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About our corporate partnerships

Discover how we can partner together to bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

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Why partner with us

By partnering with Cancer Research UK you can:

  • Align your brand with one of the most well-known, trusted and loved charities in the UK

  • Build a collaborative partnership, tailored to your goals

  • Support life-saving research into more than 200 types of cancer

  • Help your employees improve their health and wellbeing

Who we work with

We partner with companies from a wide range of sectors, from financial services and tech to retail and transport. Discover some of our partners and the ways we work together below.

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Tesco

From a ground-breaking health charity partnership to event sponsorship, employee fundraising and more, Tesco has been our partner since 2002.

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ScottishPower

Our partner since 2012, ScottishPower has raised over £40 million with their Help Beat Cancer energy tariff, fundraising and event sponsorship.

Building a partnership together

We’ll work with you to design a partnership that meets your company’s goals whilst supporting life-saving research. Explore a few of these opportunities below.

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Boost your brand with event sponsorship

Align your brand with some of the biggest mass participation charity events2. From Race for Life to Shine Night Walk, we offer a range of national and regional sponsorship opportunities.

Learn about our Slimming World and Race for Life partnership

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Reach your customers with cause-led marketing

If your product or service aligns with our cause, we can help develop a bespoke cause-led marketing campaign to attract customers and drive sales.

Learn about our NIVEA Sun partnership

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Engage your employees with a vital cause

From volunteering opportunities to our workplace health programme, we can engage and inspire your teams and help them live longer, healthier lives.

Learn about how your staff can get involved

Learn about our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme

Discover more ways to partner with us

Talk to our award-winning team about the best partnership for your business.

Contact our partnerships team

Hear from our partners

Don’t just take our word for it. Hear how our current partners feel about working with us and the benefit it brings.

Making breakthroughs possible

In the last 50 years, our work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. But we have so much more to do. From discovery research and prevention to diagnosis and treatment, discover the kind of breakthroughs you can help make possible.

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8 in 10 people who receive cancer drugs on the NHS in the UK receive a drug developed by us, or with us.

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We helped fund cutting-edge research that discovered two sub-types of prostate cancer using AI.

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We are co-funding trailblazing researchers to develop the world’s first vaccine to prevent lung cancer.

Discover research happening near you

Learn more about our partnerships

How your employees can get involved

Discover the ways your employees can get involved in a partnership with Cancer Research UK.

Become a partner

Whether you’re a business, charity or not-for-profit organisation, partner with us to support life-saving research.

References

1. Savanta, The UK’s Most Loved Charity Brands 2024

2. https://wearemassive.co.uk/the-massive-top-25/

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    Savanta, The UK’s Most Loved Charity Brands 2024


Contact our partnerships team

Talk to our award-winning team about the best partnership for your business.

Contact our partnerships team