# Cancer Research UK’s largest capital appeal is one-third funded

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/06/cancer-research-uks-largest-capital-appeal-is-one-third-funded/
- Published: 2013-06-06T17:04:22+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Cancer Research UK has raised £34 million for the Francis Crick Institute, the largest
biomedical research building in Europe. It is now just over one third of the way
towards its £100 million target for the [Create The Change](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/06/cancer-research-uks-largest-capital-appeal-is-one-third-funded/ www.cancerresearchuk.org/createthechange)
campaign.

The figure was announced at the Institute’s topping out ceremony which took place
today at the site in King’s Cross, London.

This is the **largest capital appeal** that Cancer Research UK has run and is the
first time the charity has sought contributions from outside of the UK.

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Donations have been received from a range of philanthropists and trusts including
a £3 million gift from The Wolfson Foundation.

[The Crick](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/06/cancer-research-uks-largest-capital-appeal-is-one-third-funded/www.crick.ac.uk)
is a landmark partnership between the UK’s three largest funders of biomedical research:
the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK and the Wellcome Trust, and three
of its leading universities: UCL, Imperial College and King’s College London.