Amount donated: £15,252
The Youth Cancer Trust provides free, fun activity-based holidays for teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 30 with cancer and living in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Staying at Tracy Ann House in Bournemouth, UK, they get to enjoy time with others of a similar age who understand what it’s like to have cancer.
Cancer can tear your world apart and at an age when everyone else seems to be moving on with their lives, university, relationships, careers – the diagnosis of cancer can bring all of that to a halt. The Youth Cancer Trust helps to reduce the sense of loneliness, which often accompanies long stays in hospital and time off school. Long term friendships are formed and families are given a much deserved break knowing their child is having fun and being looked after.
The activities provided on a YCT holiday range from horse riding, water sports and dry slope skiing. The emphasis is on fun and relaxation.
In November 2006, the Richard Burns Foundation handed a cheque for £15,252 to the Youth Cancer Trust to assist the charity in providing breaks for young cancer sufferers.
“We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the Richard Burns Foundation with its support of the Youth Cancer Trust and the work we do with young cancer patients. Without help from organisations such as the Richard Burns Foundation we simply couldn’t provide for the teenagers and young adults who come to stay with us and for that reason I am keen that the Foundation takes its share of the thanks which we receive from them almost every day of our lives down here at Tracy Ann House. Brenda Clark, Founder, Youth Cancer Trust.
