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I am a young person with cancer and I’d like information and support

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Counselling

Helping adults and children through every stage of the cancer experience

Counselling

Helping adults and children through every stage of the cancer experience

Practical stuff

Help paying for bills, groceries, and petrol

To help pay for everyday essentials when the budget gets tight

Help paying for bills, groceries, and petrol

To help pay for everyday essentials when the budget gets tight

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Social Work

Holistic support facing the challenges caused by childhood cancer

Social Work

Holistic support facing the challenges caused by childhood cancer

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Redkite Music Box

Resources for children and teens to explore their emotions through music and movement

Redkite Music Box

Resources for children and teens to explore their emotions through music and movement

Financial Support

Redkite and Coles Dare to Dream Scholarship: Applications open 17 March 2025!

Helping teens aged 13-18 who have or have had cancer achieve their goals

Redkite and Coles Dare to Dream Scholarship: Applications open 17 March 2025!

Helping teens aged 13-18 who have or have had cancer achieve their goals

Practical stuff

Book Club

Age-appropriate books to tackle tough topics

Book Club

Age-appropriate books to tackle tough topics

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Family Wellbeing & Transition Program

Supporting you and your child during your time in hospital

Family Wellbeing & Transition Program

Supporting you and your child during your time in hospital

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Music Therapy

Using music to build resilience. Music therapy is available in children’s hospitals

Music Therapy

Using music to build resilience. Music therapy is available in children’s hospitals

Practical stuff

Story Beads

At The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Story Beads

At The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

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On treatment

Izzy and Nic: The beads are her cancer story in colour

“Mother’s Day 2018 will be a day that I will never forget. My 12-year-old daughter was diagnosed with AML – Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.”

Izzy and Nic: The beads are her cancer story in colour

“Mother’s Day 2018 will be a day that I will never forget. My 12-year-old daughter was diagnosed with AML – Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.”

Relapse

Tara: ‘I won’t let this stop me’

“My diagnosis hasn’t just affected me – it’s also had an extreme impact on my family.”

Tara: ‘I won’t let this stop me’

“My diagnosis hasn’t just affected me – it’s also had an extreme impact on my family.”

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Ideas

New Year: Finding balance and new routines

The new year can bring both challenges and opportunities to explore routines that work best for your family. Below are some strategies you can use from your child’s diagnosis to post treatment.

New Year: Finding balance and new routines

The new year can bring both challenges and opportunities to explore routines that work best for your family. Below are some strategies you can use from your child’s diagnosis to post treatment.

Ideas

7 books to read with your child

The Redkite Book Club has a great selection of books, for kids to learn about and understand childhood cancer. Below are five books you can read with your child, suggested by our social workers.

7 books to read with your child

The Redkite Book Club has a great selection of books, for kids to learn about and understand childhood cancer. Below are five books you can read with your child, suggested by our social workers.

Relationships

Coffee Catch Ups: We’re here to listen

Redkite’s Coffee Catch Ups are an opportunity to connect regularly with a supportive network of people who understand childhood cancer.

Coffee Catch Ups: We’re here to listen

Redkite’s Coffee Catch Ups are an opportunity to connect regularly with a supportive network of people who understand childhood cancer.

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