# uberGIVING hits UK cities in support of Cancer Research UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/04/ubergiving-hits-uk-cities-support-cancer-research-uk/
- Published: 2018-06-04T07:46:09+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**This weekend saw Uber hit the streets in ten cities UK-wide to pick up donations
for Cancer Research UK, as well as its usual customers.**

uberGIVING took place on 2 June in London (Zones 1 and 2), Manchester, Birmingham,
Leeds, Merseyside, Bristol, Brighton, Cardiff, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Uber asked
people to bag up any items they wanted to donate to [Cancer Research UK](https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/),
and then on Saturday 2 June, to open up the Uber app, tap the uberGIVING in-app 
card and request a free pick-up to a Cancer Research UK shop.

> Wow, a HUGE weekend with [#uberGIVING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/uberGIVING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
> 🙌 Thank you 🙌 to everyone who used our technology to donate to Cancer Research
> UK – every donation could help fund more clinical trials, or could help more people
> get the treatment they need. [pic.twitter.com/7Y0H0xRAAi](https://t.co/7Y0H0xRAAi)
> 
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> 
> — Uber UK (@UberUK) [June 3, 2018](https://twitter.com/UberUK/status/1003340376298737665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

According to [Uber](https://www.uber.com/en-GB/), some of the items collected included
a guitar, a Nintendo 64, circus stilts, a replica jet, three TVs, and a commercial
insect catcher, with demand leading the company to extend the exercise in London
for a second day on Sunday 3 June.

This is not the first time Uber has picked up charity donations for free. In 2015,
it supported Save the Children’s Child Refugee Crisis Appeal with an UberGIVING 
campaign that saw it partner with charities in 20 European countries in response
to the refugee crisis. Following this, for [Christmas 2016](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/09/ubergiving-makes-donating-items-age-uk-easy-requesting-ride/)
uberGIVING took place in 83 cities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, partnering
with a different local charity in each country, including Age UK.

 

> Wow, thank you for all your [#UberGIVING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UberGIVING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> donations today! Your items are now on their way to helping fund life-saving research.
> Thank you ❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/Y57IxzBCR4](https://t.co/Y57IxzBCR4)
> — Cancer Research UK Shops (@CRUKShops) [June 2, 2018](https://twitter.com/CRUKShops/status/1002951475616575489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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