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Source: 1 teenagecancertrust.org, October 2016
both in the UK and overseas.The
Foundation also supports the hospice
movement, charities in aid of cancer and,
more recently, those helping people of all
ages with mental health issues.The
Foundation’s aim is to make a positive and
lasting difference to people’s lives.
Approximately 80% of the money
raised goes to UK-based charities; the
remaining 20% to overseas charities,
especially those that help young people
to escape from poverty and neglect.
The Foundation makes hundreds of
one-off grants every year, as well as
making significant funding commitments
for several years at a time to some
charities, covering the salaries of staff or
the cost of a specific project.This
provides the charities with much greater
stability and enables them to plan for the
long term. Here are some of the main
charities it has supported.
Every day in the UK seven people
aged 13 to 24 are diagnosed with
cancer
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.Teenage CancerTrust is the
only charity in the UK dedicated to
providing expert treatment and
support for these young people. It
provides world-class care and
support in specialist units, local
hospitals and homes across the UK.
Chief Executive Siobhan Dunn
says:‘We’ve been so fortunate to
have been able to work in
partnership with St. James’s Place
over the past seven years and are
incredibly grateful for their support.
The money raised has made, and
continues to make, such a difference
to young people with cancer.’
Over the past seven years, staff
and Partners from St. James’s Place
have raised more than
£1 million for the charity.This has
been invested in four areas.
The first is specialTeenage
CancerTrust units within NHS
hospitals across the UK.These
enable young people to be treated
alongside people of their own age
in an environment that feels more
like home than a hospital. Second
is nurses who are experts in
teenage and young adult cancer
care.Third, youth support
coordinators help young people
and their families cope with all that
cancer brings. Fourth is an
education programme that helps
young people understand more
about cancer and to feel more
confident talking about it.
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
£1million
More than