Major gifts

Why give a major donation to WCRF UK?

Major donations make a significant difference to our vital cancer prevention work enabling us to carry out groundbreaking research, which enhances our understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved in cancer prevention and survival.

In turn, this research allows us to give informed advice for the development of future therapeutic intervention strategies.

Why prevention?

• According to a report by the World Health Organization, cancer is set to become the world’s biggest killer in 2010.
• Given the alarming number of cases forecast, the financial burden on the NHS as well as the wider economy will be intolerable if we only rely on treatment.
• In the UK it is estimated that around 80,000 cases of cancer could be prevented each year by making relatively straightforward lifestyle choices.
• While over £390 million is spent annually on cancer research in the UK, only 4 per cent is directed towards cancer prevention.

Current Projects

We have a number of different projects within our education and scientific work ranging from our children’s education programme to specific research studies, and an annual specialist course in Nutritional Epidemiology.

Continuous Update Project
The Continuous Update Project is a system of scientific data that is updated on an ongoing basis with any new research on cancer prevention published worldwide. This allows us to regularly review our messages to ensure we are giving the best information available on methods to reduce cancer risk.

International Nutritional Epidemiology Course
This is a two-week course held at Imperial College London that will be run on an annual basis each September. In both 2009 and 2010, WCRF International awarded six fellowships to the most outstanding applicants based on their experience to date.

Research
Each year WCRF UK’s research grant programme funds over £1 million of new world-class research studies, focusing on cancer development and progression, as these relate to food, nutrition and physical activity.

Children’s Education Programme
WCRF UK educates young children and their parents about the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle through our Great Grub Club (GGC). The programme encourages children to lead a healthy lifestyle now, that could help reduce their cancer risk in the future.

Recognising your support

We work closely to develop a bespoke relationship with those individuals, families and organisations who make significant gifts to WCRF UK. We will help to identify a project that is of particular interest to you and provide the level of communication and involvement that you would like to receive.

In addition to keeping you updated on the progress of the project you are supporting, we also offer a number of opportunities, including:

• Liaison visits to projects
• Recognising your gift in our annual review, quarterly newsletter or other publications
• Invitations to WCRF UK events including lectures, talks and networking evenings
• Possible naming opportunities
• PR/Media opportunities

Speak to our Major Gifts Fundraiser

If you are an individual, family or organisation in a position to make a significant contribution towards WCRF UK, we’d be very happy to speak with you and/or to meet to discuss areas of our work that may be of particular interest to you.

Please kindly contact our Major Gifts Fundraiser on 020 7343 4200 or send an email to development@wcrf.org, together with your contact details and a convenient time for us to call you, and we will respond to your request as soon as possible.

Many thanks in advance for your support of WCRF UK’s work in the field of cancer prevention.