ABOUT US

Yorkshire Cancer Research is Yorkshire's cancer charity.

Every penny we raise we spend in Yorkshire, helping local people beat cancer and supporting world-class research, diagnosis and treatment in our region.

We work throughout Yorkshire and we benefit Yorkshire people, in addition to sharing our findings to improve the lives of people everywhere.  

about Yorkshire Cancer Research


Yorkshire Cancer Research is one of many cancer charities in the UK that work every day towards finding cures for different forms of the disease.

We are the UK's largest regional medical research charity, funding cancer research that is carried out by world-class scientists and clinicians across Yorkshire and providing cancer information to help local people beat cancer.

Together with our partners in the fight against cancer we have made breakthroughs which have significantly improved the way we prevent, diagnose, treat and deal with the after-effects of the disease.

Our work has been part of this vital progress and has saved the lives of many people in Yorkshire and around the world. But we still have a long way to go, and with your support, through donations and fundraising, we can continue to make sure more people in Yorkshire survive cancer and have a better quality of life.

Our scope

  • We develop new scientific knowledge that will save lives through earlier diagnosis, prevention, and better treatment of cancer;
  • We help get new scientific knowledge from the lab to the patient;
  • We help people in Yorkshire in their daily fight against cancer;  
  • We ensure that Yorkshire remains a centre of excellence for cancer research and treatment, attracting and retaining world-class scientists and clinicians;
  • We work in partnership with others to achieve the greatest impact in the global fight against cancer;
  • We focus on being the most efficient cancer charity - spending on our charitable activities the highest proportion of donations amongst our peer group.  

Our goals

By 2020 we aim, together with our partners, to have achieved the following goals: 

  • More people in Yorkshire will survive cancer, and have a better quality of life;
  • There will have been further scientific breakthroughs from Yorkshire;
  • We will have invested in science that has resulted in improvements to clinical and surgical practice, and has brought treatments to market;
  • We will be funding over 300 of the best doctors and scientists - twice as many as 2010;
  • We will have identified Yorkshire's next generation of leaders in cancer research.

    Our mission statement and achievements

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