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My name is Lulu Bartlett and I am 11 years old. I am entered for the Pedal for Scotland Glasgow to Edinburgh cycle on Sunday 13th September. We did this last year and it took nearly 7 hours and most people take between 6 and 8 hours to complete the ride. This year I am aiming to finish in 4 hours! I will be leaving Glasgow at 9am and hope to be at Victoria Park in Edinburgh by 1pm. My mum told me about Teenage Cancer Trust and also about her friend Lynne who hopes to raise £100,000 in the month of Spetember and I would like to do what I can to help teenagers in Edinburgh who have cancer.
Lynne says
"The funds raised here will go towards the appeal for a new Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Work on the new Teenage Cancer Trust unit is expected to start in 2010 and will be for cancer patients aged 16 – 24.
In the meantime, a unit for younger teenagers (13 – 16 year olds) is expected to open very soon at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. Teenage Cancer Trust is refurbishing an area at the hospital, expected to be complete in 2009. All funds for this Unit were raised locally by people like you and me.
There’s never a good time to get cancer, but for a teenager the timing seems particularly cruel. Young people can get some of the most rare and aggressive forms of cancer. The emotional upheaval of adolescence can make a cancer diagnosis even harder to cope with.
Every day in the UK, six young people will have to face that diagnosis. Teenage Cancer Trust understands that teenage cancer requires specialist care and in fact, 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.
Teenage Cancer Trust builds units in NHS hospitals which improve the quality of life and chances of survival for young people with cancer. But as we receive no government funding, we rely on voluntary donations from people like you. It costs around £2million to build and equip a new unit. We estimate that with the units we currently have around the UK, only half of the teenagers diagnosed with cancer now have access to this dedicated, specialist support. Our aim is build enough units so that, by 2012, every single teenager with cancer will be treated on one.
For more information about TCT and how you can get involved, call me - Lynne McNicoll on 07901 555 352 or visit my website for more information on local events
With help from amazing young people like Lulu, and folk like you and me, we can do this. We ARE making a difference to the lives of teenagers fighting cancer.
Thank you Lulu for doing this for us!"
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