Help a Capital Child Week 2013

This year's Help a Capital Child Week has raised £109,152 to support young people living with cancer!

THANK YOU to everyone who made a donation, entered one of our text raffles, bid in one of our auctions, or joined us at one of our events.

It was all to raise money to make a difference to the lives of teenagers whose world changes overnight when they are told they have cancer.

When you’re a teenager, life should be all about hanging out with your mates, going to gigs and experiencing whatever life has to offer for the first time. Sadly for six teenagers a day, when they are given the devastating news that they have cancer, they find themselves placed on a children’s ward or with elderly patients, leaving them feeling isolated and alone.

Money raised during Help a Capital Child Week will be used to fund specialist Teenage Cancer Trust units in hospitals across the country, which are specifically designed to make life a bit better for these teenagers. They can share their experience with people of a similar age, and the environment is designed to allow them to still be a teenager despite everything they are going through. Teenagers like Hannah & Will:

In the East Midlands there are units like this in the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham and Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Through money raised so far, Help a Capital Child has helped to build and equip these specialist units, meaning they'll be able so support young people like David; 

David, who after being admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung, was eventually diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma at the age of 15. David had a long course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and  received  all  of  his  treatment  on  a  children’s  ward.  

He  said: “The doctors and nurses were really nice and kind but the unit was really tailored for small children. Sometimes as a teenager you just want some time among people your own age, watching films, or playing games and just hanging out. But on the children’s ward I didn’t really have anything to do and I had nowhere to relax away from my bed.” 

You can show your support NOW by making a donation to Help a Capital Child by clicking on the logo below.