Business Beats Cancer
Unite your business network to help power research progress
Nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime*. All of us can support the research that will beat it.
What our Business Beats Cancer boards do
Our Business Beats Cancer Boards harness their networks to host prestigious events to fundraise for Cancer Research UK. Guests are treated to an evening of fine dining, networking, inspiring talks from influential business leaders and Cancer Research UK experts, and exciting auctions and raffles.
Over the last 50 years, Cancer Research UK’s work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. Every pound raised supports our life-saving research.
In 2024 our Business Beats Cancer boards have made a huge impact
14 active Business Beats Cancer boards
11 exclusive fundraising events
£1,053,865 for life-saving cancer research
How you can support our Business Beats Cancer boards
There are lots of different ways you can get involved.
- Set up a new Business Beats Cancer board - We can help you set up a new board in your area.
- Join one of our existing Business Beats Cancer boards - we have boards up and down the county that are always looking for new expertise.
- Attend a Business Beats Cancer event - enjoy an evening of fine dining, networking, auctions and raffles, hosted by one of our Business Beats Cancer boards.
- Donate to a Business Beats Cancer board - donate to one of our boards to help fund life-saving cancer research. You can also donate an auction or raffle prize.
No matter how you choose to support our boards, our team is here to guide you every step of the way, offering everything from advice to event delivery support.
Our current Business Beats Cancer Boards
To start a new board or make an enquiry about ways to support, register your interest below and one of our team will reach out to you.
Your support is helping to make breakthroughs possible
Thanks to advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, more than one million deaths have been avoided in the UK since the mid-1980s.* But we have so much more to do. From discovery research and prevention to diagnosis and treatment, every pound raised helps power progress.
8 in 10 people who receive cancer drugs on the NHS in the UK receive a drug developed by us*.
We helped fund cutting-edge research that discovered two sub-types of prostate cancer using AI.
We are co-funding trailblazing researchers to help develop the worlds first vaccine to prevent lung cancer.
Find out about other Beats Cancer board types you can get involved with
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*The mid-1980s is when cancer mortality rates started falling. If they’d remained at their peak levels, there would have been more than a million additional deaths between then and now.