Week 46 - Teenage Cancer Trust
Another one where there was something in it for me. Felix Gill bought a box at the Royal Albert Hall for David Gilmour's Teenage Cancer Trust gig there on 24th April and has raffled off the ten tickets to raise more money for the charity. (This was actually a week ago and I didn't win!)
The Teenage Cancer Trust was started by a group of women who first raised money for a children's intensive care heart unit in 1989. They met the mother of a 13-year old with cancer and were struck by the fact that he had to face cancer in an adult ward away from the company of similar young people who were going through the same thing. The first Teenage Cancer Trust specialist unit was opened in 1990.
As well as opening a network of care and support units in hospitals across the country they also promote a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of cancer among young people and fund research into care and treatment of young people with cancer.
Links
Felix Gill's JustGiving Page
Teenage Cancer Trust
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