Family stories

Whether you want to read about the tailored support we offer families, or how supporting us can make a huge difference to many lives, you’ll find what you’re looking for here.

Lois’s story
- 1st July 2021
Lois was just nine when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in 2019. It’s a day that will forever be etched in the minds of Lois and her family; leaving them feeling like “the bottom had dropped out of their world”. Here, Lois’s mum tells their story
- Respite breaks
- Family support workers
- Family trips and experiences
Issy’s story
- 30th April 2021
In June 2019, 11-year-old Issy and her family were given the devastating news that Issy had Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Annie, Issy’s mum, tells their story:
- Family trips and experiences
- Family support workers
- Family wellbeing
- Hospital partnerships
Phoebe’s story
- 8th March 2021
In 2020, on her Dad’s birthday and only three years after her mum had overcome her own battle with cancer, 14-year-old Phoebe was given the heartbreaking news that she had osteosarcoma. The whole family, once again, found their lives turned upside down, as Phoebe began an aggressive treatment plan amidst a global pandemic.
- Family trips and experiences
- Respite breaks
Violetta’s story
- 28th February 2020
Around her 15th birthday, Violetta was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. Momentum had been supporting Violetta and her family for three years when on Christmas Eve 2019, aged 18, Violetta was told that the cancer had returned, this time in her lungs. This is Violetta’s story.
- Family support workers
- Family trips and experiences
Spencer’s story
- 27th November 2017
On Christmas Eve 2015 mother-of-three Kerrie’s world was turned upside down when her family received the devastating news that their 11-year-old son Spencer had a brain tumour. Here’s their story.
- Family support workers
- Family trips and experiences
- Respite breaks
Daisy’s story
- 18th July 2017
Daisy was like any other ordinary six-year-old girl until her family were hit with the bombshell that she had cancer. Her mum, Katie, tells their story.
- Hospital partnerships
- Family wellbeing
- Family trips and experiences
- Respite breaks
Zoe’s story
- 26th January 2017
Zoë, aged 9, suffers from a very rare genetic condition, and also has ADHD and autism. Momentum has been by the family’s side throughout their journey and will continue to support them whatever the future holds.
- Hospital partnerships
- Family trips and experiences
Alfie’s story
- 11th January 2017
Alfie, 13, was born with Downs Syndrome and is also autistic. When he was two-and-a-half-years-old he was diagnosed with leukaemia.
- Family support workers
- Family trips and experiences
Sam’s story
- 14th December 2016
Sam was diagnosed with leukaemia just weeks before Christmas in 2013 at just five years old. Since then Sam and his family have been supported by Momentum Children’s Charity.
- Family support workers
- Family trips and experiences
- Hospital partnerships
Ed’s story
- 27th October 2015
This is Ed’s story of teenage testicular cancer, as told by his mum, Jo.
- Family support workers
- Hospital partnerships
- Family trips and experiences

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