Canteen

Canteen supports young people aged 12-25 when cancer turns their world upside down. Whether it’s their own diagnosis or a close family member’s, Canteen helps young people cope with the impact that cancer has on their life and connects them with others their age who are in the same boat.

For young cancer patients, Canteen additionally provides specialist, youth-specific treatment teams in hospitals across the country. By feeling understood and supported, young people develop resilience and can rebuild the foundations that crumbled beneath them when cancer crashed in to their world and shattered everything.

Canteen works by having young people at the centre of everything we do. Combined with leading edge research into the emotional and social impacts of cancer, it ensures that Canteen truly understands how cancer is different in a young person’s world.

By leaving a gift in your Will to Canteen through a bequest, you are making a powerful commitment that means Canteen can continue to ensure that young people affected by cancer have the support they need for generations to come