coping strategies and explains where to access support.
