Charities - cancer care and research

World Cancer Research Fund is the principal UK charity dedicated to the prevention of cancer through the promotion of healthy diet and nutrition, physical activity and weight management. WCRF UK is committed to providing cancer research and education programmes which expand our understanding of the importance of our food and lifestyle choices in the cancer process.

World Cancer Research Fund is the principal UK charity dedicated to prevention of cancer through promotion of healthy diet, physical activity and weight management. We fund scientific research into how food and lifestyle choices affect cancer risk. Our education programmes translate the scientific findings into clear information for everyone on how to reduce their chances of developing cancer, and we have special resources for parents, children, teachers and health professionals.

Currently, more than 125 people a day are diagnosed with breast cancer – that’s more than 45,000 every year in the UK. Breast cancer is the most common single cause of death in women aged 35-54 years and while survival rates have markedly improved over the years, at Against Breast Cancer we think that no-one should have to suffer the anxiety of diagnosis, the debilitating effects of surgery, and the uncertainty of the future.

Bowel diseases, including cancer, affect hundreds of thousands of people a year, yet even in today’s more open society, they are rarely discussed; a taboo still exists which leaves many thousands suffering in silence. In cases where disease leads to life with a colostomy (bag), this can be extremely distressing and isolating.

Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding world-class breast cancer research throughout the UK and Ireland.
We fund research into every aspect of breast cancer to understand how breast cancer develops leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure.

The treatment and management of breast cancer has been revolutionised in the last 35 years since I became President of the Breast Cancer Research Trust . The death rate has fallen by 30% in the U.K. and many patients now experience a personal cure. This in the main has been due to unremitting and time consuming research not only into new drugs and ways of diagnosing, assessing and treating patients but into the basic causes of breast cancer itself.

The BACR is the largest cancer research association in the UK. It was formed in 1960 to “promote the advance of research in relation to all aspects of cancer and to encourage the exchange of information”.

Formed nearly 50 years ago, we have spent more than £35million on equipment and vital research into cancer and other crippling diseases at universities, research institutions and hospitals throughout the country.

Today, we specialise in research into the spread of cancer, which is the cause of two thirds of all cancer deaths.

CancerCare at UCLH supports the treatment and comfort of Cancer patients at the UCLH NHS Foundation Trust.

CancerCare at UCLH was established to provide additional care and comfort for patients. The charity pays for small, but appreciated, items such as newspapers and beverages in patients’ waiting areas and also for medical equipment that can ease patients’ experience of the treatment process. In addition, it funds research aimed at improving the effectiveness of treatment.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres and an international leader in research. From our beginnings in the early 1890s, we have been world pioneers in the study and treatment of cancer with many firsts to our name. Our new early stage clinical trials unit is the largest of its kind in the world, testing the very latest in cancer treatments.

Hearing a child has cancer is the start of a difficult journey that tests families physically, emotionally and financially. As the UK’s leading children’s charity, CLIC Sargent is there caring every step of the way, answering the needs of children, young people and their families in hospital, at home and in the community. We are there – often within hours of diagnosis - offering emotional and practical help to families who feel their world has fallen apart. CLIC Sargent Doctors, Nurses and Play Specialists offer the specialist care and support they need.

Helen’s Trust operates in North Derbyshire and Sheffield. The charity was founded 10 years ago in Memory of local Derbyshire woman Helen Louise Lyons, who sadly died prematurely of cancer. Helen was able to be cared for by her family in her own home which was her expressed wish. The charity was developed in Helen’s memory as a way of being able to help others with all incurable illnesses to be able to have the choice to stay in their own home at the end of their lives.

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into better treatments and cures for blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

One in three of us will get cancer. It’s the toughest fight most of us will ever face.

Pancreatic cancer is the UK’s most fatal cancer. The survival rate is only 3%, and this rate has barely changed in 40 years.

Heart disease is the UK’s biggest killer and lung disease incapacitates one person in seven. Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals are world-renowned leaders in the research and treatment of heart and lung disease, providing specialist services for patients of all ages from across the country.

Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40.
Leave a lasting legacy to Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, the UK’s largest brain tumour, charity, and change the future for those living with and affected by brain tumours. We are the largest dedicated funder of brain tumour research in the UK.

St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Chichester, is an independent local charity. For over 20 years we have provided Specialist Palliative Care for around 10,000 people with Cancer, Motor Neurone Disease and other terminal illnesses. We provide care and support 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year and at any one time we are looking after over 230 people in our community.