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Join us. Become a Curestarter today.

Curestarters share our belief that no life should be cut short by cancer. They combine empathy with action – helping us bring forward the cancer research breakthroughs of tomorrow.

Anyone can be a Curestarter. Not everyone will be.

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Take us one step closer to a day when no life is cut short by cancer and organise your own fundraising event today. From the tried and tested to the unique and unexpected, every penny makes a difference.

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Challenge yourself and we will challenge cancer

However you participate, you will be raising funds for vital research. Join Team Curestarter and one of our upcoming events and take another step towards a day when no life is cut short by cancer.

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Light the way to lifesaving new cures

Find out more about our simple and free Will writing service and help reveal new ways to stop cancer, giving hope for generations to come. 

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Every single time you play the Worldwide Cancer Research lottery, you could win up to £10,000. And every single research project you help fund takes us one step closer to a day when no life is cut short by cancer.

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Your questions answered

Why haven't we cured cancer yet?

We explain the reasons why cancer is especially hard to cure, but also the reasons to be optimistic for the future of cancer research.

We have funded over £200 million of research worldwide since 1979 and cancer survival rates in the UK have doubled in that time. But global funding for discovery research has declined in recent years and now we risk losing the cancer cures of the future. Your support will help turn the tide. 

What is discovery research?

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    Curestarters & counting have helped us fund...
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    projects in the last five years. But we have had to turn down…
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    other top ideas due to lack of funding. That's more than...
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    of these potential new cancer cures lost.
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