Informing the public

By increasing awareness and understanding of the disease, we can make sure it receives the funding necessary to stop unnecessary suffering and find a cure.

We are working to raise awareness of childhood leukaemia by providing information to the public on new scientific research and through our celebrity appeals and fundraising efforts.

Leukaemia in the news

A scientific study, the Draper Report (2005), which found that children living near power lines were more likely to develop leukaemia has attracted media attention and raised public concern.

We are working to raise awareness and inform people about the association between childhood leukaemia and electric and magnetic fields (EMF).

View a news report by RTE from Northern Ireland about power lines (wait for the short ad to finish before the report starts).

Read more about our campaign work on EMF

International Conference

CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA organised the first-ever International Scientific Conference into the causes and prevention of childhood leukaemia in 2004.

The five-day conference grabbed headlines in the national press, as well as generating extensive TV and radio coverage.

A follow-up to this conference was held in April 2008. Childhood Leukaemia: Causes and Prevention focussed on environmental risk factors in the development of Leukaemia.Read more about our 2004 Scientific Conference

Celebrity appeals

In 2003 Chris Tarrant spearheaded our largest ever Christmas appeal which not only raised an unbelievable £3.4 million for our work but also increased awareness of leukaemia.

A survey showed that people who received the appeal were twice as likely to name leukaemia as Britain’s biggest child-killer disease.

Read more about our Celebrity Appeals

Grabbing headlines

In 2004 Lloyd Scott undertook the world’s first underwater marathon, walking 26 miles under Loch Ness to launch our Cheeky Monkey’s Children’s Challenge! The story made front page around the country and even became a ‘bong’ on News at Ten.

This amazing effort increased awareness of the charity by 5% - that means an extra 2 million people in the UK found out about the work of CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIARead more about the Children's Challenges