2009 teenagers challenge -
WHAT IS IT?
Every day in the UK, 6 teenagers and young adults* hear the words -
'You have cancer'
That's over 2000 each year
Many are treated on wards with toddlers and babies, or with much older adults. Neither is appropriate for them.
Imagine being 16 and having not only ‘bad hair days’ but ‘no hair days’ or watching your friends play football when you face the prospect of losing a limb.
Teenage Cancer Trust helps young people fight cancer in many ways but its main priority is to build specialist age appropriate Units in NHS Hospitals - somewhere for young people to be treated with other young people their own age.
The 2009 Teenagers challenge is a fun way to raise a lot of money locally to help those young people affected by cancer.
In Scotland we aim to sign up 2009 teenagers in both the East of Scotland and the West of Scotland to raise £50 each we will have raised £100,450 towards our regional targets.
In East of Scotland, our goal is to raise £500,000 by the end of 2009 towards a Unit at the Western General Hospital for older teenagers and young adults.
In the West of Scotland our first goal is to raise £350,000 for a unit at Yorkhill Hospital.
So, are YOU up for helping us?
If your answer is yes, let's get started.
We need you to register your intention to fundraise with us so that we can keep count of how many young people are signed up so go to the
Register Now page to do that. But before you do, read how your money will make a difference where you live.....
We will feature some of the best fundraising stories on our News page so do get in touch with us if you think your idea is worth a mention!
If you sign up, you could pass on the information to two friends and ask them to sign up and then ask them to pass onto two friends each - imagine how many people we can reach this way.
There are loads of fun and innovative ways to raise the £50 and maybe you could let us know about some of the dafter ones!
FANTASTIC NEWS - PENICUIK HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BECOME A PARTNER IN THE EAST OF SCOTLAND CHALLENGE - THANK YOU PENICUIK HS! WE ARE SO PROUD OF THEM WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A PAGE OF THEIR OWN - CLICK HERE TO SEE IT!
LETS SEE HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE CAN GET IN SCOTLAND TO PARTNER US ON THIS INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE.
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* teenagers and young adults - aged between 13 and 24.