As we recover from the effects of the pandemic, many hoped the new year would be a new beginning. But now families across the UK are having to deal with the cost of living crisis. Bills are rising faster than wages, prices continue to increase, and many household budgets are stretched to breaking point.

For families where a child or young person has been diagnosed with cancer the costs and risks are even greater. They have to find, on average, an extra £730 a month just to cover everyday essentials. And as winter continues, any savings are disappearing and families are facing impossible choices.

Young Lives vs Cancer's Crisis Fund, which is made possible by supporters like you, has already helped hundreds of families facing financial hardship.

This World Cancer Day, as more families' budgets reach breaking point, they need your support more than ever.