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Online store for European sales, no customs duties

1st November 2024

Version française suit Attention all European CAC fans!  We've decided to set up a non-profit in Europe, which will be able to source and sell the same merchandise as we currently sell out of the UK, avoiding UK customs duties altogether. This will make European sales faster and cheaper for our lovely supporters, and less…

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Call for projects: new improved application form!

30th October 2024

Are you a researcher, working in a cancer-related field? Or an organisation that helps with palliative care? Perhaps you are helping patients and their families live with, or after, a cancer diagnosis ?  Or do you know of someone who is?  Read on!   For our 10th anniversary, CAC is hoping to make 10 donations…

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Scarpa X CAC: if you blinked you missed it!

20th October 2024

Quick update. Below you'll see the post that went out on 22 October 2024 at 5.30 pm in the UK, or 6.30pm on Scarpa (Italy) time. Within 24 hours we had sold out of 80% of the pairs, and the rest were gone well before breakfast the next day as people in different time zones…

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A virtual presentation, for real hope

9th September 2024

Technology enabled us to kick off September in the best possible way! On Monday September 1st we organised an online presentation of our grant for the project in Nepal we told you about in an earlier article. The virtual meeting was extremely well attended, with : Professor Barry Pizer, Consultant paediatric oncologist at Alder Hey…

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The 2nd CAC collaboration with Prostate Cancer Research for September Awareness Month

4th September 2024

  September is the Global Awareness Month for Prostate Cancer, and Climbers Against Cancer are once again, collaborating with Prostate Cancer Research to support their mission: No man left behind - a world free from the impact of prostate cancer. The awareness colour for Prostate Cancer is Blue, so from September right through until the end…

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Newsletter #3 hot off the presses

27th August 2024

It's been a busy time, so our latest edition puts the NEWS in Newsletter. A new trustee, new donations in new countries and new fields... plus some feedback on our Everesting challenge. All that and more when you click on the pic!  

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Climbing Beyond Cancer – ‘allez UP’ at Rocheplane!

26th August 2024

We were approached at the start of the year by the Centre Rocheplane near Grenoble in France, with a view to networking at the outset. But as we got chatting, and with our ‘10 projects for 10 years’ target in mind, one thing led to another… ... and the Centre submitted a project, which we…

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Tanzania grant: so no child dies needlessly

20th August 2024

Tanzanian NGO Tumaini la Maisha (TLM) provides both clinical and non-clinical support to Tanzanian children with cancer and their families. Its mission is to ensure that children with cancer in Tanzania have appropriate access to quality services, aiming for cure rates comparable to resource-rich settings, with the vision that no child in Tanzania suffers or…

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Climbing Beyond Cancer – 2 projects funded in Alberta, Canada

19th August 2024

It’s going to be busy at the Calgary Climbing Centre, where two new projects have set up ‘home’ ! 1 - PEER Project Here’s how Kids Cancer Care (KCC) presented themselves and their Paediatric cancer patients and survivors Engaging in Exercise for Recovery (PEER) project to us: “KCC is located in Alberta, Canada, where 237…

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Nepal grant: improving the quality of paediatric radiotherapy

19th August 2024

The aim of this project, coordinated by UKIGCN’s Nepal Action Group, is to improve radiotherapy for children with cancer in Nepal. The main objective is to ensure that in future, children with cancer in Nepal will be treated by a Clinical Oncologist who has received specific training in paediatric radiotherapy.  A secondary objective is to…

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A new trustee but a familiar face to many.

3rd July 2024

We are really pleased to announce the addition of a new trustee to the Climbers Against Cancer board. Many of you will be familiar with or even friends with Lynn Robinson, ex president of the BMC. Lynn has agreed to join the CAC board of trustees and we could not be happier about it! Lynn…

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Boulder UK – it’s all about community and collaboration!

22nd June 2024

We had a video chat with Boulder UK co-director Tanya Meredith recently while she was on a rest day from projecting in Rodellar!  The wall has been a stalwart in terms of raising funds and awareness for CAC for several years, and has no intention of stopping! Tell us a bit about Boulder UK? Boulder…

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