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18/07/2012
Anonymous Donor Gives Cancer Research UK £10m
An anonymous donation of £10m has been made to Cancer Research UK, the largest the charity has ever received.
The same donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, also handed £10m to the University of Southampton.
The money is to be put towards Cancer Research UK's Create The Change campaign, which will raise £100m for the Francis Crick Institute in London.
The institute, which will open in 2015, will be the largest biomedical research building in Europe.
Cancer Research UK's chief executive Dr Harpal Kumar said: "We're extremely grateful for these extraordinarily generous donations.
"The gift for the Francis Crick Institute accounts for 10% of the total we need to raise and takes us a huge step closer towards achieving our ambition of creating this world-class institute to help us beat cancer."
The donation to the University of Southampton is to be put towards building a cancer immunology centre that will have links to the institute.
Prof Don Nutbeam, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, added: "This remarkable gift allows us to build on our expertise and expand the research teams in Southampton to make even greater progress in developing new treatments."
(H/GK)
The same donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, also handed £10m to the University of Southampton.
The money is to be put towards Cancer Research UK's Create The Change campaign, which will raise £100m for the Francis Crick Institute in London.
The institute, which will open in 2015, will be the largest biomedical research building in Europe.
Cancer Research UK's chief executive Dr Harpal Kumar said: "We're extremely grateful for these extraordinarily generous donations.
"The gift for the Francis Crick Institute accounts for 10% of the total we need to raise and takes us a huge step closer towards achieving our ambition of creating this world-class institute to help us beat cancer."
The donation to the University of Southampton is to be put towards building a cancer immunology centre that will have links to the institute.
Prof Don Nutbeam, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, added: "This remarkable gift allows us to build on our expertise and expand the research teams in Southampton to make even greater progress in developing new treatments."
(H/GK)
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