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ITV's Text Santa appeal

ITV is launching its annual text Santa charity campaign to raise money in the run up to Christmas.

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Text Santa: Helping families whose kids have cancer

Here's a look at how our Text Santa appeal is helping one of a number of different charities.

The CLIC Sargent charity helps children, and their parents, as they go through cancer. They pay for things like travel costs to and from hospital and offer emotional support.

One young man they recently helped is Parker Hawe. Parker is one of triplets, and he was first diagnosed with leukaemia when he was 4.

In the first of a special series, our reporter Sarah Rogers went to meet him.

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