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Donate in memory

Giving in memory of a loved one is a special way to honour their life.

When you make a donation in memory to Cancer Research UK, you're making a donation in honour of your loved one that will help transform the lives of future generations.

Donate in a loved one's name

Other ways to donate in memory

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Organise a funeral or memorial collection

A funeral or memorial collection can be a meaningful way for a group of people to honour a loved one.

When your collection is complete you can pay in the money that has been raised using the online form below.

Pay in your collection

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Set up a Cancer Research UK Tribute Page

A tribute page is an online memorial space that you can create and personalise in honour of a loved one.

It’s a place for you, family and friends to remember and celebrate the life of someone special to you.

Create a tribute page

Find an existing tribute page

Where your donation goes

Your donation will help us prevent, detect and treat over 200 types of cancer. Here is just a snapshot of some of the work our researchers are doing right now.  

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Preventing Cancer

We're working on LungVax - the world's first vaccine to prevent lung cancer in people with a high risk of the disease. If successful, this vaccine has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives in the UK alone

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Detecting Cancer

Our researchers are hoping to develop a risk assessment for breast cancer that all women can have when they reach 30. The assessment could help women identified as high risk get access to early screening, which aims to detect cancer at an early stage when treatment is more likely to be successful.

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Treating Cancer

We're working to develop innovative new drug technologies for children's and young people's cancers. As well as helping more young cancer patients survive cancer, these targeted drugs could also cause far fewer side effects than other treatments.  

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Donate over the phone

To make a donation in memory over the phone or to make a bank transfer (BACs), give our friendly supporter services team a call on 0300 123 1022. (Monday to Friday, 8am - 8pm, Saturday & Sunday, 9am - 5pm)

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Donate by cheque or post

To donate by cheque or post, download and print the form below and send your donation to us.

Download our donation form(PDF, 477 KB)

Download our form for funeral directors(PDF, 250 KB)

We’re here for you

Grief after losing a loved one can feel overwhelming and we want to be here for you at this difficult time. If you need support, we have a number of available resources:

You can also speak to our friendly team if you have any questions about donating in memory or setting up a Tribute Page: