Bill Deakin is undertaking the Joss Naylor Challenge on Saturday 20th August. This involves crossing 30 summits in the Lake District, covering 48 miles (77km) and 17000 feet (4877m) of climbing. Put another way, its nearly 2 marathons long and it goes up (and down) almost 2000 flights of stairs! It's a bit like climbing Mont Blanc from sea…
Read moreWorld Cancer day Thursday 4th Feb CAC supporter Vicky Jennings will be offering her online Yoga for Climbers class on World cancer day to support CAC. To take part book through Vicky's website at... https://www.vickyjenningsyoga.com/book-online All proceeds will come to Climbers against Cancer.
Read moreCalling All Climbers! Last weekend would have been our 2nd 'Mountain March Challenge' - a weekend of climbing vertical meters to raise money for the research into Cancer. Last year, hundreds of you all around the globe, took part and made it a great, fun weekend. Unfortunately, due to the current situation we couldn't run…
Read moreAlthough we have left it a little late this year, it is time for Mountain March again! This years event will be held on Saturday 28th and Sunday the 29th of March. We would like to see many people , be it individuals or groups joining in the fun and raising funds all of which…
Read moreWe have some amazing people who fundraise for us and who know how to put the fun in fundraising. The latest on the list are van dwelling couple Holly Waller and Paul Cottee who go by the collective name of Crazy Ass Climbers.Follow them on their journey here... Who, what, why, huh?? They decided that…
Read moreThe figures are in..... Over the course of the Mountain March weekend , all you wonderful climbers, walkers, cake bakers and mountain scalers raised over £16,800.00.... That is a fantastic figure and it is still going up as the last few donations come in. This just confirms what we knew already... You are an amazing…
Read moreWell it happened ! And what an amazing weekend it was. We had people climbing up Everest, the Eiger, K2 and more all at indoor walls, we had people walking the 3 Yorkshire peaks, Snowden and Coniston Old Man..and thats just for starters ! So many people that you would need an hour to read…
Read moreAs I feel sure you already know if you are reading this .. We donate the money that is raised , be it from selling our lovely colourful CAC tees and the other goodies or from your amazing and intrepid exploits and fundraising. This money is donated to cancer research centres all around the world.…
Read moreWhat an achievement ! Our favourite young fundraiser, Edward Mills' latest achievement is the Pride of Britain young fundraiser of the year award. Edward successfully scaled the Old Man of Hoy earlier this year and raised over £35,000 for CAC in the process. This is the latest in the line of his achievements, hopefully there…
Read moreIn March 2017 Climbers Against Cancer made a donation of £25,000.00 to Weston Park cancer research centre based in Sheffield UK. This week myself and CAC trustee Susan Grimshaw had the good fortune to be invited to have a look around the hospital and to see the difference that the donation had made. We…
Read moreInspirational Edward, aged 8, breaks records in aid of Climbers Against Cancer We’re no strangers to magnificent shows of bravery and selflessness in the pursuit of fundraising, but the story of Edward Mills, aged just 8 years old has really blown us away. On Friday, Edward embarked on a challenge that saw him…
Read moreOver the last two days we have received four separate large donations. The total amount of these is £2492.50. We have the guys at the Leeds wall who asked all their visitors to bring in unwanted equipment for them to sell on behalf of CAC. So far the shop has raised £823.00 Thank you to…
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