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The Teenage Cancer Trust
The directors of Alexander Charles are proud to be associated with the Teenage Cancer Trust, a dynamic charity whose mission is to improve the lives of young people with cancer.
Teenage Cancer Trust aims to ensure that every young person with cancer and their family receive the best possible care and professional support throughout their cancer journey. We also empower young people through education and advocacy.
Our Vision
Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity devoted to improving the lives of young people
with cancer. We believe that teenagers shouldn’t stop being teenagers because they
have cancer. Usually placed on a children’s ward or with elderly patients, young
people often feel isolated when facing a cancer diagnosis. We build specialist units
in NHS hospitals where young people with cancer are treated with others their own
age, in an environment suited to their needs.
Teenage Cancer Trust units are designed
to be as close as possible to a young person’s normal life, helping them cope with
gruelling treatment and long stays in hospital. They also bring teenagers with cancer
together so they can support each other.
Young people are involved in the planning of Teenage Cancer Trust units, so you might
find pool tables, games, vending machines, computers or friends chatting on webcams.
It’s about giving teenagers the chance to be themselves.
We also fund Teenage Cancer Trust Nurse Consultants and youth support workers, across the country. Experts in teenage and young adult cancer care, they provide clinical expertise, develop services and research, deliver professional education and training and represent and advocate, nationally and internationally on behalf of Teenage Cancer Trust.
What we Do
- Every day in the UK, six young people (13-24 year olds) are told they have cancer.
That’s approximately 2,100 young people a year. This is a rising figure.
- Young people often receive hospital treatment in inappropriate facilities catering
for children or the elderly. Up to 16 years, a teenager will be treated in a paediatric
ward alongside children. After 16, the same teenager will be treated in an adult
ward with elderly patients.
- Teenage Cancer Trust focuses on the needs of young people with cancer between the
ages of 13-24 by providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. These units
are designed to give the very best chance of a positive outcome. As well as state-of-the-art
facilities to keep patients occupied during long stays in hospital, the units provide
an environment where they can meet others in a similar situation.
- Teenage Cancer Trust has built 17 units and plans to build a further 16 so that all young people needing hospital treatment for cancer across the UK have access to the dedicated, specialist support we provide.
Key Facts
Alexander Charles finds accountancy staff for this exciting London based charity and does so free of charge to the charity thus ensuring vital funds are directed to where they are most needed.
Please visit the TCT at www.teenagecancertrust.org and give your support.
