April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month (TYACAM) – an opportunity for charities and young people to come together and raise awareness of cancer in this unique age group.
Around 2,300 young people aged 15-24 are diagnosed with cancer each year and have to face the huge impact of its treatment.
Nineteen charities have come together for the third annual TYACAM to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms in teenagers and young adults (TYAs) and the issues they face. Additionally, the campaign sets out to support young people to share their experiences and ensure their voices are heard.
We will also be sharing how we, as individual organisations and a collective, support young people with cancer. With the theme of this year's campaign being 'innovation', we will shine a light on some of the new, innovative work being undertaken to improve the lives of young cancer patients from diagnosis through treatment and beyond.
Will Burchell, CEO of the Bone Cancer Research Trust, shared:
We are honoured to work in partnership with eighteen fantastic organisations as part of the third Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month. During the campaign last year, with the help of our incredible community, we achieved a reach of over 3.5 million people worldwide. We are excited to be collaborating again to educate as many as possible on primary bone cancer and how it affects young people.
Ashley Ball-Gamble, Chief Executive at CCLG: The Children and Young People's Cancer Association and Chair of the Young People's Cancer Coalition, added:
Coming together and working collaboratively is the only way we can address some of the biggest challenges facing teenagers and young adults with cancer. In April, we want to give young people with cancer the opportunity to share their experiences and be assured they are being heard - and to know that, together, we are working towards a better future. That's why, along with our partner charities, we've collectively chosen to highlight the innovative work being done to improve the lives of young people with cancer by ensuring they get the treatment, care and support they not only need, but deserve.
Shaumya Kularajan, TYACAM steering group representative, said:
It's so important to have an awareness month focused on teenagers and young adults because we face a unique set of challenges on top of the weight of a cancer diagnosis. We have a lot of life left afterwards to deal with the long-term effects and psychological impacts of a cancer and its treatment. I hope that TYACAM will allow us to celebrate progress and build on the work done so far, and that we're able to all learn from each other and raise awareness amongst the public. Innovation is a crucial part of finding new ways to make an unimaginable diagnosis less painful with kinder, better treatments and holistic support that young people so deeply deserve.
The charities supporting Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month 2025 are: Bone Cancer Research Trust, Cancer Research UK, Candlelighters, CCLG: The Children and Young People’s Cancer Coalition, Dragonfly Cancer Trust, Ella Dawson Foundation, Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust, Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust, It’s In The Bag, Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund, The Little Princess Trust, Lymphoma Action, Neuroblastoma UK, Project Youth Cancer, Sarcoma UK, Solving Kids Cancer, Teens Unite Fighting Cancer, Tom Bowdidge Foundation and Young Lives vs Cancer.
Search #TYACAM to follow Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month and find out how charities are raising awareness and how you can get involved this April.