AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S CANCER UNIT
RECEIVES ROYAL VISIT
Sarah, Duchess of York and HRH Princess
Eugenie helped Alder Hey celebrate the
second birthday of Alder Hey’s young
people’s oncology department.
On 13th September 2017, Teenage
Cancer Trust Honorary Patrons
Sarah, Duchess of York HRH
Princess Eugenie, joined Alder Hey
at the Teenage Cancer Trust funded
facility within Oncology Unit for
a birthday bash to mark two years
since the specialist unit opened.
They met patients aged 13 - 19
who are undergoing treatment for
various types of cancer.
Teenage Cancer Trust provided
£500k to help Alder Hey
enhance a dedicated teenage and
young adult facility within the
new hospital’s oncology unit in
2015 and worked with patients on
the design, making it feel more
like a home from home than a
hospital ward, and a space where
young people can get together
to support each other through
treatment.
Sarah, Duchess of York, is a longstanding
and tireless supporter
of Teenage Cancer Trust. She
officially opened the charity’s first
specialist cancer unit in 1990,
and has attended almost all of
the charity’s 28 subsequent new
unit openings across the UK. In
this time she has met thousands
of young people with cancer and
been a passionate advocate for
raising awareness of the issues
they face and of the innovative
support Teenage Cancer Trust
provides. Princess Eugenie
and Princess Beatrice were
introduced to the charity by their
mother and became Honorary
Patrons in 2016.
Alder Hey is a Centre of
Excellence for treating
children and young people
with cancer and the funding
from TCT has enabled
Alder Hey to make vital
enhancements to the teenage
area of our Oncology Unit,
creating a state-of-the-art
facility specifically designed
for young people.