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Get Involved: Open a door of our Advent Calendar

Get Involved: Open a door of our Advent Calendar

Over the next 24 days, you can open a door of our Advent Calendar where we’ll be sharing with you real stories and inspiring messages from those we support, highlights of our year and how you can get involved to help young adults facing cancer.

Get Involved: Gifting with Purpose via Ella's art Shop

Get Involved: Gifting with Purpose via Ella's art Shop

Let’s make this Christmas a little more colourful and a lot more meaningful via gifting through Ella's art shop.

Get Involved: Christmas Jumper Day

Get Involved: Christmas Jumper Day

This Christmas, why not spread some festive cheer while supporting a life-changing cause? Host your very own Christmas Jumper Day and help raise vital funds for young adults with cancer.

A monthly donation of just £5 gifts a young person long term support through treatment and their recovery.

£10 gifts a young person a Life Notes mindfulness journal

£15 gifts a young person with a workshop to meet other people with shared experience

£25 gifts a young person with a rehabilitation session tailored to their unique needs

£50 gifts a young person with specialised mental health support to overcome anxieties, trauma and depression.

£100 gifts a family with an overnight break, providing a place to heal and connect away from the cancer world.

Our Advent Calendar is here!

Our mission is that every young adult with cancer and their families and carers have the tools and support they need to live well and feel empowered

Being diagnosed with cancer often means life stops in its tracks....

Plans are often put on hold as you navigate a whole new world of hospital appointments, treatment and medical language.

We're here to help you feel in control, feel purpose, feel like you and feel empowered

Support For You

Our team of experts and wellness practitioners are here to help you feel well, move well, eat well and live well at every stage of your cancer diagnosis.

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Support Us

There are so many fun, rewarding and inspiring ways you can help us to raise funds and awareness to help support young adults, and their families, to live well with cancer.

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latest news

Careology and the Ella Dawson Foundation partner to help young people with cancer live better

Careology and the Ella Dawson Foundation partner to help young people with cancer live better

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Careology, the UK’s leading digital cancer care platform.

Good Luck Adam!

Good Luck Adam!

A​dam Waugh is Sailing Around the World in a DIY boat for the Ella Dawson Foundation raising money for young adults with cancer.

Well done!! Yorkshire Three Peaks back to back Challenge

Well done!! Yorkshire Three Peaks back to back Challenge

This weekend an incredible team took on one mighty challenge conquering the Yorkshire Three Peaks back to back (that’s 48 miles!) in 20 hours fundraising to help young adults live well with and beyond cancer.

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events

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Sunday 12 October 2025 - The stunning 13.1-mile route takes in many of the capital’s world-famous landmarks on closed roads, and four of London’s eight Royal Parks – Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens.

Colour Ball 2025

Colour Ball 2025

Painting a brighter future for young adults with cancer. The Ella Dawson Foundation's annual charity ball raising money to provide vital wellbeing support to young adults living with and beyond cancer.

London to Paris Cycle for Charity 2025

London to Paris Cycle for Charity 2025

The London to Paris Bike Ride is an awesome cycling challenge and by far one of the best fundraising events in Europe! Take part and help young adults live well with and beyond cancer.

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