March is a busy month in terms of cancer awareness. It’s the awareness month for kidney cancer and multiple myeloma. We have already written about the lesser-known myeloma cancer in a previous article: check it out. We’ll talk more about kidney cancer later in the month, but March is also the cancer awareness month for […]
You may remember that in 2023 we made a £10,000 grant to the Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM – Monaco Scientific Centre) to help fund their groundbreaking work on paediatric cancers. You can read our previous article about it here: First donation of 2023 Dr. Vincent Picco, who heads up the Stem Cells and Brain Tumors […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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