Information for family members and teachers

You can get copies of the following booklets from the Cancer Information Centre, or order them direct from the organisations highlighted below. Click on the coloured text links to visit their websites.

Information for parents and carers

Macmillan Cancer Support 

Macmillan Cancer Support aims to improve the lives of people affected by cancer by providing practical, medical, emotional and financial support. Also produces booklets on different types of cancer and on aspects of living with cancer.Freephone helpline – 0808 808 00 00

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG)

Produces the following booklets for parents

• Handling animals and pets
• My child has finished treatment. What happens next?
• Searching for information and support online  
• Supporting brothers and sisters - a guide for parents and other adults dealing with siblings of a child with cancer
• Managing family life and cancer - a guide for parents of a child with cancer
 

Information for brothers and sisters

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG)

Produces the following booklets for brothers and sisters of children with cancer

• My brother or sister has cancer

• When your brother or sister has cancer (information for teenagers and young adults whose sibling is diagnosed with cancer)

• Jess's Bone Marrow Donation - aimed at young children preparing to donate bone marrow for a relative  

• Donating your stem cells to your brother or sister

 

 Information for grandparents

 Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) 

 Produces the following booklet for grandparents of children with cancer

• Supporting your grandchild and family   

 

 Information for school teachers

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG)

Produces the following leaflet for teachers helping children and young people returning to school after a diagnosis of cancer:

•  Supporting your pupil after a cancer diagnosis

Young Lives versus Cancer

• Helping your child go back to school after treatment

 This page last reviewed: 08/07/2024