Impact Report 2024-25

Weston Park Cancer Charity funds research, improves treatment, and provides care and support for people affected by cancer across South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire — a region of 1.8 million people with around 10,000 new cancer diagnoses each year. In 2024/25 the charity supported over 3,300 donors and fundraisers, helped 1,013 patients through welfare benefit advice securing over £2.8 million in financial gains, and merged with Cavendish Cancer Care. Its Cancer Clinical Trials Unit has run 1,048 trials involving 18,260 patients since 1999.

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📋About

Cancer support services and information centre; Big Purple Bus community outreach; Citizens Advice welfare benefit advice; free transport to appointments; research grants and clinical trials funding; fundraising events including Walk As One and Time for Tea

📊Key Metrics

Over 3,300 donors and fundraisers supported Weston Park Cancer Charity in 2024/25 Key Metric 1

1,013 people living with cancer supported through the Citizens Advice welfare benefit advice service, gaining over £2.8 million in total Key Metric 2

1,048 clinical trials involving 18,260 patients conducted at the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit since its foundation in 1999 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

Returned to pre-pandemic fundraising income levels in 2024/25; Cavendish Cancer Care net assets merged into the charity in March 2025
Cancer Clinical Trials Centre at Weston Park completed 25 years of research in 2024, having conducted 1,048 trials with 18,260 patients
Welfare benefit advice clients increased their annual income by £2,778 on average; over £2.8 million gained by 1,013 patients in 2024/25