ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION

Every 15 minutes someone in the UK dies of lung cancer. A mum, dad, child, grandparent, colleague, friend, husband, wife. Gone.

Every year, over 46,000 people will hear the words “You have lung cancer”. And around 36,000 families will hear “Sorry for your loss”. Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer. It takes the lives of more people than breast, prostate and pancreatic cancers combined and kills more women than breast and ovarian cancers combined.

It is a disease which, despite what many believe, can affect anyone – men and women, young and old, smoker and non-smoker. Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the only charity in the UK solely dedicated to supporting everyone affected.

It is our mission to ensure everyone diagnosed with lung cancer can live well for as long as possible, and we are achieving this in numerous ways – through our ongoing commitment to early detection research, to ensuring patients with incurable lung cancer have access to life-lengthening treatments.

We provide practical and emotional support to everyone affected, as well as offering varies preventative programmes to minimise the risk of lung cancer for future generations.

Despite being the UK’s biggest cancer killer, there remains a real lack of awareness around the disease and its symptoms. As a result, there are many dangerous and unfair misconceptions and attitudes around the disease, including who it can affect.

Over recent years, our awareness campaigns have challenged the attitudes around lung cancer, confronted the fears around prognosis and death, and highlighted that it can affect anyone.

Because if you have lungs, you can get lung cancer.

You can help us improve the lives of thousands of people. People like you. From volunteering to donations, signing up for a challenging or sponsoring one of our fundraising events, you can make a difference to people living with lung cancer and keep more families together for longer.

HOW CAN BUSINESSES HELP

  • Sponsorship for events
  • Volunteering
  • Donations to shops
  • Payroll giving
  • Nominate us as charity of the year
  • Fundraising at work
  • Take on a challenge

 

The corporate team can bespoke any information & support days, support team challenge / sporting/ family  events , fundraising activities, personalise & offer varied volunteering opportunities where we can benefit from skills, resource, from chamber members in addition to looking at how we can incorporate this to support their  business objectives & corporate social responsibility strategies  & support employee engagement / health & wellbeing initiatives in the workplace.

Additionally we would love to work with businesses who support employees with matched funding , payroll giving opportunities, volunteering & fundraising as have so much for everyone to engage with .

Benefits of working with us as a charity- corporate partner are as follows

  • Directly helping people affected by lung cancer in own communities
  • Lead by example on CSR Responsibility & raise the bar
  • Enables you to reach out to new audiences & drive sales
  • Promotes positive PR
  • Assists to build your own brand profile & stand out within your own market/ area of expertise
  • Finally, motivates & promotes staff wellbeing & engagement , increasing productivity & job satisfaction.

 

PARTNERSHIP EXAMPLE: Rigby financial held a charity golf day, completed the Liverpool abseil, completed the Rainford 10k, held Christmas fundraising events, plus much more.

To discuss or find out more contact Claire Kelly – Corporate partnerships manager – 07939 696594 – Claire.kelly@roycastle.org or email corporate@roycastle.org

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