The Creativity Works support Teenage Cancer Trust
Posted on the 4th December 2008
Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) makes sure young cancer patients get the best possible care in hospital and the chance to do all the things that other teenagers do. Approximately 2,100 cases of teenage cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year – that’s the equivalent of six teenagers per day. Most will be treated on wards with much younger children or much older adults - neither is appropriate for them. Teenage Cancer Units provide the right environment for teenagers to be nursed and being with other teenagers can lead to special supportive friendships.
Funds are being raised to build a brand new TCT unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. It will cost around £2 million to complete and half of this money will be raised locally. Work is due to begin in December 2009.
It will be open for cancer patients aged between 13 and 24, from East Anglia and surrounding areas. It is intended this will provide 10 in-patient beds plus out-patient and day care facilities (open-plan social and recreation areas, a kitchen and dining area) for patients and parents. Some of the facilities will include broadband connectivity and cutting edge computing, gaming and entertainment equipment.
Teenage Cancer Trust aims to build 22 Units in the UK, so that every teenager diagnosed with cancer can have access to a specialised adolescent Unit.
Click on the link below to find out more and to donate to this worthwhile cause:
