Ella Dawson Foundation
The Ella Dawson Foundation is a registered charity dedicated to supporting young adults aged 18–30 who are living with cancer, along with their families and carers. We help them to feel well, move well, eat well, and live well through and beyond a cancer diagnosis.
Our mission is that every young adult diagnosed with cancer and their families and carers have the tools and support they need to live well and to feel empowered.
A cancer diagnosis is life-shattering at any age, but for young adults, it can feel especially isolating. Just as life is beginning to unfold with careers, relationships, and independence, everything is suddenly put on hold. Treatment brings not only severe physical and emotional strain, but also practical, financial, and relationship challenges that often last for years.
The Ella Dawson Foundation exists to provide one to one tailored support packages including psychology, counselling, exercise rehabilitation, nutrition and wellbeing support at any stage of their cancer diagnosis within a safe, supporting, and likeminded community.
We are proud to have also fully funded the UK Complementary Therapist Role dedicated to supporting Teenagers and Young adults at The Christie, Manchester, a unique and highly impactful innovation that is helping young people navigate life during and after cancer treatment.
Young people often describe our support as life-changing – helping to restore a sense of normalcy, independence, empowerment and hope through and beyond cancer.
www.elladawsonfoundation.org.uk
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