Young people who have had a cancer or a brain tumour can help to maintain and protect their health by keeping physically active.

However, we know that many of these young people struggle with keeping active, whether that is by limiting the time they spend sitting, taking part in different activities and sports or undertaking exercise.

What we do not know is why these young people may struggle with keeping active and how we can help support them to be active in their everyday lives.

In this project we are:

• Talking to young people who have had cancer or a brain tumour as a child or teenager about their views and experiences of being physically active, what challenges or difficulties they have had with being active, and what they think could help to make keeping active easier.

• Talking to parents/carers of young people who have had cancer or a brain tumour about their views on their child’s activity levels, any issues their child has had with activity and what can be done to help survivors to be active.

• Working with survivors, parents and healthcare professionals to share, discuss and develop ideas for how we can help survivors to be physically active.

Ultimately, this project aims to develop new ways of promoting, supporting and improving physical activity in young people who have had cancer or a brain tumour.