Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. They provide the widest range of services and the highest number of care professionals to look after children and young people with cancer and their families. CLIC Sargent was formed in 2005 after a successful merger between CLIC and Sargent Cancer Care for Children. Both had a rich history of excellent care and support and together the charity is stronger and more effective providing more for more children and young people with cancer and their families.

The history

Sargent Cancer Care for Children - founded in 1968 by Sylvia Darley OBE as a lasting memory to the late Sir Malcolm Sargent. CLIC - Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood - founded in 1976 in the South West by Bob Woodward following the death of his young son to cancer.

Charity milestones

1975	Sargent funds first Sargent Care Professional at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool
1981	CLIC opens first Home from Home - CLIC House, Bristol
1994	Sargent develops work with young people and the first teenage group stays at Malcolm Sargent House
2001	£1 million CLIC ward opens at Bristol Children’s Hospital
2005	Spends £8.2 million on Services as CLIC Sargent