On May 20th we’ll be landing in Brussels for a weeklong event on The Fundamentals of EU Policymaking. Participants from 15 countries will partake in intensive workshops that will look at how the European Parliament works, what role do parliamentary committees play, what is the European Commission’s role and how does policymaking happen and why does it matter…
DetailsRobin, from Sweden, was diagnosed at the very early age of 9. In this interview, he tells us about his cancer journey, his experience with his doctors and how that shaped the person he is today. Robin is an active collaborator of the charity Ågrenska. He regularly visits hospitals where he talks to childhood cancer…
DetailsHuge congratulations to our winners! We look forward to welcoming our survivors Magdalena (Poland), Jarly (UK), Bojan (Macedonia), Andrea (Spain) and Radu (Romania) and their guests to Cluj-Napoca this August for UNTOLD Festival! Thanks again to the promoters, and if you weren’t lucky this time keep an eye out for future opportunities. More to come…
DetailsFinding Out About Late Complications Erik is a young cancer survivor from Sweden. Like many other survivors, he has faced the difficulty of late effects as a result of his cancer treatment. While this is a very common issue for a large number of survivors, it is still a taboo subject that patients are often…
DetailsWe’ve teamed up with the amazing Untold Festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to once again invite a number of lucky survivors to this year’s festival, taking place 2nd-5th August. 2018’s spectacular line-up includes The Prodigy, Bonobo, Armin Van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Afrojack and many more! We have 5 double passes to give away, scroll down for…
DetailsCancer patient and YCE ambassador Kasia, from Poland, joined us at our latest annual meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. In this interview, she tells us more about the issues around cancer treatment and lack of patient information in Poland, as well as the difficulties in accessing additional support from specialists in smaller towns away from the…
DetailsMeet cancer survivors and YCE ambassadors Dusan and Milos. Both survivors of childhood cancer, in this video they discuss the lack of information available to young cancer patients in their native Serbia, as well as the stigma and misconceptions around cancer in society. Both Dusan and Milos represent the amazing Serbian childhood cancer organisation called MladiCe
Fay, hailing from the UK, has written this beautiful piece for the Youth Cancer Europe blog which we’re very proud to host. Entitled “To The Next One”, Fay’s blog is a letter written for the next young person to be diagnosed or currently going through cancer treatment. It addresses the questions, fears and different emotions that young people living…
DetailsErik Sturesson is a wonderful young man from Sweden. An active member of the YCE community, Erik runs a personal blog page in which he discusses, amongst other things, his journey through cancer and late effects, including his battle with depression. Romanian childhood cancer charity Little People invited Erik to attend their recent Christmas Gala…
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