Business Beats Cancer Chester

Business Beats Cancer Chester brings together business leaders to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK. The Business Beats Cancer Chester board is one of a growing network of boards across the UK. Each board organises an exciting annual fundraising event that brings together businesses in its local area to beat cancer.

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Dave Wilson (Chair)

Over recent years, my family and friends have been significantly impacted by the devastating effects of cancer. In 2017, my best friend was diagnosed with glioblastoma and realistically given months to live. At the end of 2020, we found out that my younger sister Kate had stage 4 lung cancer.

David Wilson, Partner of Norman Broadbent, is supporting CRUK by building a business board across Chester and Wirral to help beat cancer sooner. David is appealing to business Directors and CEOs across Chester and Wirral with strong networks/connections and a passion and drive for fundraising to apply to join the board and make a significant impact across the region for those affected by cancer. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemwilson/

Khalsa Hughes

Each and every one of us knows someone who has been affected by cancer and I’m passionate about playing the very small part I can in helping to fund the research and treatment of this cruel disease. I’m proud to be part of the Business Beats Cancer Chester team and I’m confident that we can make a difference.

Marketing Manager, Meadow

Hayley Evans

Business Beats Cancer provides businesses within the Chester area an opportunity to support further life-saving research to help beat cancer for our future generations.

Head of Finance, Urenco

Jamie McHugh

Sadly, our family has been heavily impacted by cancer and we’ve lost loved ones far too soon. It’s important to help those facing into cancer & I’m honoured to join the Business Beats cancer Chester board.

Change Manager, Lloyds Banking Group

Peter Parsonage

Like almost everyone in the UK, the ugly spectre of cancer has impacted my family and the loss it caused will always be felt. The mission to raise awareness and funding for much needed research into ways of tackling this devastating disease, in all it's forms, resonates so much with me.

Solicitor at Carpenters Group

Liz Preston

Cancer is a disease that strikes in a million ways and invariably affects us all. When I was diagnosed it felt like running into a brick wall, it was totally overwhelming. With fabulous treatments (through lockdown) I am now focused on raising awareness and funds for research that can help to eradicate this disease.

CEO Agility Logistics Solutions Ltd (Retired)

Janet Ryan

There is no-one I know, whose lives have not been impacted by cancer. People we love that are no longer with us and those that face the devastating effect cancer has every day.

Sue Fox

I am delighted to join the Business Beats Cancer Chester Board. Like so many, I have felt the devastating impact of cancer having lost family members and a best friend to this frightening and far reaching disease.

What we're funding in the North West

The North West is home to our Manchester Institute, where our work spans the whole spectrum of cancer research, from investigating the molecular basis of cancer to developing new treatments. In 2017, the Paterson building, which housed part of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, suffered a devastating fire. Out of the ashes we've come together with the University of Manchester and the Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to think on a grander scale. In 2023, we opened the doors to our new world-class cancer research facility on the site of the Paterson Building.

As well as the institute we have the Manchester Centre, which delivers world-leading research that accelerates the transition of lab-based discovery to the clinic for the benefit of people affected by cancer. It's also home to one of our RadNet centres of excellence, which together form a network that aims to improve cancer survival by optimising and personalising radiotherapy.

The University of Manchester also plays a central role in our research activity. It forms part of our Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence (along with University College London) and The International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED). The Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence brings together the unique and complementary strengths of our partner organisations to create a collaborative environment in which integrated lung cancer research can flourish. ACED is a £55 million partnership that brings together world leading researchers from five institutions across the UK and the US to tackle the biggest challenges in early detection and improve cancer diagnosis. Finally, the Manchester and Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, which we co-fund the National Institute for Health Research in England, bring together lab scientists and cancer doctors to speed up the flow of ideas and new treatments from the lab to the clinic.