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Wow! You fundraised and donated £46,000 in 2023 – Thank you so much!

4th February 2024

Your CAC Trustees have been looking back on 2023, and WHAT A YEAR! Like any organisation (even a tiny one like Climbers Against Cancer) it takes a while to pull together the official charity accounts, but a first look at the numbers from last year are AMAZING! Thanks to the generosity and commitment of our…

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Upcycling and tomatoes against cancer

21st January 2024

We spoke recently to Avril Gall, a long-time CAC supporter who has a very unusual way of raising funds for her favourite charity.  CAC: Avril, could you tell us how you got involved in CAC and how long ago? Avril: John (Ellison, our founder – Ed.) was assistant manager when my daughter was in the…

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Calling all volunteers

19th December 2023

Got more CAC T-shirts than there are days in the week? A bit strapped for donation cash? We get it! So perhaps you're wondering how you can help your favourite cancer charity other than financially? Good news! You can become a CAC volunteer! We are often approached by clubs and halls who are organising an…

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The Rucksack Club supporting CAC – How could your Club get involved?

30th August 2023

We're featuring a huge CAC THANK YOU! to The Rucksack Club who have raised over £10,000 for Climbers Against Cancer over the last couple of years. Here's a few of the fundraising ideas they've come up with: We've worked together to combine the well known CAC logo of Climbers Against Cancer with The Rucksack Club's 'Get…

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The Joss Naylor challenge

1st August 2022

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…

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Join this online yoga class and support CAC

25th January 2021

World 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.  

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Active isolation challenge

30th March 2020

Calling 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…

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Mountain March time again

3rd March 2020

Although 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…

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Crazy fundraisers

30th May 2019

We 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…

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Mountain March Weekend success

26th April 2019

The 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…

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Mountain March weekend

2nd April 2019

Well 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…

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A thank you

16th January 2019

As 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.…

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