Sports Beats Cancer
Unite your sporting community to help power progress
Nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime*. All of us can support the research that will beat it.
What our Sports Beats Cancer boards do
Our Sports Beats Cancer boards harness their passion and networks to host exclusive events to fundraise for Cancer Research UK. Guests have an exciting opportunity to take part in unique sporting activities and to attend prestigious evenings of fine dining, networking, and inspiring talks from influential industry leaders and Cancer Research UK experts.
Over the last 50 years, Cancer Research UK’s work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. Every pound raised supports our life-saving research.
Ways you can support Sports Beats Cancer
There are lots of different ways you can get involved.
- Set up a new Sports Beats Cancer board - We can help you set up a new board in your area.
- Join our existing Sports Beats Cancer London board - Our Sports Beats Cancer - Cycling board is actively looking for new members.
- Attend a Sports Beats Cancer event - enjoy a unique sporting event or join an evening of fine dining and networking, hosted by our Sports Beats Cancer board.
- Donate to our Sports Beats Cancer board - donate to our board to help fund life-saving cancer research. You can also donate an auction or raffle prize.
No matter how you choose to support our boards, our team is here to guide you every step of the way, offering everything from advice to event delivery support.
In 2024, Sports Beats Cancer - Cycling launched as our inaugural sports board
Our board kicked things off with a unique event that brought together a passionate community of cyclists for a ride in the London Velodrome in support of Cancer Research UK.
Thanks to a committed board and passionate supporters, the event raised an incredible £53,458, all to help fund life-saving cancer research.
Our Sports Beats Cancer - Cycling board is looking for new members. If you’re interested in sharing your expertise, please register your interest using the form below.
To start a new board or make an enquiry about ways to support, register your interest below and one of our team will reach out to you.
In 2024 our Sports Beats Cancer board made a huge impact
1 active Sports Beats Cancer board
1 exclusive fundraising events
£53,458 for life-saving cancer research
Your support is helping to make breakthroughs possible
Thanks to advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, more than one million deaths have been avoided in the UK since the mid-1980s.* But we have so much more to do. Every pound raised helps power progress.
8 in 10 people who receive cancer drugs on the NHS in the UK receive a drug developed by us*.
We helped fund cutting-edge research that discovered two sub-types of prostate cancer using AI.
We are co-funding trailblazing researchers to help develop the worlds first vaccine to prevent lung cancer.
Find out about other Beats Cancer board types you can get involved with
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*The mid-1980s is when cancer mortality rates started falling. If they’d remained at their peak levels, there would have been more than a million additional deaths between then and now.