Slimming World raises more than £20m for Cancer Research UK
A unique piece of artwork has been commissioned to celebrate Slimming World raising more than £20m for its charity partner Cancer Research UK.
Throughout the organisation’s decade-long partnership, big-hearted Slimming World members, Consultants and staff have raised money to support the charity and fund essential life-saving research through fundraising initiatives such as the Big Slimming World Clothes Throw, sponsorship of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, and the Slimming World London Marathon Team.
To celebrate and express their gratitude to Slimming World for hitting this staggering fundraising milestone, Cancer Research UK presented the organisation with a specially commissioned piece of art by artists Bitter and Twisted.
Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, Slimming World’s founder and chair, received the unique piece at a ceremony at Slimming World’s Head Office in Alfreton, Derbyshire, attended by Slimming World colleagues and Cancer Research UK staff.
Margaret says: “We’re so proud of the generosity, hard work and tireless dedication Slimming World staff, members and Consultants have shown in raising more than £20m for Cancer Research UK – a truly incredible amount."
I’m delighted to have accepted such a thoughtful gesture from Cancer Research UK on behalf of everyone at Slimming World. Fighting cancer is a mission that’s very close to my heart, as I know it is to many people in our organisation. The artwork brilliantly reflects the efforts shown by each and every person who’s contributed to this phenomenal total and the life-changing research it funds.
The illustration, which will be displayed at Slimming World’s Head Office, depicts the fun and inventive campaigns and activities Slimming World has fundraised and supported Cancer Research UK with. These include the Big Slimming World Clothes Throw, an annual event which sees Slimming World members, Consultants and Head Office staff donate the clothes that they’ve slimmed out of to local Cancer Research UK charity shops to sell. This initiative raised more than £2 million in 2024 alone.
Philip Almond, executive director of fundraising and marketing at Cancer Research UK says:
“Huge congratulations to Slimming World for reaching this incredible fundraising milestone. We know an enormous amount of work went into getting to this point and we are hugely grateful to all their staff, members and Consultants, for their continued dedication and generosity.
“The money that they have raised together over the past decade is funding Cancer Research UK’s pioneering work, which is saving lives in the UK and on a global scale. It’s thanks to our supporters and long-standing corporate partners such as Slimming World that we are able to continue this work, helping people live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.”
