When parents first encounter Joanna Beaumont, many are still processing the terrifying news that their child has cancer. She knows exactly how they feel.

Twenty years ago, she went through a similar nightmare when her son was diagnosed with the disease. That experience now helps inform her work, providing a lifeline for families at a “Home from Home” run by Young Lives vs Cancer.

As manager of Billy’s House in Nottingham, a six-bedroom property opposite the city’s Queen’s Medical Centre, she welcomes up to 14 families a month to stay while their child has treatment. New Feature

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“This is a home from home for those families who live some distance away from Nottingham,” says Joanna. “They can stay as a family at the house during treatment

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