Following a successful partnership in 2023, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust has once again partnered with the Hamble-based Ancasta Group, one of Europe’s largest yacht sales and service organisations, to inspire brighter futures for young people living through and beyond cancer. Cancer can have a big impact on a young person’s mental wellbeing and, for […]
Young cancer survivors supported by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust have benefited from the RS Association’s fundraising support in 2023, with the organisation raising over £2,700 across its numerous sailing events. At Mounts Bay Sailing Club, the RS400 Nationals event held a raffle for participants and guests to raise money, and those in attendance heard […]
Young people who’ve benefited from a sailing adventure with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust for the first time this year have reported they’ve found ‘support’, ‘confidence’ and ‘joy’ onboard. The young sailors have lived through cancer, with many enjoying the four-day sailing voyage courtesy of the Ancasta Group following its pledge at the beginning of […]
Friendships were forged as the first Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust ‘first time’ trip of 2023 took to the waters of the Solent, in the south of the UK, earlier this month (12-15 June 2023). It was also the first trip that benefited from the support of yacht sales agency Ancasta Group. Earlier this year, Ancasta […]
Dame Ellen MacArthur is taking on the challenge of Round the Island Race for the second year running, as her East Cowes-based young person’s cancer charity celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023. She will take the helm of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s flagship boat Solent Hero for the race on 1 July 2023, and will […]
The Ancasta Group has sponsored the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s pre-season fundraising sailing regatta, which took place in the Solent on Friday (5 May 2023). Taking to the water in twelve high-performance, one design J70 boats, the crews enjoyed a series of short, fun, but competitive races in the Solent, just off Cowes on the […]
Young person’s cancer charity, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust launched its 2023-2025 Ambitions in London on Wednesday (8 March). In an event at the British Medical Association, Dame Ellen MacArthur introduced the trust’s new ‘Bigger Impact, Brighter Futures – Our Ambitions 2023-2025’, and detailed how the charity plans to reach, inspire, and support more young […]
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and Hamble-based yacht sales and service firm Ancasta Group have partnered to help young people living through and beyond cancer. The Cowes/Largs-based Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is a sailing charity that offers sailing and adventure trips to young people aged eight to 24 who are recovering from cancer. More than […]
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is looking for freelance skippers for the 2023 summer season. The British sailing charity, which offers sailing and adventure trips to young people living with or beyond cancer, is sailing on four and five-day trips from Cowes on the Isle of Wight and Largs on Scotland’s west coast. “If you’re […]
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust (EMCT) will celebrate 20 years of support from Musto after agreeing to extend their long-standing partnership to the end of 2025. Musto has been the official clothing suppliers since the EMCT was launched in 2003, having kitted out Dame Ellen MacArthur during her round the world sailing career. Through sailing and […]