Resources: Project notes - Active Lifestyles

Goal: To encourage active lifestyles for young cancer survivors

Funding: The project was part-funded by the Big Lottery Fund, which gave 1,000

For a young person, having treatment for cancer means missing out on life outside of hospital for months at a time. But even when treatment has ended, they can still be dogged by loneliness.

Active Lifestyles, run by charity Clic Sargent in Northern Ireland, has been bringing young cancer survivors together since December, using a range of healthy activities to help them make friends.

The project took the form of four activity days spread over the past four months in and around Greater Belfast. About 15 young people between the ages of 14 and 21 took part in the sessions. These were also open to siblings, who can also be prone to isolation when their brother or sister is undergoing treatment.