Reasons to leave a gift in your will

When we look back over our lives, we think about the things that matter most to us: our family, our friends and our community. By choosing to leave a gift to Teenage Cancer Trust in your will, you’ll make a lasting difference to young people with cancer, as well as your loved ones after you’ve gone.

You may have experienced cancer yourself, supported a young person through treatment, or know friends and family whose lives have been affected. Whatever your connection, you’ll understand how devastating a cancer diagnosis can be — especially during the teenage years, when life should be full of opportunities and new beginnings.

Every day, seven young people aged 13–24 are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. They need specialist care and support to face the emotional, physical and practical challenges that come with it. Your gift could help make sure no young person has to face cancer alone.

By leaving a gift in your will — whether a fixed sum or a percentage of your estate — you’ll help Teenage Cancer Trust continue to provide expert nurses, dedicated youth workers and vital hospital units designed especially for young people. With your support, we can give future generations of young people with cancer the care and community they deserve.

How a gift in will could fund our services

£57,379

could employ a highly trained Lead Nurse to head up the specialist care of every young person on one of our units for a year.

£15,000

could pay for maintenance, repairs, operating costs, Wi-Fi and TV services on a Teenage Cancer Trust unit for a whole year – making sure our units look as good as the day they opened, so young people feel at home.

£250

could pay for an ‘End of Treatment Day’ to provide complementary therapies for young people to help them recover and heal after finishing cancer treatment

Ange and Honor's Story

Ange (on right) and her daughter Honor (on the left), a case study who have left a gift in their Will to Teenage Cancer Trust

Ange decided to leave a legacy in her will for Teenage Cancer Trust after her daughter, Honor, then aged 22, was supported by the charity.

When my daughter Honor was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, her own daughter Isla was only two at the time. Thinking that I could lose Honor and that Isla could lose her mum was horrific.

The Teenage Cancer Trust Nurses at The Christie Hospital were fantastic, and it really put my mind at ease that Honor was being so well cared for. They took the time to get to know her and treated her like a young person, not a cancer patient. They’re specially trained to work with young people and were always there to answer our questions and worries.

I’d been meaning to write a will for a while, so when I saw that you could do one with Farewill I decided to give that a go. It didn’t take long and I could do it in the comfort of my own home. I didn’t want to pay a solicitor, so being able to do a will online and donate that cost to Teenage Cancer Trust was great. 

Honor is now happily married, working in HR and living her best life. I’m so grateful that she had the support of Teenage Cancer Trust as her experience would have been a lot harder without them.
 

I’ve seen first-hand what a difference their support can make, so it’s nice knowing that my money will help other young people like Honor.