Mind Over Cancer
MIND over cancer – our charity of the year.
You know the old adage, ‘enjoy what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life’; well we absolutely believe that, and we genuinely feel so privileged to be able to do what we do, meet the amazing people we get to meet on every project, and we know that’s not the case for everyone. It’s always felt important to us to make sure that we give back, so every year we work with a charity, usually a small, relatively new charity, to help them raise their profile and raise a bit of money along the way.
Who are mind over cancer?
The diagnosis of cancer has both a mental and physical impact on children, young people and their families and friends. The effects of that diagnosis and subsequent treatment is not always immediate and may emerge months or even years later.
Often Children and Young People are expected to return back to their normal lives after treatment and the mental strain of such a traumatic experience is often ignored.
That’s why it’s so important that children, young people and their families have access to services that can support their mental health after diagnosis. Unfortunately, this support can be difficult to access once treatment for cancer has finished.
That’s why Mind Over Cancer is such an important charity, supporting both the cancer survivor and those closest to them, when they need it. Offering funded counselling, support programmes and drop in services, the work they do is absolutely vital.
Why Mind over Cancer?
Of course, every charity is important, and they all do fabulous work, but the reality is since the pandemic and much of government funding being cut, small charities are particularly at risk. Securing funding through grants and fundraising are vital to secure the long term services that a charity like Mind Over Cancer offer, and we strongly believe in the support they offer to young people who are experiencing, or have survived cancer.
How are We supporting Mind Over Cancer?
We recently had the privilege of spending some time with Susie, the founder of Mind Over Cancer who told us the story of Mind Over Cancer and how she recognised the gap in mental health services for young people experiencing or having survived cancer and felt compelled to do something about it.
We then spoke to Emily, a young person directly impacted by the work of Mind Over Cancer, who told us, very candidly, about her experience of thyroid cancer and the subsequent impact on her mental health following treatment. You can watch both of those interviews here.
Alongside the videos we have created for them, we are also doing our own fundraising activity. Jamie and Phil will be running the Brighton Marathon on April 7th 2024.
I’d love to tell you we can’t wait, but since neither of us are regular runners, it is with some trepidation that we signed up for it. You can follow our training journey here, and we would love it if you were willing to dig deep and give generously via our Just Giving page.