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SUPERHEROES UNITE!

LET’S BEAT CHILDHOOD CANCERS SOONER

Thank you for supporting World cancer Day 2017 and uniting your school in a life-saving fundraising eff ort.

On 4th February everyone across the UK and the world, will join forces in an incredible #ActOfUnity to accelerate progress in the fi ght against cancer.

Unite your school for a superhero themed dress-up day during January or February to help fi nd cures and kinder treatments for

young people facing cancer.

This pack has all the tips and advice you need to get your school’s fundraising off to a fl ying start and remember to capture your Act Of Unity on fi lm.

If you’d like any more information on World Cancer Day please call us 0300 123 1022 or visit cruk.org.uk/worldcancerday.

SUPERHEROES UNITEUniting your students in a life-saving fundraising eff ort has never been easier. Follow our 10 steps to success and your superheroes will be taking over the world in no time.

1. Chat to your staff about holding a superhero themed dress-up day to support World Cancer Day and set a date during January or February.

2. Staff and Students can wear superhero fancy dress (or casual dress if preferred) and make a £1 voluntary donation to Cancer Research UK.

3. Don’t forget you can also order a box of 50 Kids & Teens Unity Bands to distribute in the run up to 4th February. Your box of 50 Kids & Teens Unity Bands is free of charge from the Cancer Research UK online shop, just head to cruk.org/SchoolUnityBands

4. Use the letter/email template attached to notify parents of the upcoming event.

5. Promote the day using the posters provided online and in this pack.

6. Collect the £1 donation on the day from each superhero.

7. Unite your superheroes together and capture your ‘Act of Unity’ on camera. You can even plan an event on the day – see our ‘on the day suggestions’.

8. Once you’ve collected your donations return the proceeds from your superhero themed dress-up day using the instructions provided on the ‘returning your money’ page of this pack.

9. Share your cancer beating act with us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #ActofUnity and @CRUK_Kids

All you need to know about fundraising for Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens

Registered charity in England & Wales (1089464), Scotland (SCO14666) & the Isle of Man (1103). © Cancer Research UK 2015. All rights reserved. The Cancer Research UK name and logo, and the Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens logo are registered trademarks of Cancer Research UK.

Buys a pipette, an essential item to make ourpaediatric scientists’ experiments accurate, giving the precise results needed to accelerate breakthroughs in the lab, and save the lives of more children.

Buys a special chemical measuring toolthat lets scientists fi nd out the size of DNAmolecules. These tools are being used by Professor Steven Cliff ord and his team inNewcastle, as they analyse the genetic signaturesof children’s brain tumours and use them topredict the best treatments.

The costs of the work of our Children’s Clinical TrialsTeam for one day, It’s only by running clinical trials that we can fi nd better and kinder treatments for the brave children, teensand young adults with cancer, and keep more families together.

Is the amount it costs to run one of our recentclinical trials for a day, to fi nd out if new drugs canhelp children with leukaemia whose cancer has stoppedresponding to chemotherapy, or has come back after treatment.

How your superhero fundraising eff ort can make a diff erence

£20

£400

Pays for the time of an expert statisticianfor a day. With over 6 in 10 children onclinical trials, it’s essential we have theseamazing minds to crunch through the numbers to uncover the best and kindest treatments.£85

£1,800

£200

£100

The cost of running our Cancer ChatForum for one hour, helping many parentsand families through very diffi cult times.

Here’show to getyour money

to us.

Is your fundraising all done?

It’s easy – you can pay in the money you’ve raised online, by phone or post.

OnlineYou can pay in with a debit or credit card at cruk.org/WorldCancerDaySchoolsFundraising

Phone Call us on 0300 123 1022 to make a payment by credit or debit card. 

Post You can send us a cheque using the money return form in this pack.

CRUK.org/worldcancerdayschools @CRUKKidsandTeens @CRUK_Kids

If you’d like any more information on

World Cancer Day please don’t be shy,

give us a call on 0300 123 1022

WHAT TO DO WITH

YOUR LEFT OVER UNITY

BANDS

If you do have any spare Unity Bands after your fundraising event, please recycle the box and return only the bands. All you simply need to do is put the bands in an envelope to FREEPOST CANCER RESEARCH UK and we’ll receive them. Please do not send money to this address.

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HELP

Please find enclosed a cheque(s)/Postal Order for:

If your activity was sponsored then please also include a completed sponsorship form– you can

download these from our website. This enables us to claim Gift Aid on your contribution, and

UK taxpayers can add an extra 25% to their sponsorship at no extra cost to them. Make sure your

sponsors write their full name, home address and postcode on the form, so we can claim Gift Aid.

The form must be completed in their own handwriting.

The address to send everything to is:

MONEY RETURN FORMThank you so much for your fundraising! To make sure that all the money you have raised is correctly allocated to Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens, please complete this form and send it back to us at the address below, along with your fundraising money.

£Please ensure that all cheques are made payable to Cancer Research UK.

Cancer Research UKPO Box 1561OXFORDOX4 9GZ

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Dear Parent or Carer,

World cancer Day needs our support.Young people and children fighting cancer need our school.Future generations need our school.In a life-saving fundraising eff ort, we are uniting our school in one incredible #ActOfUnity for World Cancer day 2017.

Our students will join forces with millions of others across the UK and the world to play their part in an #ActOfUnity that will accelerate progress in the fi ght against childhood cancer.

WE’RE PLAYING OUR PART IN ONE INCREDIBLE #ActOfUnity

Thank you so much for your Supportcruk.org/worldcancerdayschools

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to discovering new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

Survival rates over the past 40 years have doubled. Cancer Research UK’s ambition is to accelerate progress so that three in every four people survive.

With your help we will fi nd cures and kinder treatments for young people

facing cancer.

Every day around 11 young people in the

UK are diagnosed with cancer. Despite

improving survival rates, cancer is the leading

cause of death in children, teenagers and

young adults.

We’re uniting for every single young person and child aff ected by cancer. Our school’s fundraising will save lives.

Join our #ActOfUnity Today.

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