A teenage cancer survivor from Cambridge has revealed how joining a sailing trip with Dame Ellen MacArthur’s cancer charity gave her confidence and helped her to make friends. Now Ellen Walker, 17, who was treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital for a brain tumour in 2009/10 is encouraging other young cancer survivors from Cambridgeshire to take up the opportunity. Last summer, she spent five days on a yacht with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust sailing from the Isle of Wight. She will join the charity again this July on the Jurassic Coast and the charity is offering free places on the trip for othe…
