We are changemakers using evidence-based campaigning to help secure policy change for people affected by cancer.
Alongside our campaigning community, we work to drive political action, help improve cancer outcomes, and enable life-saving science and research to thrive.
We’re calling on the UK Government to ensure the National Cancer Plan for England is bold enough to meet the scale of the challenge that faces us.
Launched in 2022, we’ve campaigned for action and funding to help tackle the number one cause of cancer in the UK – smoking.
Find out how our past campaigns have helped make a difference.
In March 2015, MPs voted in favour of plain, standard cigarette packs. This was a huge victory for public health, giving millions of children one less reason to start smoking.
We campaigned for an increase in early cancer diagnosis through government funding.
Before plain, standard cigarette packs were introduced, we successfully campaigned to cover up tobacco displays in shops and remove tobacco vending machines.
In 2011, 36,000 supporters called for investment in radiotherapy to make sure world-class services are available to everyone in England.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, it was estimated that around 38,000 fewer people received vital cancer treatment, so we launched this urgent campaign
The more junk food ads on TV young people see, the more they eat. In 2016, we launched the Junk Free campaign to introduce restrictions on junk food marketing to children, including a 9pm watershed on junk food advertising and similar restrictions online.
In 2018, we launched our Shoulder to Shoulder Against Cancer campaign in the NHS’s 70th birthday year to ask the UK Government to train and employ more staff to diagnose and treat cancer early.
To protect children from the increased risk of skin cancer through the use of sunbeds, we called for a change to regulations across the UK.
In 2008, we campaigned for more and better cancer screening across the UK.
We successfully campaigned for an end to smoking in workplaces and enclosed public spaces in the UK.
Join our community of over 50,000 online campaigners across the UK.
Take part in our community of over 200 volunteer Campaign Ambassadors helping to influence governments across the UK to take action on cancer and driving improvements for cancer in their local communities.
