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Barnsley backing for Weston Park sees front of shirt sponsorship!

We're incredibly excited to be Barnsley FC's front of shirt sponsor for the Reds' opening game of the 2022/23 season against Plymouth Argyle!

Weston Park Cancer Charity Race Evening raises tens of thousands

Doncaster Racecourse became a sea of purple when the Ant Marketing Weston Park Cancer Charity Race Evening returned to Doncaster Racecourse.

Two horses are paraded in front of an onlooking crowd at Doncaster Racecourse on a sunny day at the 2022 Ant Marketing Weston Park Cancer Charity Race Evening

Cancer support bus ‘just the ticket’ for Peter

Our plan to extend our services to communities across Sheffield and the wider region will help people like Peter, who has accessed our cancer support both before and during the pandemic.

An older gentleman wearing glasses, a floral shirt and a dark gilet cardigan, stands facing the camera, smiling, with the tables and chairs of a cafe behind him

Outreach support hits the road with Lottery funding!

We are thrilled to be taking our cancer support services out to people and communities across Sheffield, with help from The National Lottery Community Fund and our partners.

A blonde-haired lady - Weston Park Cancer Charity CEO, Emma Clarke - sits smiling while holding up a white piece of paper which reads "Thank you" with a heart drawn afterwards.

Acker passes £100,000 milestone for Weston Park!

Dedicated Doncaster husband and father of two, Acker Shaw, has passed a £100,000 fundraising milestone for Weston Park Cancer Charity in memory of his beloved wife.

Natalie Ball, a Duty Manager at Rose Hill Crematorium, presents Weston Park Cancer Charity fundraiser, Acker Shaw, with a cheque for £15,000. The pair are pictured at Rose Hill Crematorium, on a path, with flowers and memorials in the background.

Turning Doncaster Racecourse purple on Jubilee Weekend!

Doncaster Racecourse will turn purple on Jubilee Weekend when the Ant Marketing Weston Park Cancer Charity Race Evening returns on Friday 3 June.

A group of people - three men and one woman - stand in front of the grand stand with their hands in the air at Doncaster Racecourse, during the 2019 Weston Park Cancer Charity Race Evening.

“Weston Park saved my life” – Anthony’s story

“Being diagnosed with bowel cancer was a very worrying time. Two weeks into my tests, the word ‘tumour’ was used. I looked my consultant straight between the eyes and thought: ‘I’m a cancer patient now’.”

Ant Marketing CEO, Anthony Hinchliffe, is wearing a white shirt and is stood in front of the Ant Marketing logo - which features the words 'Ant Marketing' and an ant illustration of an ant.

One year of our Chesterfield transport!

We’re excited to be celebrating a year since the launch of our Chesterfield transport service, which provides vital free travel for people living in Chesterfield who need cancer treatment at Sheffield hospitals.

Four men and one woman are stood side-by-side in front of a minibus at the University of Derby's St Helena Campus in Chesterfield. Another man is sat in the driver's seat of the minibus with the window wound down. From left to right, their names are Mary Platts, Graham Hall, Chris Wagstaff, Simon Thake, Harry Hickland and John Thorpe.

Weston Park 50th anniversary Ball supports cancer care, treatment and research

More than £70,000 was raised to support cancer care, research and treatment improvements at a Gala Ball held to celebrate 50 years of Weston Park on an emotional evening at OEC Sheffield.

A group of four people - Emma Clarke, Weston Park Cancer Charity CEO; charity patrons Dean Andrews and Gary Sinclair; and Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Trish Fisher - dressed in formal attire, are pictured in a large, purple-lit room at the Weston Park Gala Ball.

Owls & Czech Republic Legends - Together at Every Step for Weston Park

We’re excited to be one of the benefitting charities of a unique exhibition football match which will take place in Hillsborough in May.

Head and shoulder pictures of two men, are located side-by-side with the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and Czech Republic National Team logos located between them.

Barnsley Premier Leisure extends Weston Park partnership

We’re very excited that Barnsley Premier Leisure (BPL) has extended a partnership with us for three years after a hugely successful period raising funds and awareness for Weston Park.

Four people stand either side of a sign outside Barnsley Premier Leisure's Retford Leisure Centre. One man and one woman stand to the left of the sign, with one man and one woman on the right. The sign reads 'Welcome to your space - Retford Leisure Centre'.

National award win for Chesterfield swimming programme

We’re so happy to hear that a swimming programme which provides exercise sessions for people from Chesterfield who are living with and beyond cancer has been recognised with a national award.

A group of people in swimming attire stand, celebrating, by an indoor swimming pool. The group consists of four women and four men. The woman at the front is diaplaying an award certificate.