About us
Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity providing specialised nursing care and expert youth support for young people with cancer. We’re here for anyone diagnosed with cancer aged 13-24, and their loved ones too.
I’ve got a second chance of life, I can just go for it and do all the things I’ve always wanted to do. That’s thanks to Teenage Cancer Trust.
We exist because cancer care wasn’t made for young people. Without us, a young person diagnosed with cancer today would find themselves being treated alongside small children or much older adults.
You only get one chance at being young, and those years shape the person you become. Friendships, mental health, body image, studies, work, relationships and choices about the future are hard enough to navigate – before a cancer diagnosis shatters everything.
We provide the sensitive, individual care and support young people need at the toughest and scariest time they’ve ever faced – so they can get through cancer, rebuild their life and shape their own future.
What we do
Teenage Cancer Trust offers unique care and support, designed for and with young people. We fund specialised nurses, youth workers and hospital units in the NHS, so young people have dedicated staff and facilities to support them throughout treatment.
Through our policy and campaigning work, we make sure decision-makers across government, the NHS and public health sector in the four nations of the UK hear the voices of young people with cancer on key issues like diagnosis, mental health and clinical trials.
We run events for young people with cancer to help them regain independence and meet other young people going through something similar.
And we provide easy-to-understand information about every aspect of going through cancer when you’re young.
Our registered charity details are: 1062559 (England & Wales), SC039757 (Scotland).
