As many of you know, in February I will be heading to Nepal for nearly 3 weeks, trekking to the Everest Base Camp.

It promises to be a once in a lifetime experience, and will be no mean feat given the altitudes (upto 5,500 meters) and the weather (potentially down to -15 degrees) which I will experience during the journey.

I’m going to be doing the trek in memory of my friend Tom Walker, who sadly passed away from cancer in 2009.
Tom was extremely active and well travelled, and was always encouraging me to get out on some adventures of my own, so it seems fitting to use this adventure as an opportunity and try to raise some money for a Charity that I know gave him a lot of support, the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The Teenage Cancer Trust is a fantastic cause, who aim to ensure that every young person with cancer and their family receive the best possible care and professional support throughout their cancer journey.

They know how damaging it is to take a young person away from their everyday life, their friends, their environment, their family – and put them in a cancer ward with small children or older people, and understand that young people have a much better chance in their fight against cancer if they are treated by teenage cancer experts, in an environment tailored to their needs.

TCT don’t believe that teenagers should have to stop being teenagers, just because they have cancer. So they fund and build specialist units for young people in NHS hospitals. These units bring teenagers with cancer together with loads of new friends of their own age so they can support each other.

Alongside all of this they support a medical team of teenage cancer specialists who pool knowledge to create a body of expertise that’s second to none. They’re backed up by our Nurse Consultants who provide clinical care, develop research, deliver professional education and ensure that standards remain as high as possible.

Teenage Cancer Trust units aren’t like ordinary cancer wards. Everything about them has been designed to give teenagers the very best chance of a positive outcome. They want every young person with cancer in this country to have that chance.

This is a fantastic cause which is very close to my heart, so please give as much or as little as you can – every donation will help to make a difference to someone’s life.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Ben

 

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