The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is the only charity that directly raises funds to benefit The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - one of the largest networked cancer centres in the UK.
There are over 100,000 people living with cancer in Merseyside & Cheshire. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, provides specialist cancer treatment for many of these people, through its unique network of care across the region.
We are The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity, and together with our supporters & volunteers, we are passionate about the incredible care given at Clatterbridge. It is because of your donations that we can continue to fund life-saving research, invest in leading technology, enhance the patient environment and enable innovations in care that make a real difference to the lives of those who need us.
It’s thanks to your support that we can help to make the hospital such a special place, helping our patients – young and old – get the best possible care.
By choosing to raise money for The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity, you’ll be helping to fund pioneering research, new treatments and vital support services that may otherwise be unavailable – ranging from the latest innovations in how we treat cancer to the special touches that mean so much to our patients.
Clinical Fellow Programme
As part of Clatterbridge’s ongoing research development is the commitment to ensure that our brightest junior doctors are offered the chance to develop as clinicians and as future research leaders by funding their scientific training through the Clinical Fellows Programme where they will study for a three year PhD under the supervision of expert scientists.
CCC Arts Programme
Your support will help us deliver a new program to entertain & engage our patients, families and staff with regular performances and person-centered music making activities, working with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. We are also providing funding for regular participatory arts activities & using artwork to transform and enhance our centres to create welcoming spaces.
Scalp Cooler Appeal
Cancer treatment, in particular chemotherapy is hugely challenging, involving difficult side effects- both physical & psychological. For many hair loss is the first visible side effect & can be one of the most profound. We are committed to funding eight additional Scalp Cooler machines, which cost around £12,500 each - each machine will help ease the path of cancer treatment for so many people.
It’s thanks to your support that we can be at the forefront of cancer treatments: the latest equipment and technologies are essential to providing our patients with the best possible care.
The charity has funded a range of projects to help make this happen, such as bringing in new ways of treating cancer, bringing cancer treatment closer to patients’ homes and breaking boundaries by becoming the first in the UK to offer a number of treatments. We constantly need to fund new ways to provide these things for our patients. With your help, we can keep Clatterbridge as a place that stays in people’s hearts.
We are so grateful to the thousands of dedicated fundraising volunteers, supporters and donors, without whom the projects funded by the charity would not be possible. The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity has been proud to be part of a number of achievements and firsts at Clatterbridge, including
EDGE
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre was the first hospital in the UK to install a groundbreaking radiotherapy treatment machine in 2015, allowing specialists to break boundaries in the fight against cancer.
Papillon Treatment Facility
We are the first hospital in the UK to pioneer this ground breaking treatment for colorectal cancer and this was all funded by charity supporters.
Chemotherapy Closer to Home
Clatterbridge leads the way in how we deliver chemotherapy, using transport funded by the charity to deliver medicine to our network of clinics, bringing cancer treatment closer to patients homes.
Biobank
A system that could allow researchers at Clatterbridge to answer some of cancer’s biggest questions, right here in your local cancer hospital.
Headstrong Room
The busiest service of it’s kind in the UK, it’s thanks to charity donations that we have a dedicated space for patients dealing with hair loss.
Gold Seed Markers
Innovative treatment for prostate cancer patients, developed right here at Clatterbridge and funded by your support.