Support Us
Support Us
There are so many fun, rewarding and inspiring ways you can help us to raise funds and awareness to help support young adults, and their families, to live well with cancer.
Team Ella Fundraising Events & Challenges
We have several exciting challenges planned for this year and would love it if you could get involved and help fundraise. Take a look at our Events page to see what is coming up or register your interest at using the button below.
If you have an event or challenge that you’d like to host, we’d love to hear from you too and we’ll set you up with marketing and fundraising material.
Supporter Spotlights
Follow Adam Around the World: NEW WEBSITE LIVE
17 Mar 2025
Adam Waugh is sailing around the world in a self-built 19ft boat raising money for the Ella Dawson Foundation. Read all the action right from the boat build to his current progress in the Mini Globe Race by visiting his new website One Man, One Boat, One
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Thank You, Libby & Kerry! £1,000 Raised Through 100 Squats a Day for Young People with Cancer!
10 Mar 2025
Libby and her mum, Kerry, have also completed an incredible challenge: 100 squats a day throughout February, raising an amazing £1,000 to help other young people with cancer.
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Thank you to Julia and her family for raising £1400 for the Ella Dawson Foundation!
10 Mar 2025
These three fabulous women hosted a Race Night 50th Birthday and raised an astonishing amount for young people living with and beyond cancer.
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Thank you Lucie!
6 Feb 2025
In January, Lucie took on a 100km running challenge to help raise funds to support young adults with cancer, like her sister Alice who we have supported over the last 18 months.
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Bon Voyage to Adam and Little Wren! 🚤🌍
15 Jan 2025
Last Saturday, the incredible Adam Waugh set sail from Lanzarote aboard his 19ft self-built boat, Little Wren, embarking on the second leg of his epic 24,000 nautical mile solo sail around the world!
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Thank You Leeds Junior Lawyers Division
15 Jan 2025
We're delighted to have been voted as the JLD Charity of the Year 2025!
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Well done!! Yorkshire Three Peaks back to back Challenge
5 Aug 2024
This weekend an incredible team took on one mighty challenge conquering the Yorkshire Three Peaks back to back (that’s 48 miles!) in 20 hours fundraising to help young adults live well with and beyond cancer.
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Good Luck Kyle!
20 Jun 2024
Wishing huge good luck to Kyle Spencer competing in the European Aquathlon Championships in Portugal tomorrow!
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Take on your own fundraising!
Whatever you do, we're here to cheer you on! Whether that's organising a bake sale, clothes sale, trekking the hills of the Himalayas, or taking part in a running, walking, swimming or cycling challenge.
Here are some of the things that over 700 of our supporters have already taken part in during 2022:
- Yorkshire 3 Peaks
- Leeds Triathlon
- The Great North Swim
- Tour de Mont Blanc
- Bake Sale
- Everest Base Camp Trek
- York 10km
- 1000 day Running Challenge
- 15 mile walk
- Vintage Clothes Sale
Corporate Partners
As a small charity our corporate partners are vital to helping us to make a substantial difference in reaching and helping more young people, and their families, through a cancer diagnosis.
We value our corporate partners, and we are passionate about creating long-term meaningful relationships. We are keen to help engage and inspire your employees, customers and suppliers. Together, we can make a real difference to the lives of young adults living with a cancer diagnosis.
Choosing to work with the Ella Dawson Foundation can:
- Support your team building programmes with fun and inspiring fundraising events
- Enhance social media and PR coverage
- Increase staff engagement and create a positive impact culture
- Develop networking opportunities
- Meet your organisation's corporate social responsibility objectives
- Boost staff morale and motivation, while having a positive impact on the organisation's culture
There are so many things you which can help including:
- Employee Engagement through fundraising events and challenges
- Corporate sponsorship programmes, sponsor a wellbeing service or fundraising event
- Charity of the Year programmes
- Payroll Giving
- Gifts in Kind
- Charity Day
To discuss how we can work together to make a meaningful difference to the lives of young adults with cancer, please contact us at jane@elladawsonfoundation.org.uk
Volunteering
We simply couldn’t do what we do without the incredible support of our volunteer network.
Our amazing team of volunteers bring a wide variety of skills and experience to our work, from raising funds and awareness, to organising events and challenges and managing general administration.
Volunteering with the Ella Dawson Foundation will make a big difference to those young adults and families that we support and it can make a difference to your own wellbeing too. Volunteering will enhance your CV, help you gain confidence, make a real difference and shape new friendships - all while having fun.
If you would like to get involved with a passionate, enthusiastic and friendly committed team then we’d love to hear from you.
Please contact us on hello@elladawsonfoundation.org.uk
Trusts & Foundations
The Importance of Trusts and Foundations
At the Ella Dawson Foundation, we do not receive government or statutory funding for our work. As a result, grants from trusts, funds, and foundations are essential to the delivery of our wellbeing support programmes.
The funding we receive through these partnerships enables us to provide life-changing support to young adults and their families navigating life after a cancer diagnosis. These grants have a direct impact on the wellbeing of those we serve.
What a Grant Means to Us
For us, support from Trusts and Foundations is about more than just funding—it's about shared values and a common mission. We deeply appreciate every trust and foundation that believes in our work. The grants we secure are crucial in delivering our Feel Well, Eat Well, and Move Well programmes, all of which are detailed on our Support For Youpage.
How You Can Help
If you are a trustee or connected to a trust and would like to support our mission, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch at jane@elladawsonfoundation.org.uk.