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Weston Park Cancer Charity

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

📍Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

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