Tag: Cancer Research UK

Roadchef Hits £3 Million Fundraising Target For Cancer Research UK

Stuart Mitchell

Leading motorway service area (MSA) operator, Roadchef, has raised an outstanding £3,000,000 for its charity partner Cancer Research UK over the course of the last four years. The milestone comes as the partnership between Roadchef and the charity moves into its fifth year in 2022. Across Roadchef’s 30 service areas, team members have participated in all sorts of challenges and activities from bake offs, walks and big hikes, to head shaving. Fundraising at sites has also played a big role with Roadchef customers generously contributing to help raise vital funds…

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Cancer Research UK ‘looks to the future with renewed optimism’

Stuart Mitchell

Cancer Research UK is looking to the future with renewed optimism following one of the most difficult years in its history. The charity’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 reveals the impact of the pandemic on its income and spend on charitable activities over the past year. The report also highlights how it has shown resilience and adapted quickly to a changed world so that it is ready to take on the challenges ahead. Michelle Mitchell, chief executive at Cancer Research UK, said: “COVID-19 has disrupted cancer care, our life-saving research…

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Social enterprise supports Cancer Research UK to boost Covid-19 funding loss

Stuart Mitchell

Spectrum Community Health CIC, one of the first health social enterprises to spin out of the NHS, has partnered with Cancer Research UK in a move that should hopefully help the charity to claw back what it estimates is a multi-million-pound shortfall in donations due to the Coronavirus pandemic. As part of its Charity of the Year initiative, Spectrum’s Chief Executive, Dr Linda Harris OBE will be attempting to climb ‘10 Peaks in 10 Days’ starting on Friday 18th June. The strenuous challenge will see Dr Harris traverse ten of…

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Tesco and Race for Life celebrate 20 years in partnership as Tesco turns pink

Stuart Mitchell

This year, Tesco is celebrating 20 years in partnership with Cancer Research UK’ s Race for Life. Since the partnership began, more than 360,000 Tesco colleagues have taken part in a Race for Life event, raising millions to help fund the charity’s life-saving research. Today sees the start of ‘Tesco Turns Pink’, the supermarket’s national annual fundraiser, which runs for three days and sees thousands of Tesco colleagues from across the UK raise money for Cancer Research UK. Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring series of…

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Cancer Research UK launches its new equality, diversity and inclusion strategy

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s leading cancer charity, Cancer Research UK, has launched its first charity-wide Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy, outlining the charity’s commitments and setting out the immediate actions that it will take to improve, accelerate progress and change. This new EDI strategy brings focus to Cancer Research UK’s efforts to promote equality, diversity and inclusion and is a key priority for the charity in its fight against cancer.  The overall vision of the charity’s EDI strategy is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in the work it does. The strategy will touch on all aspects of the charity’s work.  Michelle Mitchell OBE, Cancer Research UK’s chief executive, said: “At Cancer Research UK, we…

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