Supporting young people who have an illness
- Date
- Wednesday 8 November 2023, 17:30-19:30
A Festival of Social Science Event
When you know, you meet, you are educating or you are employing a young person living with or after cancer or another illness, what simple things can you do to support them?
What’s on offer?
We wish to share our recent research into not only cancer but other illnesses as well through this hybrid event. The hybrid event will have an upbeat atmosphere with a 'can-do' attitude celebrating good things.
We have collected data about many young people living with and after cancer, over 10 years, in the form of questionnaires and interviews. We are comparing that to the social experiences of young people with other illnesses or with no illness at all. We want to showcase our findings, and share thoughts and ideas with attendees about a few simple things anyone or any organisation can do to help, in different contexts.
What’s it about?
Adolescents and Young Adults aged 15-39 get cancer, sadly. Thankfully more than 17 in every 20 survive that cancer nowadays. But they often need complex treatments. During and after the cancer, the consequences for their future lives are often huge.
Many meet other young people with cancer during their treatment, and most take advantage of the specialist support available in the hospital from the NHS and other specialist staff employed by charities. Many young people find it hard to stay part of the pre-cancer parts of their lives.
Many young people then find returning to ‘normal’, such as mixing normally again with people who haven’t had their cancer experience, is difficult. This might be in their social lives but also in employment, education or even their family.
There are relatively simple things the general public, employers, educators and our community organisations can do, to better support young people who are living with or after cancer.
Event Details
Ticketed event - in-person at The University of Leeds and online via Zoom.
Please register by 11.30am (UK time) on Thursday 2 November 2023.
Full joining details will be emailed out to you before the event.
This event has now ended.
Of particular interest to:
People might wish to attend because they are already interested in the topic which has relevance to an aspect of their life, to developing or improve a particular process, or for a positive experience to share with a friend.
People might gain greater confidence in dealing with this situation when it arises, as it does for many to some extent. People may be able to give back constructively to their community in this situation.
Who’s leading the event?
Dan Stark (Medicine, Leeds), with the STARS (Social Transitions And Reintegration Support) team and our collaborators:
Oana Linder (Clinical Psychology, Leeds)
Diane Hubber (Senior Nurse Specialist, LTHT)
Alice O’Grady (Performance, Leeds)
Adam Martin (Leeds Institute of Health Sciences)
Joanne McCulloch (Social Sciences, Leeds)
Teenage Cancer Trust Charity
Open to - Anyone is welcome