Bike 8,848m for Everest Climbers Against Cancer
The concept of Everesting originated with cycling, with successful attempts rewarded with a place in the coveted everesting.cc hall of fame! To record a cycling Everest, you need to pick a hill that has a Strava segment, ride up and down it until you reach the height of Everest, without any sleep. But, you can […]
CAC Supporting Melanoma UK for May Skin Cancer Awareness Month
May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and Climbers Against Cancer are collaborating with Melanoma UK to to support their mission to increase the UK’s awareness of melanoma, and its prevention through education and awareness. Early diagnosis of skin cancer – it’s estimated that up to a massive 90% of cases could be cured […]
Everest Climbers Against Cancer
This June, “climbers” of all persuasions are invited to take on the ultimate challenge to become Everest Climbers Against Cancer, raising funds for CAC to donate to cancer-related projects. John Ellison, CAC Founder, had a vision: “In Life, we are ALL climbers” and we’re reaching out to everyone in the outdoor and climbing communities to […]
CAC x GAG
(version française suit) 10 years ago, our founder John Ellison felt confident that the climbing community would rally to support his desire to raise funds to combat cancer. Last weekend, 6 April, our French CAC ambassadors Sheila and Sophie McCarron (picture right) experienced that sense of community in spades at the Centre-Val de Loire […]
DONATION TO BREAST CANCER UK – £6,747 TO SUPPORT PROJECT INTO CANCER PREVENTION
For the October Global Awareness Month for Breast Cancer, CAC have collaborated with Breast Cancer UK to support their mission: to prevent breast cancer through education, scientific research, collaboration, and policy change. All profits from every pink (the BC awareness colour) item of CAC gear have been added to £5,000 from CAC’s charity funds and […]
CAC SUPPORTING BOWEL CANCER UK FOR APRIL AWARENESS MONTH
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and Climbers Against Cancer are supporting Bowel Cancer UK to support their mission: Beating bowel cancer together. The awareness colour for Bowel Cancer is Blue, so from April right through until the end of June, all the profits (that’s typically around 40%) from the sale of every blue item of […]
Donation to Prostate Cancer Research – £7,568 to support ‘reMOVE’ exercise pilot project
For the September Global Awareness Month for Prostate Cancer, CAC have collaborated with Prostate Cancer Research to support their mission: No man left behind – a world free from the impact of prostate cancer. All profits from every blue (the PC awareness colour) item of CAC gear have been added to £5,000 from CAC’s charity […]
Climbers Across Continents Against Cancer – Our Multi-Lingual T-Shirt
John Ellison, CAC Founder, was inspired to found the charity whilst sat amongst friends from around the globe at the World Climbing Championships in Paris. It became clear to him just how unique climbing is as a sport and how special we are as climbers. No matter what nationality, creed or colour there is a […]
Wow! You fundraised and donated £46,000 in 2023 – Thank you so much!
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 […]
The CAC newsletter that’s been missing from your life
One of our New Year’s projects was to create a newsletter, summarising all the CAC info and posts you may have missed on your different social media feeds, and the website articles you perhaps wanted to read then forgot to go back to. Our new website will be coming soon (we’re pretty excited), and newsletter […]
Upcycling and tomatoes against cancer
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 […]
Calling all volunteers
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 […]
