The Teenage Cancer Trust concerts have fast become one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the annual British music calendar. Now into their seventh year, the concerts, which were the brainchild of TCT Patron and The Who frontman Roger Daltrey CBE, have featured some of the world's biggest bands, treading the boards at London's world famous Royal Albert Hall.

So far the shows have funded the building of 3 TCT units and there are more in development. Each day in the UK, 6 teenagers will find out they have cancer - that is over 2,000 new diagnoses every year. These young people often get a raw deal, receiving hospital treatment in inappropriate facilities alongside children or older people.

Teenage Cancer Trust focuses on the needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer by providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. As well as state-of-the-art facilities to keep patients occupied during long stays in hospital, the units provide an environment where teenagers can meet others in a similar situation. Units allow patients to build friendships and mechanisms to cope with their disease without being patronised or ignored and are staffed with professionals able to fully understand and manage the needs of the patients.

To date, TCT has built units in London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool and Newcastle and would like at least 22 units to ensure every teenager with cancer has access.