We were so fortunate to have amazing weather on Sunday for our annual TYA remembering day. This year was based around the book The heart in a bottle by Oliver Jeffers.

Great Sunday vision workshop with like minded professionals #CCLG2024 #TYAC

Our posters are up and the @CCLG2024 conference has begun #TYACancerPro

So proud of this team (a couple missing from the photo) and the highly commended Abstract @CCLG2024. #CCLG2024 #TYACancerPro #SheffieldHosp #SheffChildrens

Second conference of the week, highlighting the importance of psychological support for TYA Cancer Teams #STHNMC24 #TYACancerPro #SheffieldTYATeam

Wow, I can’t believe how this week has gone. It’s great to see people appreciating the work we are doing as a TYA Team. Thanks to on the judges at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nursing and Midwifery conference for recognising all our hard work. #STHNMC24 #SheffieldTYATeam

It’s time I faced up to the fact that in a months time I will be jumping out a plane for charity. I hate heights so I am questioning why I’ve signed up to do this. Please share and support if you can x wpcc-fundraising-event.raisely.com/liz-purnell

Time is rapidly moving on, and a month today I will be jumping out a plane to raise money for the Teenage and Young Adult fund Weston Park Cancer Charity. This funds helps my team support young people in our area. Please share and support if you can 🥰 wpcc-fundraising-event.raisely.com/liz-purnell

Last Thursday we had our monthly TYA psychology session in the park. So important to take a little bit of time out to ensure that we, as professionals are getting the psychological support we need to support our patients. #TeenageCancer #TYACancerPro

🤩🤩A rare job opportunity to be the Teenage Cancer Trust TYA senior nurse for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for the next year 🤩🤩 based in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Completely biased, but a fantastic role with huge influence in a very important service. Please get in touch for more info cavuhb.nhs.wales/jobs/#!/job/UK…

So, I made a quick video to try and explain why I’ve crazily decided to jump out of a plane in 5 days 🫣Please help if you can: wpcc-fundraising-event.raisely.com/liz-purnell

This months team psychology session came at just the right time. Great to be outdoors with the team, learning about our local botanical garden and Italian tree games.

Well, what a day. I actually jumped out of a plane at 15,00 feet and survived! Thank you to everyone who sponsored me, not too late if you haven’t 😘 wpcc-fundraising-event.raisely.com/liz-purnell

If you or someone you know fancies working with us at the Candlelighters Trust Supportive Care Research Centre at University of York Hull York Medical School a PhD looking at wellbeing interventions for families of children with cancer - chat with me! (Please share widely) findaphd.com/phds/project/i…

Amazing evening at the CCLG Gold Ribbon Gala Dinner. Great food, fantastic company and raising money for a worthy cause. Well done Ashley Ball-Gamble and Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group for tonight.

Welcome to TYAR.org ♥️ 🗣️ A new learning resource 4 Teenagers & Young Adults(TYAs), an age-appropriate resource which helps 2 inform TYAs about Clinical Trials🏥, Biobanking🔬+Genomics 🧬Developed by Dr Ben Hood (DrPP) + Karen Hamlen

It’s the little things that get me excited, like adding the #TYAReseach icon to our SharePoint site. Worth a look if you haven’t already TYAR. Karen Hamlen Dr Ben Hood (DrPP)

Today’s TYa team psychology session consisted of doughnuts (savoury and sweet), team games and a lot of giggles. #SheffiledTYAteam

Call for Abstracts! 🔬✨ Submit your #research in #paediatric & #TYA cancer for oral/poster presentation at the CCLG & TYAC Annual Conference, 24-25 March 2025. A great opportunity to showcase your work to the cancer professional community. More info at: bit.ly/3vs16NA