Teenage Cancer Trust
Over 160 young people in the South West are diagnosed with cancer every year. Teenage Cancer Trust is helping to give them the care and support they need to beat it .
There’s never a good time to get cancer, but for a teenager the timing seems particularly cruel. One minute your life is about hanging our with mates, school or college, football, clothes, music and the next your life is on hold and you have to deal with the fact that you may not survive.
It may surprise you to know that at such a traumatic time, a young person could find themselves in a hospital bed next to a toddler. Or on a cancer ward with elderly patients, most of whom will not survive. Neither of these environments is right for a young person and neither gives them the fight or attitude they need to beat cancer.
At Teenage Cancer Trust, we understand that teenage cancer requires specialist care. We know how damaging it is to take a young person away from their normal life – their friends, their environment, their stuff – and put them in a cancer ward with small children or older people.
In fact, we know that young people have a much better chance in their fight against cancer if they are treated by teenage cancer experts, in an environment tailored to their needs.
We build specialist Teenage Cancer Trust units in NHS hospitals, designed to give young people the very best chance of a positive outcome. Our units bring together the very best facilities with the very best medical care in an environment designed specifically for teenagers and young adults.
April’s Story
April, who has run the Bath Half Marathon for Teenage Cancer Trust, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2008. Click here to read her story: http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/get-clued-up/young-peoples-stories/april-kendall/
By running the Bath Half Marathon as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust team, not only will you be making a real difference to the lives of young people with cancer, but you will have the support of our fundraising team, who can offer you training and sponsorship advice, a Teenage Cancer Trust running vest and our full support form the minute you sign up through to race day and beyond.
Please visit www.teenagecancertrust.org/challenges to find out more about our Treks and Challenges.
Please contact Laura Scowen on 07908 433 385 or email.