Papworth Trust helps raise awareness of Teenage Cancer Trust

Papworth Trust Centre, Cambridge has helped raise awareness for the Cancer Appeal for Teenagers (CAT), part of the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) East Anglia appeal.

The Centre, which provides services for people with disabilities who want to access work-based vocational training and work opportunities, partnered with TCT to print logos onto 'hoodies'. The hoodies are now being sold to raise funds for CAT.

The Centre operates a fully equipped print shop producing quality printed garments, promotional items and delivering a full range of photocopying services. Service users have the opportunity to take part in printing and producing promotional goods; packaging; light engineering and assembly; and voluntary work in the community. Jacquie Warner, of TCT, said: "It is great that Papworth Trust is involved. We found everyone at the Centre to be really helpful and were really impressed with the quality of the work".

The Teenage Cancer Trust East Anglia appeal is raising funds to provide a ward at Addenbrooke's Hospital to treat teenagers (13-24 years old) with cancer and make sure they get the best possible care and the chance to just 'be a teenager' in a place with people their own age. The unit, the very first in East Anglia, will cost £2 million to build with half of this money to be raised locally.

Pupils from Kimbolton School and St Peter's School, both in Huntingdon, The Leys, The International and Sancton Wood all in Cambridge, submitted over 100 logo designs for the project. Art teachers from each school, Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU), Wysing Arts Centre and Papworth Trust voted for the winning design.

Helena Harris, head of Learning for Life and Work at Papworth Trust says: "It's terrific to see that the hard work of our service-users has had such a great impact in producing the hoodies for the CAT appeal."

The winning logo was recently announced at the Wysing Arts Centre where they were modelled by the male president-elect of the CUSU and a female student from Leeds University. If you would like to support TCT, buy your hoodie today. Visit www.cancerappeal4teenagers.co.uk for more information.