How your support helps
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Thank you for making breakthroughs happen
Your support has powered another year of life-saving research to beat cancer. Learn more about the progress you’ve made possible in 2022/23.
How you’re helping to beat cancer. Step by step, day by day
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You bought 500,000 balls of yarn – your crafty projects are funding pioneering research! Last year, our shops raised £127m.
![75,000 of you signed our One Cancer Voice petition calling on the Prime Minister to deliver a long-term plan for cancer.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/hands_holding_placards.png)
75,000 of you signed our One Cancer Voice petition calling on the Prime Minister to deliver a long-term plan for cancer.
![In total, you gave £80m in regular gifts so we can commit to long-term projects that will change lives.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/calendar_9.png)
In total, you gave £80m in regular gifts so we can commit to long-term projects that will change lives.
![229,656 of you took part in fundraising challenges to raise an incredible £18.9m for world-leading research.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/football_icon.png)
229,656 of you took part in fundraising challenges to raise an incredible £18.9m for world-leading research.
You're supporting life-changing science
Where your money goes
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We want to bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.
Thanks to you, we’re making that happen – hour by hour, day by day, year by year.
We need your help today
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Whether you fundraise, volunteer, or pledge to leave a gift in your Will, you’ll be part of a collective effort working to beat cancer.
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