Domino’s to raise £1 million for Teenage Cancer Trust
The pizza chain teamed up with Teenage Cancer Trust and announced a goal to raise £1million over the next two years.
David Wild, CEO of Domino’s Pizza UK, said, “Voted for by Domino’s Pizza Group employees and franchisees, the two-year partnership aims to raise £1million which will go towards the vital work Teenage Cancer Trust do to help young people with cancer in the UK.”
“If we reach our target of £1million, we will be able to help fund life changing services right across the country; for example, our £1million could fund 40,000 hours of expert nursing care for young people with cancer.”
“I hope that over the course of our partnership, we can work towards the goal of reaching every young person in the UK touched by this illness.”
Siobhan Dunn, Chief Executive Teenage Cancer Trust, said, “Teenage Cancer Trust’s specialist nurses and youth support coordinators make a huge difference to the experience of young people with cancer in hospital.”
“Despite all the hard work and progress we have made in supporting young people, we still have a long way to go. For every young person with cancer we help, there is another we can’t.”
“Domino’s will be helping us reach these young people. We feel very lucky to have been chosen by Domino’s and look forward to working together over the next two years.”
To kick off the partnership, Domino’s delivered over 600 slices of freshly made pizza to young people at Teenage Cancer Trust’s ‘Find Your Sense of Tumour’ conference, which deals with issues young cancer patients face and features leading cancer specialists..
Domino’s has also enlisted the help of cast members from Channel 4 ‘s long running youth drama, Hollyoaks, who will be sharing their #cheesygrin selfies across social media channels on Saturday, encouraging the public to get involved by uploading and sharing a picture of their #cheesygrin including the @Dominos_UK and @TeenageCancer hashtags - helping to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. Domino’s is the official sponsor of Hollyoaks on Channel 4.
