Find your sense of tumour

Every year, Teenage Cancer Trust invites young people from across the country to attend a four day conference, solely for young people who have or have had cancer in the last 5 years or are currently having treatment. This unique conference is open to all such young people wherever they have been treated.

When: 24 – 27 February 2012
Where: Centre Parcs, Sherwood Forest

Find Your Sense of Tumour provides a mix of inspirational presentations, fabulous therapies and great social activities. It’s a chance to meet and share experiences with like minded individuals who know what it’s like to be diagnosed with cancer.

What’s it all about?

Now in its 9th year, Find Your Sense of Tumour gives young people the opportunity to find out what they need to know about cancer, its effects, share experiences and ask pertinent questions to our panel of experts. Talks range from body image to fertility, real life experiences and celebrity speakers. In 2012 we're delighted that Marc Woods, Para Olympian and teenage cancer survivor is coming to present his inspirational story.

But it’s not just a conference - we have on-site therapists providing massages and make-overs, we have a dance troop to liven us up when we are starting to flag and plenty of free time to enjoy the fantastic surroundings of CenterParcs.
Every evening there is a chance to get to meet new friends at the disco, a chance to see young people and staff from the units as you’ve never seen them before in our Saturday Evening ‘CenterParcs has got Talent’ Showcase Event and a fancy dress disco on Sunday night, which this year features an Olympic theme.

Who can come?

The conference is open to young people aged between 14 and 25 who have had cancer within the last 5 years. We will need parental consent from any person under 16 years of age. You do not need to have been treated on a Teenage Cancer Trust unit to be eligible. An individual can only attend a maximum of 2 conferences.

Want to find out more?

Check out previous conference sessions and footage. Information can be found at your local Teenage Cancer Trust unit or contact Katie Rawlins for further information and application form.

Find Your Sense of Tumour wins a prestigious award

We’re not the only ones who think Find Your Sense of Tumour is great! We won an Excellence in Patient Education award from the European Oncology Nursing Society because ‘the conference aims to empower young people by giving them the information that they need about their illness and its treatment, as well as life skills such as nutrition and exercise and peer group integration.’