Teenage Cancer Trust

Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity providing specialised nursing care and support for young people with cancer. We fund specialist nurses, youth workers and hospital units within the NHS. We're here for anyone diagnosed with cancer aged 13-24, and their loved ones too. We exist because cancer care wasn't made for young people. Without us, a young person diagnosed with cancer today would find themselves lumped together with small children or much older adults - taking away their dignity, independence and identity. You only get one chance at being young, and those years shape the person you become. Friendships, mental health, body image, studies, work, relationships and ... read more Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity providing specialised nursing care and support for young people with cancer. We fund specialist nurses, youth workers and hospital units within the NHS. We're here for anyone diagnosed with cancer aged 13-24, and their loved ones too. We exist because cancer care wasn't made for young people. Without us, a young person diagnosed with cancer today would find themselves lumped together with small children or much older adults - taking away their dignity, independence and identity. You only get one chance at being young, and those years shape the person you become. Friendships, mental health, body image, studies, work, relationships and choices about the future are hard enough to navigate - before a cancer diagnosis shatters everything. We're here so no young person faces cancer alone. Our units don't feel like hospital - they're bright, contemporary spaces where young people can welcome family and friends and be treated alongside others their own age. And our expert nurses and youth workers are specially trained to help young people navigate everything cancer throws at them, from diagnosis, through treatment and beyond. We provide the sensitive, individual care and support young people need at the toughest and scariest time they've ever faced - so they can get through cancer, rebuild their life and shape their own future. We couldn't do any of this without donations from the public, so your support is vital in making sure we can still be there for every young person who needs us.