Cancer Research UK teams up with Sir Digby Jones on new fundraising initiative

Howard Lake | 8 June 2006 | Newswire

Cancer Research UK has joined forces with outgoing CBI Director-General Sir Digby Jones to develop a new Corporate Board for the charity.
Sir Digby will chair the Corporate Board which will be made up of ‘corporate ambassadors’ from the business sector. These senior business people will help Cancer Research UK widen its network of contacts in the corporate world with the ultimate aim of engaging businesses in raising money for the charity.
The first task for Sir Digby, working in conjunction with Cancer Research UK, will be the recruitment of the ambassadors. The ambassadors will come from a cross section of businesses and be able to introduce the vital work of the charity to new corporate audiences.
Sir Digby Jones has helped to raise funds for Cancer Research UK for a number of years. In 2005 he took part in the Flora London Marathon for Cancer Research UK and, to-date, has raised £100,000 to help fund the charity’s research.
Commenting on the initiative and his support of Cancer Research UK, Sir Digby said: I am thrilled to be asked to chair the charity’s Corporate Board. Few people are unaffected by cancer in their lives and the business community will, I know, get even more deeply involved in beating it. As I move on from the CBI I shall be doing many different things but none will be more important than this.”
Sarah Lyness, Co-Executive Director of Fundraising & Marketing for Cancer Research UK, added: We believe there is a real opportunity to significantly grow the funds that Cancer Research UK receives from the corporate sector. We want to increase the corporate income contribution to our vital work to over £20 million in five years. We’re really excited about working with Sir Digby and believe that his support will help us raise the funds needed to continue our vital work into preventing, treating and curing cancer.”
For further details on Cancer Research UK’s corporate ambassador or fundraising programme please contact Jackie Tanner, Head of New Business Development at Cancer Research UK on ja***********@ca****.uk
For further information or to interview Sir Digby Jones or Sarah Lyness about the scheme please contact Anna Hollingsworth or Nicola Parkinson in the Cancer Research UK press office on an****************@ca****.uk, 020 7061 8479 or Ni**************@ca****.uk, 020 7061 8320.
Notes to Editors
·This is an unpaid position for Sir Digby Jones.
·Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK’s vision is to beat cancer.
·Cancer Research UK carries out world-class research to improve understanding of the disease and find out how to prevent, diagnose and treat different kinds of cancer.
·Cancer Research UK ensures that its findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients.
·Cancer Research UK helps people to understand cancer, the progress that is being made and the choices each person can make.
·Cancer Research UK works in partnership with others to achieve the greatest impact in the global fight against cancer.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.