Health & Wellbeing Education & Young People 2024
The Christie Charity

Impact Report 2024-25

The Christie Charity exists solely to support The Christie NHS Foundation Trust — one of Europe's leading cancer centres — providing funding over and above what the NHS provides across research, care and treatment, education and extra patient services. In 2024-25 the Charity raised £20.8m, with 83p in every £1 going directly to patients. Key investments include funding early-phase clinical trials bringing life-saving treatments to 60+ patients a year, psychological support for young cancer patients, and a commitment of up to £30m in research by 2030 with the aim of trebling participation in clinical trials.

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£20.8m raised in 2024-25; 83p in every £1 spent went directly to supporting patients; commitment to invest up to £30m in research by 2030 to treble the number of patients participating in clinical trials Key Metric 1
Around 60 patients a year now benefiting from early-phase blood cancer clinical trials funded by the Charity; TYA psychological support service has delivered 600+ sessions to 90 young patients (aged 16-24) since launching in late 2022 Key Metric 2
5,354 supporters covered 142,066km across fundraising events; over 25,000 staff from 545+ businesses chose to support the Charity; gifts in Wills support one third of the Charity's projects Key Metric 3
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Funding research (clinical research fellows, early-phase trials, RNA immunotherapy studies, PhD studentships including mental health/autism/ADHD in young cancer patients, Janet Rooney Fellowship for HPB cancers and NETs); care and treatment (proton beam therapy centre, Total Body PET-CT scanner investment, endoscopy clinic); education; extra patient services (animal therapy — cocker spaniels Lilo and Luna visiting proton beam therapy centre fortnightly); psychological support for Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) unit patients; community and corporate fundraising; events including Festive Dash, Manchester Half Marathon, Night of Neon 5K Custom geography from upload: Greater Manchester / National

📊Key Metrics

£20.8m raised in 2024-25; 83p in every £1 spent went directly to supporting patients; commitment to invest up to £30m in research by 2030 to treble the number of patients participating in clinical trials Key Metric 1
Around 60 patients a year now benefiting from early-phase blood cancer clinical trials funded by the Charity; TYA psychological support service has delivered 600+ sessions to 90 young patients (aged 16-24) since launching in late 2022 Key Metric 2
5,354 supporters covered 142,066km across fundraising events; over 25,000 staff from 545+ businesses chose to support the Charity; gifts in Wills support one third of the Charity's projects Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Clinical trial patient Jan Ross is in complete remission from multiple myeloma following charity-funded early-phase trial; patient John McGartland in remission from gastro-oesophageal junction cancer following RNA immunotherapy trial
  • £250,000 raised at single fundraising ball funding a clinical PhD into mental health, autism and ADHD in young cancer patients; £100,000+ raised by one family funding The Janet Rooney Fellowship for rare HPB cancers and NETs
  • Investment in a state-of-the-art Total Body PET-CT scanner underway — one of only four in the UK — reducing scan time from 20 minutes to 5 minutes and significantly cutting radiation dose to patients

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