East of Scotland

Teenage Cancer Trust has launched its £1.6million fundraising appeal to develop services for teenagers and young adults in the East of Scotland.

Teenage Cancer Trust currently has one unit in the East of Scotland at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh for young people aged 13 to 16 Your support will enable Teenage Cancer Trust to fund:

• A unit at the Western General Hospital for young people aged 17 to 24
  
• A unit at the New Children’s Hospital in Edinburgh for young people aged 13-16
  
• Specialist clinical staff to provide the very best care and support
  
• A Support Network for friends and family who need support too
  

Father and son to climb Kilimanjaro and raise £100k

On 18 August 2010, father and son duo Archie and Ross Maclean will set off on an adventurous fundraising journey...

At 19,340ft Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Over eleven days, Archie (53) and Ross (25) will endure the hardest physical challenge either of them have encountered as they attempt to reach the summit and raise £100,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust.

The Maclean's have spent the last few months organising special fund-raising events, including a fantastic competition to win a Toyota IQ, which has been donated by Border Toyota and will be key to hitting their extremely ambitious target - £100,000.

All the costs for the climb will be paid by Border Toyota and every penny donated will go directly to the Teenage Cancer Trust. www.dontstopbelieving.org.uk

Rangers Football Club

Teenage Cancer Trust in Scotland were delighted to be presented with a cheque for £30,000 from The Rangers Charity Foundation after a successful season as their National Charity Partner. The generosity and support of Rangers fans throughout the season has enabled this significant sum to be raised – funding a kitchen/eating area at the new unit at the Children’s Hospital in Glasgow and a chill-out room at the new unit at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.

Rangers star Lee McCulloch said: “It’s a real privilege to present this cheque today and to think about how many young people will benefit from the new Teenage Cancer Trust units during the years to come. I’m proud we’ve been able to support such a special cause and I know that everyone at Rangers wishes the Teenage Cancer Trust well in all the work they do.

Charlie Miller’s North Pole Adventure

Some people will go a long way to get a good haircut! Last month, award-winning hairdresser Charlie Miller packed his scissors before the heading for the North Pole to give the coolest haircut of his career. Charlie embarked on the journey with entrepreneur Sir Tom Farmer who originally penned the idea asking Charlie to join him and cut his hair whilst standing at the geographical North Pole enduring temperatures of -35 degrees.

Teenage Cancer Trust has been supported by Sir Tom and Charlie for a number of years with Sir Tom raising money to help fund equipment for use in our specialised units and Charlie lending his expertise and support in the styling of real hair wigs for teenage cancer patients.

"This was an adventure of a lifetime and one Tom and I will never forget. It wasn’t the ideal place for cutting hair but a great opportunity to help Teenage Cancer Trust.
Although I’d been doing NHS-supplied fibre wigs for adults for many years, my work in cutting and styling real hair wigs for teenagers and young people with cancer has become my absolute focus. The more involved I became the more deeply I felt the devastating effect hair loss has on a young person and how important it is to their wellbeing to have a wig that really belongs to them”.

The money raised by Charlie will go directly to Teenage Cancer Trust’s Hair 4U project providing free real hair wigs for cancer patients aged 13-24. We can’t thank Charlie & Sir Tom enough for their sterling fundraising efforts and to those who kindly donated money to this worthy cause. It will make a huge difference!

Margaret Evans Art

Margaret has very kindly offered us 50% of the proceeds of sales of the original artwork from one of her books 'Pastels'. This is a tremendous opportunity to purchase original art at very reasonable prices

You can read more about Margaret on her website www.shinafoot.co.uk

Click here to see the album of art for sale
Please email any enquiries to Siobhán O’Hara

Messages of support

“Teenage Cancer Trust units combine an expert team and the best possible therapy with the best possible environment for teenagers and young adults. By focusing on quality of life, they can change a teenager’s outlook and give them the fight and attitude they need to beat cancer.” Professor Tim Eden

"This is a truly remarkable charity whose work in partnership with the NHS enables the quality of health to be significantly improved for young teenagers who have been diagnosed with cancer.” James McCaffery, Chief Operating Officer, Lothian University Hospitals, NHS Lothian