From a tipi to a tumour
I’m Dana Miller (56ish), California boy. Bishop to be exact. My folks were climbers back in the 60’s/70’s so we were raised at the Buttermilks living in a Tipi : I suppose I started climbing as a kid getting dragged around by my folks but it wasn’t until college(1988), that I really found the passion […]
Newsletter #4 with SO MUCH NEWS
New Year, New-sletter! And there’s so much to tell you that we needed a bumper double edition! We hope you agree it makes for an interesting read! We’ll be putting it out on social media of course, so please, share, SHARE, SHARE!! The more people we reach, the more awareness we raise and the more […]
Molly Thompson-Smith joins CAC Crew
Olympian and Team GB member Molly Thompson-Smith and our Trustee Lynn Robinson bumped into each other at the Kendal Mountain Festival this year. They got talking and one thing led to another… next thing you know Molly had agreed to become an Athlete Ambassador for CAC! Here’s what she has to say about her reasons […]
Cancer prevention. Lose the smokes
As a charity we often focus on research into cancer, and more recently into living with and beyond the disease. But the age old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ also applies to cancer. So much physical and emotional pain (and expense to our stretched healthcare systems and the economy in general) could be avoided […]
Carols Against Cancer with Carmine de Grandis
Carmine de Grandis has been supporting and raising (lots of) funds for CAC for years now. We’re delighted to say we’ve made it official, and the ultra-trail mountain runner has joined us as an Athlete Ambassador. As is his tradition, at noon on December 22, despite the weather forecast, Carmine, his accordion and his band […]
Video: 10 years of climbing against cancer, now on YouTube!
We couldn’t let our 10th anniversary go by without putting together a video. It took a while, because a LOT has happened in 10 years and a LOT of people have been involved, so a LOT of editing was required to make something meaningful but that doesn’t go on for hours! There are flashbacks, borrowed […]
Welcome to our new Athlete Ambassador Nicole Berthod
Here’s how Switzerland’s Nicole Berthod describes herself on her Instagram account : IFMGA mountainguide 💃👠💅breastcancerwarrior & freespirit in ❤️ with life At the age of 31 and the peak of physical condition, Nicole received a breast cancer diagnosis. Her personal story is incredibly uplifting, and we urge you to read this blog article she wrote […]
‘Climbing Beyond Cancer’ – using the power of climbing to support treatment and recovery
We have mentioned previously that the Trustees decided to expand the scope of our charitable purpose, to fund not only research projects but also projects concerning palliative care and those that help people who are living with and beyond cancer. Quite a few projects in the third category have been submitted for consideration during our […]
Online store for European sales, no customs duties
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 […]
Call for projects: new improved application form!
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 […]
Scarpa X CAC: if you blinked you missed it!
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 […]
A virtual presentation, for real hope
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 […]
