Charity Details

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Youth Cancer Trust
Registered Charity Number: 1064736
Location Of Benefit: UK and Ireland
Address for donations: 5 Studland Road, Alum Chine, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH4 8HZ

Youth Cancer Trust provides support and free activity holidays for teenagers and young adults (aged 14 to 30) with cancer from the UK and Ireland . . . Being told you have cancer during those formative years is devastating. Cancer can tear your world apart. And at an age where everyone else seems to be moving on with their lives – university, early relationships, careers – the diagnosis can bring your life to a halt. Youth Cancer Trust provides free activity holidays for 250 young people with cancer every year – activities which include horse riding, water sports and dry slope skiing. The emphasis is on fun and relaxation. In fact – the sort of things a teenager would do in normal circumstances. “Growing up with cancer is rubbish. All you want to do is be 'normal' and do what your friends are all doing. You hit low points where you think "why me?” But on your journey battling this disease many are fortunate enough to meet some extraordinary people who change your life forever and give you back that lost 'normality' and a little bit more besides. I have so many 'forever friends' thanks to YCT” Vicky