stories
Most of our stories are from children or young people living with Crohn's disease or Ulcerative collitis, or those who were diagnosed as a child, or their families. We are really grateful to them all for sharing their experience to help others feel less alone and hopeful for the future.
Telling your story can be really helpful for others, and give useful insights to everyone about what living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) like Crohn's and colitis is really like for children and young people, and their families.
Zak
Zak is 13 and spoke in front of an audience of over 150 at our Oxford family day in 2018.
Finn
Finn's mum Sarah spoke at our family day in Oxford in 2018 about her family's experience of having a child, Finn, with Very Early Onset IBD.
Charlotte
Charlotte was diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis 20 months after first having symptoms. Her mum tells their story...
Karen and Hannah
Karen writes about her daughter Hannah's diagnosis and initial treatment and how it has affected Karen and her husband, too.
Rachel
Rachel writes about how the whole family have been affected by her son's diagnosis of Croihn's disease at 14.