News and Events
Welcome to CancerCare’s news and events. Find out about all our great events and read latest news and stories here. If you would like more information on any of the news articles featured please contact us
Team CancerCare is now taking sign ups for the…
To mark 2025 Grief Awareness Week, CancerCare’s…
CancerCare’s 2025 Christmas Fair at Leighton Hall…
CancerCare’s 2025 Santa Dash raised almost £3,000…
Don’t Go It Alone, a bereavement support group in…
CancerCare is thrilled to announce that £18,500…
CancerCare and 3-1-5 Health Club have announced…
Would you like to be part of a bereavement group…
If you have been affected by a maxillofacial skin…
Businesses from across the region came together…
Latest News
Stay up to date with everything happening at CancerCare. From the latest events and service updates to the inspiring achievements of our supporters, we’ll keep you informed...
22 August 2024
Take on a Challenge for Charity
Are you looking to take on your next running, cycling or swimming challenge for a local charity? CancerCare would be honoured if you chose…
19 August 2024
Summer Super Draw Lottery Winner Scoops £500 and M&S Hamper
A long-term CancerCare supporter and former client who has played the lottery for 16 years was the lucky winner of CancerCare’s most recent…
16 July 2024
CancerCare launches the new therapist-led bereavement groups
It’s important to us, at CancerCare, to listen to the needs of our clients, and the idea for therapist-led bereavement groups came from…
06 July 2024
Supporting children and young people across the Bay
CancerCare support children and young people from the age of 3yrs to17yrs who have been affected by cancer, usually through the diagnosis…
04 July 2024
CancerCare’s 2024 K2B welcomes scorching heat and red-hot team spirit!
Team CancerCare took on the iconic Keswick To Barrow and Coniston To Barrow hikes in some tough conditions.
The annual hikes require…
The annual hikes require…
01 July 2024
A Father’s Day to remember: record-breaking year for CancerCare’s Cross Bay Walk
CancerCare’s highly anticipated Cross Bay Walk raised an incredible sum of £23,883 - the highest ever achieved - to help people in the…
01 July 2024
Epic Gladiator Gelt! Jacobs Field Solutions raise just under £1,000 for CancerCare
The team at Jacobs Field Solutions took on the Gladiator Gelt, raising money for CancerCare and Alder Hey charities.
The West…
The West…
01 July 2024
Thank you, Morecambe Bay Wills and Estates! Local business raises £21,510 for CancerCare
Local business Morecambe Bay Wills and Estates were visited by our fundraising team to celebrate them hitting a huge fundraising…
01 July 2024
Family take on Helvellyn Dawn Raid in memory of late father
A family took on a Helvellyn Dawn Raid in memory of their late husband and father who died of bowel cancer.
Laura, Lotte and Leo along with…
Laura, Lotte and Leo along with…
10 June 2024
Thank You, volunteers! CancerCare celebrates 2024 Volunteers’ Week
From 3 – 9th June 2024, CancerCare took the opportunity to celebrate our amazing volunteers during the country’s official Volunteers’ Week.…
10 June 2024
CancerCare head to Dave Day in Barrow
On Saturday 8th June, Barrow-in-Furness welcomed over 40,000 bikers who had travelled from all over the country to honour the memory of…
04 June 2024
Jessica Birkby runs 100k in May for CancerCare
A post-operative surgical nurse ran 100k in May to raise funds for CancerCare.
Jessica Birkby raised £586 (including GiftAid) and we’re so…
Jessica Birkby raised £586 (including GiftAid) and we’re so…