This
is one of my favourite blogs to do every year!
A frequent question myself and other CRUK
volunteers are asked is "where does my donation go?" People are aware
that millions are donated every year but many aren't aware of what these funds
are spent on. CRUK have released their annual review and, as usual, I'm going
to break it down so that people can see where the money is going.
Let me first explain
that 80p of every £1 donated is spent on research. That is a huge amount and
probably one of the best in the third sector. The other 20p is used to
raise funds for the future
Let
me first point out that CRUK does not receive any government funding for their
research. Government funds for medical research are spent via the Medical
Research Council and National Institue for Health Research. CRUK is an
independent medical research charity so the money spent on our research is all
generated by our supporters.
£647 Million was raised by CRUK
Supporters between April 2016 and March 2017:
*£187 Million was raised by legacies (People leaving money in their
wills)
*£190 Million was raised by regular donations (there are over 1 million
people making regular donations)
*£102 Million was raised by trading (the CRUK shops)
*£65 Million was raised by over 600,000 people taking part in events
(for example Race for Life, Shine, Dryathlon etc…..)
*92 Million was raised by Royalties and Grants (Royalties = generated
from treatments developed by CRUK, Grants = received by CRUK institutes)
*11Million was raised in other forms – i.e. investments and rental
income from the lease of a lab.
9/10 donations are less
than £10 which goes to show that every penny really does count and giving what
you can afford, even if it isn’t a lot, really can make a huge difference.
£432 Million was spent on Research
between April 2016 and March 2017:
*112
Million was spent on researching the biology of cancer
*43
Million was spent on lung cancer research
*35
Million was spent on bowel cancer research
*33
Million was spent on breast cancer research
*22
Million was spent on prostate cancer research
*18
Million was spent on leukaemia cancer research
*17
Million was spent on pancreatic cancer research
*13
Million was spent on brain cancer research
*13
Million was spent on ovarian cancer research
*13
Million was spent on over 100 cancers including stomach and testicular
*12
Million was spent on oesophageal cancer research
*12
Million was spent on melanoma research
*9
Million was spent on non Hodgkin lymphoma research
*5
Million was spent on sarcoma research
*4
Million was spent on liver cancer research
*4
Million was spent on myeloma research
*4
Million was spent on bladder cancer research
*4
Million was spent on kidney cancer research
*4
Million was spent on neuroblastoma research
*3
Million was spent on cervical cancer research
*3
Million was spent on skin cancer (excluding melanoma) research
*3
Million was spent on pharyngeal cancer research
If
you are upset or concerned that not enough is being spent on a particular
cancer type, please be reassured that the National Cancer Research Institute
(NCRI) is there to spread research throughout it’s partners and make sure
research is not being duplicated by charities – so a cancer type particularly
close to your heart may be receiving more research from another charity partner
within the NCRI.
The rest of the CRUK funds for this
financial year were spent like this:
*41 Million
was spent on information and policy work such as early diagnosis, prevention,
campaigning, communicating health messages and engaging patients, the public
and health professionals
*108
Million was spent on fundraising such as marketing to engage new supporters and
developing new ways to fundraise
*85
Million was spent on trading costs such as stock, rent, electricity and
salaries for CRUK shops and their managers.
Improving Fundraising:
It
is important to note that since July 2017 CRUK has become an opt in charity,
which means supporters are asked if they wish to give the charity permission to
contact them before asking for more support – if you choose to not give
permission then you will not receive any marketing or fundraising requests from
the charity.
Key Stats:
*over
40,000 volunteers (like me!) gave millions of hours to the charity during the
last year.
*12,000
queries were answered by the Helpline nurses
*220
clinical trials were supported by CRUK across the UK
*12,000
face to face engagements with healthcare organisations took place during the
year.4
*2.6
Million read the CRUK science blog
*15.7
Million pounds were raised during the third Stand Up To Cancer TV show.
*770
People (like me!) joined the Patient Involvement Network to help improve CRUK’s
work
*116
PHD students started working for CRUK this year
If you would like to know more specific information,
including the successes the charity had during this financial year, please
check the annual review, which is available to download on the CRUK website.
A huge thank you to everyone that supports CRUK every year –
we are making progress!!
