Under 18s Find Your Sense of Tumour
Friday 7 to Sunday 9 July 2023
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Find Your Sense of Tumour (FYSOT) is your chance to spend a fun, informative and inspiring weekend with other people your age who’ve been through cancer treatment too.
Take part in outdoor activities, speak to like-minded people, watch inspirational talks and build your confidence and think about what you need next. There’s also plenty of time to relax and unwind. Join us at Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre in Lichfield, England.
If you’ll be aged 13-17 by Sunday 9 July, you can apply for the under 18s event right now. Fill in the form by 11:59pm on Sunday 7 May. It only takes 5 minutes to complete.
Wherever you live in the UK, we’ll cover the cost of travel for you to attend. The event, accommodation and catering are also free.
Join us at our under 18s event
Register your interestOverview of the event
Here is a general taster of the elements we have lined up for this year’s under 18s event to give you a flavour of the programme, and more details are to come!
Friday 7 July
Time to settle in and relax upon arrival with some chill out activities
- Registration and settling in
- Interactive sessions based on getting to know each other.
- Evening entertainment: Human bingo, quizzes, icebreakers, and campfire with hot choc and snacks by the lake.
Saturday 8 July
Activities and work shops based on the body and mind
- Morning welcome session together and inspiring speaker
- Choice of workshops and Q&A panels on:
- Nutrition
- Sexual health and fertility
- Exercise after cancer
- Sleep
- Late effects
- Confidence
- Anxiety
- How to tell your story
- Mindfulness
- Sketch appeal
- Afternoon inspiring speaker
- Outdoor activities such as zipline and climbing
- Indoor sporting activities
- Loads of fun and engaging ‘drop-in’ activities to take part in
- Find out about lots of other organisations that work with young people with cancer
- Time to relax, play games, downtime
- Evening entertainment: Taskmaster games, film night and snacks, music room
Sunday 9 July
Focusing on life experiences, trying new things and next steps
- Day kicks off with inspiring speaker
- Choice of activities and workshops:
- Drumming
- Wheelchair basketball
- Sound bath
- Cooking class
- Introduction to ‘Connect’, our new digital programme
- Moving forward, motivation, and next steps after FYSOT
- Photo montage
- Activities to bring people together to reflect on the event and say goodbye
How do I apply?
If you’ll be aged 13-17 by Sunday 9 July, you can apply for the under 18s event right now. Fill in the form by 11:59pm on Sunday 7 May. It only takes 5 minutes to complete.
What next?
After we’ve received your registration information, we’ll check your eligibility with your clinical team. If they give the go-ahead, then we will send you a full application form to complete, as well as asking your clinical team to fill in a medical form for you. Once we’ve received both of those, if everything is OK, then we’ll send you an email to confirm your place!
In line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2022-24, we want to make sure that this event is as inclusive and accessible possible. We welcome, value and respect everyone no matter what your identity or background is and want you to be able to be yourself on this weekend. If there is anything we can do to make this event and the application process more inclusive for you, please let us know when you complete your full registration form.
If you want to know more about signing up, your treatment team should be able to help, or you can email [email protected].
If you’re over 18, applications for our 2023 event will open later in the year.
Who can attend?
If you want to come to Find Your Sense of Tumour under 18s, you must:
- have been diagnosed with cancer (or still on active treatment) on or after your 13th birthday
- be aged between 13 and 17 by Sunday 9 July 2023
- have finished active treatment within the last two years or be on maintenance treatment.
People who have had a bone marrow or stem cell transplant must be at least one year post-treatment before attending and have completed their post-transplant routine vaccination program.
There are some exemptions that will be made for young people on maintenance treatment or palliative-stage patients if your treatment team feel it will be appropriate for you to attend. Get in touch with [email protected] if you would like to know more.