Julie Worrall announced as Chief Executive of Teenage Cancer Trust

Teenage Cancer Trust has appointed Julie Worrall as its Chief Executive. 

Julie joined Teenage Cancer Trust in 2024 as Director of Engagement and has been serving as the charity’s Interim Chief Executive since January 2026, following the resignation of her predecessor Kate Collins. 

Julie will assume the role of the charity’s Chief Executive with immediate effect. 

Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity providing specialised nursing care and expert youth support for young people with cancer aged 13-24. It is a cause particularly close to Julie’s heart, given her own experience of ovarian cancer aged just 24.

That experience has shaped Julie’s career, and she has spent more than 20 years working in roles dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by cancer, including senior leadership positions at Young Lives vs Cancer, World Child Cancer UK and supporting the NHS.

Julie Worrall, Chief Executive, Teenage Cancer Trust, said:  “It is an honour to be entrusted as a steward of a charity built from the vision and determination of the charity’s founders, Myrna and Adrian Whiteson, and one that has changed and saved the lives of teenagers and young adults for more than three decades. 

“Every day I hear directly from young people about the difference this charity has made to them. Theirs are the voices that drive me, and compel me to turn my own experience of cancer as a young person into a force for good. 

“I’m looking forward to working alongside extraordinary peers and partners across the health sector, and with our frontline teams and charity staff, to make sure that we can be there to support all young people with cancer who need us.”

Paul Spanswick, Chair of Trustees, Teenage Cancer Trust, said: “We are delighted to have appointed Julie as our Chief Executive. It follows a full and rigorous recruitment process in which we met some truly outstanding candidates. Julie and her team can now put in place an ambitious strategy for Teenage Cancer Trust that matches what we know we can achieve for young people, who continue to face a system that doesn’t meet their unique needs.”

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