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| Support for children and young people |
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The Cancer Council Queensland provides support to families where a child or young person has been diagnosed with cancer or affected by a diagnosis of cancer in the family.
Avenues of support include support for parents through the Cancer Connect program where a parent can talk with another parent who has been through a similar experience. The Cancer Council Queensland has a Children’s library which offers a range of books for children to help them understand what is happening to their parent or sibling. The Seize the Day Study Awards assists teenagers who have been affected by cancer through the allocation of financial awards to assist with tertiary studies.
Contact The Cancer Council Helpine for more information on 13 11 20, 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday.
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| Links to other informative sites |
| Camp Quality |
| www.campquality.org.au |
Camp Quality is committed to bringing hope and happiness to every child living with cancer, their families and communities through ongoing quality recreational and educational programs.
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| Cancer Source |
| http://www.cancersource.com/ |
Cancer Source offers its patient community (including cancer survivors, family members, friends and those caring for patients) a comprehensive cancer resource. A portion of the website is dedicated to information for teenagers.
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| CanTeen |
| www.canteen.org.au |
CanTeen is an Australian organisation for young people aged 12-24 who are living with cancer; including cancer patients, their brothers and sisters and young people with parents or primary carers with cancer. This group provides support by young people getting together with other young people in a similar situation.
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| Childhood Cancer Support |
| www.clcs.org.au |
This Brisbane-based childhood cancer group provides emotional and financial support as well as accommodation for country patients, education and improvement of treatment facilities.
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| Kids Helpline |
| www.kidshelp.com.au |
The Kids Helpline website contains information on their publications, press releases, information sheets, bullying strategies to use, links for young people and information on how to become a counsellor.
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| My Parent's Cancer |
| www.myparentscancer.com.au |
Australia's first website for teenagers who have a parent with cancer, My Parent's Cancer is an interactive site which aims to help families communicate about cancer by giving teenagers information and advice. The site features an emotion barometer, to help young people understand the emotions they may be experiencing and carries the important message 'You are not alone'. The site was developed by the National Breast Cancer Foundation in conjunction with CanTeen Australia.
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