Teenage Cancer Trust
| Founded | 1990 |
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| Type | Charity |
| Registration no. | 1062559 (England & Wales) SC039757 (Scotland) |
| Focus | Teenage and young adult cancer patients |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
| Product | Cancer treatment centers and support in local areas, specialist cancer staff and education and advocacy programme |
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Revenue
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£13.5 million (2013) |
| Mission | Improving the lives of teens and young adults with cancer. |
| Website | http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/ |
Teenage Cancer Trust is a cancer care and support charity in the UK that exists to improve the cancer experience of young people aged 13–24. Founded in 1990, the charity's key service is providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. It also trains and funds staff who are teenage cancer specialists. The units are dedicated areas for teenage and young adult patients, who are involved in their concept and creation. Medical facilities on the units are equipped with computers, TVs and game consoles.
To date, the charity has built 28 units in cities including London, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Southampton, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol, Cambridge, Hull, Leicester, Nottingham and Wirral.
The charity also serves as an advocate for teenage cancer needs, promoting related research and national and international forums. It also provides support services and education related to teenage and young adult cancer.
The idea for the charity grew by chance out of the eagerness of a group of women to organise a fashion show to fund a children's intensive care heart unit at Guy's Hospital, London. It was established in 1990.
The Teenage Cancer Trust was registered as a charity in the United Kingdom on 29 May 1997, and holds registration number 1062559 (England & Wales) and SC039757 (Scotland). Today the organisation operates from offices in West London, with an annual income of around £6½M a year.
Presidents of the charity are Dr Adrian Leon Whiteson OBE and Myrna Nita Whiteson MBE. The trustees of the charity are David Hoare (Chairman), Dr John Matlin, Ronnie Harris, Andrew Hughes, Alan Patten, Richard Barry Rosenberg and Paul Spanswich.
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