Bobby Moore Fund
Raising vital funds for bowel cancer research and increasing public awareness of the disease.
The Legacy of Bobby Moore OBE
Bobby was a footballer who captained West Ham and led the England men’s senior team to their first and only World Cup victory in 1966.
He was 51 when he died of bowel cancer in 1993.
Shortly after, his widow Stephanie Moore OBE set up a fund to raise money for bowel cancer research and increase public awareness of the disease – The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.
With your support, we’re tackling bowel cancer
Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, with 46 people losing their life to the disease every day in the UK. We need to continue our mission to tackle it, so people can live longer, better lives free from the fear of bowel cancer.
The research and awareness made possible by the Bobby Moore Fund have contributed to a fall of more than 30% in mortality rates for bowel cancer.
Get involved
Football Shirt Friday
Football Shirt Friday takes place every April to raise money for the Bobby Moore Fund. Wear your football shirt, share a selfie and donate to help tackle bowel cancer!
Sports Challenges
Join the team and take on a challenge to help tackle bowel cancer. Find a challenge that’s right for you and specify that you’re competing for the Bobby Moore Fund.
Bowel cancer research we fund
Targeting key molecular pathways.
Professor Patrick Johnson has run a project which investigated new ways to develop treatments for people with bowel cancer by targeting key molecular pathways in cancer cells. His team also categorised bowel cancer into subtypes based on their genetic profile. This vital information could inform the design of future, more tailored treatments.
Finding new ways to treat people with bowel cancer.
Our researchers in Belfast are studying how bowel cancer hijacks normal processes our body’s cells use to make energy and grow. This hijacking can help cancers resist chemotherapy, making treatment less effective. They’re aiming to help find ways to predict who might not respond to chemotherapy and develop new ways to treat these people.
I am very pleased to say that real progress has been made since Bobby died of the disease and the contribution of our supporters has been fundamental to achieving this.
There is still so much more to do and I hope you continue to support the Bobby Moore Fund.
Stephanie Moore OBE
About bowel cancer
There are around 44,000 new bowel cancer cases in the UK every year. If diagnosed at the earliest stage, around 9 in 10 patients will survive their cancer for more than five years, compared with around 1 in 10 people at the latest stage*.
Bowel cancer screening
54% of bowel cancers in the UK are preventable. Bowel screening looks for early signs of cancer before they’re noticeable, or changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer. It can help doctors find cancer early, before any symptoms develop.
Signs and symptoms of bowel cancer
Symptoms of bowel cancer can include a change in your normal bowel habit or blood in your poo. In most cases it won’t be cancer. But if it is, finding it early can make a real difference.