Partner with Cancer Research UK
Nearly 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime*. Partner with us to bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.
Why partner with Cancer Research UK
Align your brand with the UK’s most loved charity**
Build a collaborative partnership, tailored to your goals
Support life-saving research into more than 200 types of cancer
Help your employees improve their health and wellbeing
Who we work with
We partner with companies from a wide range of sectors, from financial services and tech to retail and transport. Discover some of our partners and the ways we work together below.
As headline sponsor of Race for Life, our Standard Life partnership helps drive community participation at over 400 events across the UK.
From a ground-breaking health charity partnership to event sponsorship, employee fundraising and more, Tesco has been our partner since 2002.
Our partner since 2012, ScottishPower has raised over £40 million with their Help Beat Cancer energy tariff, fundraising and event sponsorship.
Building a partnership together
We’ll work with you to design a partnership that meets your company’s goals whilst supporting life-saving research. Explore a few of these opportunities below.
Boost your brand with event sponsorship
Align your brand with some of the most successful fundraising events in the UK***. From Race for Life to Shine Night Walk, we offer a range of national and regional sponsorship opportunities.
Reach your customers with cause-led marketing
If your product or service aligns with our cause, we can help develop a bespoke cause-led marketing campaign to attract customers and drive sales.
Engage your employees with a vital cause
From volunteering opportunities to our workplace health programme, we can engage and inspire your teams and help them live longer, healthier lives.
Discover more ways to partner with us
Talk to our award-winning team about the best partnership for your business.
Hear from our partners
Don’t just take our word for it. Hear how our current partners feel about working with us and the benefit it brings.
Why your support matters
Our partnerships help support over 4,000 researchers, clinicians and nurses to transform how we prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, bringing hope to millions of people like Laurel, now and in the future.
Laurel's story
After suffering with a sore throat and severe symptoms like being unable to eat, an endoscopy showed Laurel she had a tumour blocking her oesophagus. A biopsy confirmed the tumour was cancerous.
Surgery was deemed too dangerous, so Laurel had courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the same time. At the time of her diagnosis, her youngest child was just 13. “It was very hard for them. By far my biggest challenge was having to tell them I had cancer”. Laurel was finally given the all clear and now works as a specialist support worker for children with special needs.
“I’m a different woman since I had cancer. I’m a million times more positive. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for research and the medical care I received.”
Making breakthroughs possible
In the last 50 years, our work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. But we have so much more to do. From discovery research and prevention to diagnosis and treatment, discover the kind of breakthroughs you can help make possible.
8 in 10 people who receive cancer drugs on the NHS in the UK receive a drug developed by us, or with us****
We helped fund cutting-edge research that discovered two sub-types of prostate cancer using AI.
We are co-funding trailblazing researchers to develop the world’s first vaccine to prevent lung cancer.
Research happening right now
From developing kinder treatments to tackling hard-to-treat cancers, see what discoveries are being made in the communities where you operate. You can also find out more about our research spend in our Annual Report.
** Savanta, The UK’s Most Loved Charity Brands 2024
*** https://wearemassive.co.uk/the-massive-top-25/
*****CRUK analysis of England data extrapolated to UK