Home Retail Group hit the £2 Million milestone for Teenage Cancer Trust

Home Retail Group have helped to lift community spirit by raising an impressive £2 million in just one year for our official charity partner – Teenage Cancer Trust. The second year of the partnership began with a huge celebration with Argos and Homebase respectively hitting the £1 million milestone within weeks of each other.

All proceeds raised by Argos and Homebase and its customers will support young people with cancer across the UK and Republic of Ireland.  The money is helping Teenage Cancer Trust fund, build and maintain specialist units within hospitals that are designed to feel like a home-from-home and give young people the very best chance of a positive outcome. The £2 million raised, which includes over £140,000 (165,000 Euros) raised in the Republic of Ireland, is a significant contribution for Teenage Cancer Trust, due to the state-of-the-art units costing between £500,000 and £2.5 million to build.  

Over the course of the last year Argos and Homebase’s fundraising has provided significant contributions towards the build and maintenance of Teenage Cancer Trust units across the UK.  These include:

• Birmingham: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Young Persons Unit
• Birmingham: Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• Edinburgh: Royal Hospital for Sick Children
• Glasgow: Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
• Glasgow: Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill)
• Hull: Castle Hill Hospital
• Leeds: Leeds General Infirmary
• Sheffield: Weston Park and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals
• Surrey: The Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey
• The Wirral: Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

The combined total of beds in these units is 75, meaning more young people with cancer can access the specialist care and support that Teenage Cancer Trust provides.