A national business water retailer – which has its main office in Stoke-on-Trent – has partnered with a cancer charity to fund a hundred hours of support work.
During the two-year charity partnership Water Plus will raise awareness and funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust, which provides specialist nurses, support teams and hospital units for young people with cancer – including at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Of the 100 youth support co-ordinator hours, 75 hours are in the Midlands and 25 are in Scotland, providing support for young people, including for their mental wellbeing and relationships, throughout their treatment for cancer.
Alex Dawson, Senior Relationship Manager at the Teenage Cancer Trust, said: “It’s fantastic to receive additional support through this new partnership with national business water retailer Water Plus.
“Youth support co-ordinators work alongside Teenage Cancer Trust nurses and wouldn’t be there for young people if it wasn’t due to funding from partners, so joining our efforts with Water Plus will deliver meaningful and positive impacts.
“Our youth support co-ordinators provide vital support alongside our nurses, to ensure all our young people have the emotional support needed following a cancer diagnosis. They help with all sorts of things, including helping answer the questions young people have – ones that they, at times, cannot ask families – and, ultimately, helping to navigate the cancer they face and its surrounding impacts.”
Water Plus has already raised money for support groups for adults with cancer in the last year and will continue to raise awareness about regular health checks employees can take.
Tony McHardy, Corporate Managing Director at Water Plus, met one of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s nurses at Royal Stoke University Hospital to mark the partnership’s start and hear more about the support provided.
He said: “It’s fantastic to start our partnership with making a positive impact right from the beginning, with essential support for young people facing cancer. It was great to meet a Teenage Cancer Trust nurse and some of the fundraising team, as we launched our joint effort to make sure every young person facing cancer has excellent support and care.”
Water Plus has launched a JustGiving page to support its fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust, which can be found here.
