The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance are our largest sponsors, and fund both our Cancer SMART and Patient VIEW projects.

We have formed a wonderful partnership with Programme Director Jason Pawluk and the WYHCA team over the last few years, and are extremely grateful for their ongoing help and support in making both projects such an asset to us and our local community.

Thanks to our partnership with WYHCA we came runner up in the Partnership Working to Improve the Experience category at the PEN Awards 2025.  Thank you so much.

The Albert Hunt Trust have very kindly funded us to employ Jess for a few extra hours per week to help to co-ordinate our Cancer SMART project.  Thank you for helping to support this vital work.

We wanted to say a very big thank you to form 7F at Leeds West Academy for their fantastic fundraising efforts.

During their First Give charity event, the pupils from form 7F nominated us as their charity of choice, and raised £124.10 for us.

Stewart went along to talk to the students about Yorkshire Cancer Community and the work that we do to help people affected by cancer, and how we help to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and how to reduce your risk.  The students put together a wonderful presentation on why it is important to raise money and awareness for Yorkshire Cancer Community. Three of the chosen students in the form presented this in front of 400 of their peers! It was a very exciting opportunity for them, and they did a fantastic job.

Altogether the students raised £124.10, and they did this with the combined efforts of a street bake sale and also by making and selling loom band bracelets. This was a brilliant team effort, and they are proud of what they have been able to raise, and rightly so.

JWP Solicitors very kindly sponsored our September and October 2025 editions of our VOICE newsletter.  Thank you.

Space Station Storage Facility in Wakefield very kindly give us a free storage unit at their Wakefield branch.  As we don’t have an office, and our employees work from their homes, this storage facility is a real asset.  Thank you so much Space Station.

Castlefield Recruitment introduced us to Jess Hart, our new Portfolios Coordinator, and when we increased her hours shortly after, they kindly waived a portion of the fee.  Thank you so much to Steve and the team at Castlefield Recruitment.

Owner Rachel at Rebel and Rose handbags and gifts shop in Chapel Allerton, Leeds very kindly hosted a Shop Til They Drop fundraising event to raise funds for us, donating 10% of takings directly to our cause.  Thank you so much Rachel for your support.

November 2025 saw the start of a new partnership for Yorkshire Cancer Community and Mednet – a medical communications agency based in Leeds.  

We began the partnership with a Cancer SMART lunch and learn in Mednet’s Leeds office, which was also streamed live to several remote workers. The lunch and learn was incredibly well received by the team, with a couple of members expressing an interest in working towards becoming Cancer Champions in the future.

But the session was only the start of more exciting things to come.

The team also ran a potluck lunch in the Leeds office, where people donated their lunch money in exchange for home-cooked food, prepared by volunteer Mednet chefs with all the money going to Yorkshire Cancer Community. The company then topped up the donations to match the target of £500.

Mednet have also assisted with updating and modernising the slides that Yorkshire Cancer Community use during Cancer SMART talks. There are also several exciting projects underway that will look to go live on social media early in 2026 raising awareness about the links between cancer and mental health.

The teams at Mednet and Yorkshire Cancer Community are incredibly excited about the potential of upcoming projects together. Both organisations have a long history of supporting patients living with cancer and raising awareness to aid early diagnosis.

Our Rhythm & Ribbons event held at the Irish Centre in Leeds on 30 November 2025 was very kindly funded by your local ward Councillors of the Inner East Community Committee.

Thank you for sponsoring our event.

We’d like to thank everyone who supported our event by match funding our volunteers or by donating raffle prizes and helping make sure it was a huge success as follows: –

Addleshaw Goddard – Match funding volunteer Elizabeth Ward

Lloyds Bank – Match funding volunteer Alex Sharpe

Raffle prize donors: –

Leeds Building Society – Signed shirt – Leeds Rhinos

Jane Brooke – Authentic Manchester City shirt & remote control model BMW car

Irwin Mitchell – Bottle of champagne

YCC volunteers – Luxury Hamper & Baylis & Harding bathroom set

Adam Long – Instax mini camera (Fujifilm)

Tina Envy – £100 hairdressing voucher

David Blunt – 10 Year Old Malt Whisky (Macallan)

Chevin Country Park Hotel – Afternoon tea for two & Spa access x2

Askham Bryan Wildlife Park – Askham Bryan Wildlife Park – entry ticket (x2)

Junkyard Golf – 1x round of 9-hole golf for 2 people

Pigs in the Wood animal sanctuary – Pigs in the Wood adoption voucher & free visit

Beckie at Cream Professional Beauty – 30 minute vitality facial

Leeds Playhouse – Voucher for 4 people to see a Christmas play

Fin – Pamper Hamper

Thackray Medica Museum – Membership to Thackray Medical Museum

Bill’s restaurant – £50 voucher

Rudding Park – Foodies Club Membership Rudding Park

Andy Gambles – Bottle of wine

Rebel & Rose – Scarf

Malcolm Michaels Butcher – £25 meat voucher

Gin Lashes – Classic lash set or Korean lash lift

Glam by Sam – Luxury Facial voucher

KTK Beauty – Voucher for fine line tattoo

Twenty Seven Hairdresser – Shampoo Gift Set

Bengal Brasserie – Restaurant voucher

Tranquility Therapies – Luxury Oils & Cream Basket

Glamorous Gifts, Rothwell – Scented Candles

Karen – Cosy Blanket

Yorkshire Tea – Boxes of Teabags, Coffee & Prosecco

Linda Walker – Drinks hamper & Jasmyn & Greene Hamper

Louise Walker – The Menopause Effect book

Melissa Canavan – Perimenopause book

Smyths Toys Superstores – Various toys

The Entertainer – Toy Shop – £15 voucher

Alison & Jenny – Drinks hamper and various toys

Demileigh Robinson – Ball pool & building bricks

Elizabeth & Victoria – Large collection of meerkats

Joanne Leach – Giant Gingerbread Person

Stephen Cole – Acumé Forensics – Apple IPAD

Next – Assortment of items

Thank you so much everyone for all your support.  We really appreciate it.