The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trusts festive appeal aims to spread cheer to young cancer patients spending Christmas in hospitals throughout the UK and Ireland.

Young people spending Christmas in hospitals will be given special presents to open on Christmas morning.

Cancer does not take time off over Christmas and so the charitys Christmas appeal Fuel the Sleigh aims to spread a little cheer to young people forced to spend the holidays in hospital away from their family and loved ones.

All gifts are wrapped and delivered to around 500 young people being treated at the 43 hospital units nationwide. Last year a staggering 1,281 gifts were delivered to patients across the country and the charity are hoping to do the same again this year.

Over the coming weeks the Laura Crane sleigh will travel from Aberdeen down to Plymouth and across to Dublin and Belfast - covering approximately 5,970 miles.

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