Centenary content
Celebrating 100 years of putting Yorkshire's cancer needs first
£290 million
research funded. The only charity dedicated to saving lives in Yorkshire
650,000 years
of life given to people in Yorkshire.
100 years
of finding cures. Life-saving research from Yorkshire to the world
Join us in our centenary year
It’s thanks to the changemakers: the supporters, the researchers, the people with cancer who, for 100 years, have united in one goal - a Yorkshire free from cancer.
100 years saving lives in Yorkshire
It’s thanks to the changemakers: the supporters, the researchers, the people with cancer who, for 100 years, have united in one goal - a Yorkshire free from cancer.
Together we’ve brought a century of breakthroughs, progress and life-saving discoveries to people in Yorkshire, and beyond.
Let’s unite for a cancer-free future
1925 - 2025
100 years of pioneering research, medical breakthroughs and life-saving progress
From Lynparza, the world’s first PARP inhibitor, which kills cancer cells, a Sheffield discovery
To the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen, estimated to have saved up to a million lives, originated in Leeds
And Leeds Lung Health Check, the blueprint and driver of a national lung cancer screening programme
Finding cures and bringing them to Yorkshire. For earlier diagnosis, for better treatments, for longer survival.
Ground-breaking progress has been made in preventing cancer, earlier diagnosis and better treatments.
Helping to save lives in Yorkshire, and beyond
100 voices for Yorkshire
Changing Yorkshire's Cancer Story: Personal accounts from researchers, study participants and people with cancer from the past 100 years
From 1925 to 2025
To the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen, estimated to have saved up to a million lives, originated in Leeds
And Leeds Lung Health Check, the blueprint and driver of a national lung cancer screening programme
Finding cures and bringing them to Yorkshire. For earlier diagnosis, for better treatments, for longer survival.
Ground-breaking progress has been made in preventing cancer, earlier diagnosis and better treatments.
Helping to save lives in Yorkshire, and beyond
100 Voices
Ways to get involved in 2025
Inspired by Yorkshire's significant impact on cancer research? Or motivated to continue the progress for people in Yorkshire and beyond? Everyone can play a part for a Yorkshire free from cancer. Take a look at way's you can get involved, helping this generation and the next.
