Teenage cancer victim raises £5 million for charity

Funds raised in the name of Stephen Sutton, the teenager who died from cancer, have reached astonishing £5 million.

ITV News Reporter Rupert Evelyn on Stephen's legacy of cancer research that his remarkable efforts will now fund:

Through the selfless fundraising of teenage cancer patient Stephen Sutton, the Teenage Cancer Trust will be able to invest:

• £2.9 million for the improvement of units across seven cities in England and Scotland
• £1.2 million on training cancer nurses and support staff
• £500,000 in digital information services for young cancer patients
• £200,000 for the Find Your Sense of Tumour event where youngsters with cancer can get together
• Plus 50 Stephen Sutton scholarships for a postgraduate certificate in teenage and young adult cancer care at Coventry University

The mother teenage cancer patient Stephen Sutton, who raised £5 million for charity, has said that "his positivity will live on" through his campaign:

A teenager who died of bowel cancer has left an astonishing legacy after his campaign raised £5 million for charity.

After being diagnosed with the disease aged 15, Stephen Sutton devoted the rest of his life to raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Stephen aimed to raise £10,000 for the charity as part of his 46-item bucket list, but donations flooded in as his positive attitude won the hearts of people around the world.

The charity says that between Stephen's fundraising page and other donations he inspired, it will be able to "be more ambitious" than it ever expected.

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