ALK positive - research and fundraise
Lung cancer charity

Current fundraising activities

1. ALK+ve virtual raffle, tickets £1.00 a strip, drawn 10 prizes already, please check our social media for next draw date, loads more prizes available to win. Message us on Facebook or Instagram for further details.

Please email research.alkpositive@gmail.com to buy your virtual raffle tickets.

2. Shop: Charity cards available £1.00 a card or 5 cards for £4.00, T-shirts £25, Hoodies £35 available to order (all sizes available - add £5 for postage), pin badges £2.00, charity bands £1.00. These can be ordered online via research.alkpositive@gmail.com or in person from Murgatroyd Opticians in Staveley or Conisbrough.

3. Charity Ball with live music by The Anthemics, a sensational party covers band, held at the Doncaster Hilton Garden Room on Saturday 12th November, tickets £80 per person (non-refundable), tables of 10 or individual tickets are available. Further details and ticket information available from research.alkpositive@gmail.com

4. Charity Bike Ride 2022 provisional date Saturday 1st October (see our Facebook for updates).

5. Charity Cricket Match - to be confirmed.

Fundraising plans for 2023

Charity sky dive (some time after Abby Rust's 16th birthday on 16/7/2023) with the aim to raise £10,000 from our team of sky divers. The team so far includes Abby Rust, Phil Murgatroyd, Ewan Murgatroyd, Maddie Leyland, Rory Blackaby (his second charity dive for ALK Positive Lung Cancer), Jack Edwards, Tom Douthwaite, Callum Fitton and Annie Fitton - all first time divers apart from Rory!

Fundraising ideas

There are literally hundreds of ways that you can contribute to the ALK+ve fundraising effort, either by sponsorship in organised events or by organising one of your own. Here are a few ideas:
    • Marathons and fun runs
    • Sponsored endurance events such as dance-a-thons, silences, swims or walks
    • Sponsored skydiving or wing-walking
    • Charity auctions, sales or raffles
    • Pub quizzes
    • Film nights, race nights
    • Home baking sales
    • Coffee mornings
    • Garden fetes
    • Open mic or karaoke evenings
    • Craft sales
    • Taking part in national events such as Stoptober or Dry January

    A huge thank you to all our fund raisers

    ALK Positive Case Study

    Other ways to raise much needed funds

    Leave a legacy
    It is very important to ensure your will is in order to ensure that your wishes are followed after you pass. It also allows you to make certain your loved ones and the causes you care about are looked after in the future. Money bequeathed to ALK+ve is vital in helping us to strengthen and advance research into ALK if we are to extend the quality of lives of sufferers.

    Memorial donation
    You can celebrate the life of a loved one by donating a memorial collection/donation to ALK+ve in person or through these websites: Much Loved and Memory Giving. Both sites allow you to create memorial pages for loved ones who have recently passed and to add donation links to your chosen charities.

    Gift aid
    Gift Aid is the government scheme allowing charities to reclaim tax that you have already paid on your donations. All individual donations (excluding those made through the Charities Aid Foundation - these are already subject to tax relief) are eligible for this scheme, including regular gifts made by standing order or direct Debit. We are able to claim Gift Aid on donations made during the past four years, and on future donations, once we receive your declaration.

    Make a donation by BACS
    If you would like to make a donation via a bank transfer (BACs), simply give your bank our bank details below and request a receipt as proof of payment.

    National Westminster Bank PLC Doncaster
    Account Number: 44970749
    Sort Code: 60-06-39
    Account: Research ALK

“ALK- positive lung cancer is very responsive to TKI medication so life expectancy has increased in the past twenty years.”

Research ALK+ve

Lung cancer is shockingly under funded relative to most other cancers. There is a misconception that lung cancer is caused by smoking, so somehow sufferers deserve it, making it an unpopular cancer to donate to. Let us state right now that NO ONE DESERVES LUNG CANCER even if the wrong choices were made.

Because lung cancer research is so under funded, and ALK only affects 5% of lung cancer cases, research into ALK needs relies heavily on public fundraising if we are to achieve the same groundbreaking advances and success rates as other cancer treatments.

So, at Research ALK+ve our aim is a simple one - to raise much needed funds which will be used specifically for research into alk positive lung cancer. The distribution of the money raised will be carefully considered by our trustees to ensure that it is targetted at research that is more likely to succeed, or make a greater impact, within a reasonable time frame.

Trustees and Associates of ALK+
“We know this survival rate will continue to increase as alk positive fundraise for major research initiatives - raising more than $1 million for ALK Positive research in 2019 alone. You can donate to groundbreaking research here.”