Standards we work to

Yorkshire Cancer Research has a responsibility to ensure that its interactions with children and adults classed as ‘at risk’ are safe. It also has a responsibility to have in place appropriate guidelines and procedures to support those working for the charity when they are interacting with children and adults at risk. This policy defines how the charity operates to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk of harm or neglect. 

The Fundraising Regulator is the independent regulator of charitable fundraising. It was established following the Etherington review of fundraising self-regulation (2015) to strengthen the system of charity regulation and restore public trust in fundraising.Yorkshire Cancer Research has registered with the Fundraising Regulator to show our commitment to best practice in fundraising and support the Code of Fundraising Practice.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a member of the AMRC, which represents more than 150 leading medical research charities. The AMRC champions, supports and connects UK medical research charities, helping them fund the best research and improve health for everyone.

The AMRC’s mission is to bring together and support health and medical charities to produce high-quality research. The organisation does this by influencing policy and research and highlighting the contribution of medical charities to patient and public health.

Yorkshire Cancer Research follows a rigorous, fair and transparent grants selection process to ensure the charity funds high-quality research that aligns with its strategic aims and research priorities. The AMRC principles of expert review form the basis of this process and involves the assessment of research funding applications by independent, external peer reviewers and the Research Advisory Panel (RAP). Members of the RAP include clinicians and scientists with expertise in cancer research and people with lived experience of cancer, working together to help ensure the research funded by the charity makes the biggest impact for people in Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Cancer Research focuses on clinical research – research involving people – which is vital to saving lives. Clinical trials are the gold standard way to test the effects, both positive and negative, of new treatments or ways to improve health in people. However, if only some of the results of clinical trials are published, the evidence we have is distorted. 

Yorkshire Cancer Research supports the AllTrials initiative which calls for all clinical trials - past and present - to be registered and their results shared openly.

Yorkshire Cancer Research expects researchers and host institutions to provide open and unrestricted access to published scientific articles relating to research funded by the charity. By making research freely available to the scientific community and the public, its reach and benefit can be maximised.  

Europe PMC is an open science platform which provides free access to biomedical and life sciences literature. It is funded by a group of leading international research funders, including Yorkshire Cancer Research. 

UK law requires all new medicines to be tested using animals before they can go on to be used by people. As such, animal research makes a vital contribution to the development of the medicines and treatments which benefit people with cancer.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is committed to reducing research involving animals. Where there is no alternative, the research must be conducted under strict laws and regulations, including ethical approval and ensuring animal welfare.  

Yorkshire Cancer Research promotes clinical research which is conducted in people and does not directly involve the use of animals.  Research that involves animals accounts for 4.7% of research and cancer services funded by the charity. All funding proposals submitted to the charity go through a rigorous expert review process and we do not fund research involving animals that does not comply with UK legislation and regulation.

As a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), Yorkshire Cancer Research supports the principles outlined by the AMRC. The use of animals in research is strictly controlled and regulated by the Home Office and researchers are committed to key principles to minimise research involving animals.