#nomakeupselfie – some questions answered

Please stop these texts to my mobile immediately. As much as I donate and support cancer uk I totally disagree with this type of fund raising. This really annoys me and would deter me from donating. I would like an email that has been stopped.

Please can someone from CRUK let us know how we can stop receiving texts from you since donating in the selfies. I have tried to text NOINFO but it comes up with a message saying that i will be charged for the text, so I don’t want to send it incase it’s expensive. Please advise.

Thank you
Easy to understand explanations about research etc.
Found your articles fascinating.

I think that we will beat cancer soon! I have also helped by texting BEAT which will hopefully help <3

I think your all doing a great job keep it up 2geva we all will beat cancer

I donated to the no makeup faceie now I’ve got messages that I’m donating to all sorts have tryed to cancel them but not going through. If I want to donate I will but I want it to be who I want.

Wonderful news. and I an so pleased to hear that Sarcoma will be befitting from your trials.

I think its fantastic as my mum has cancer so i like to do my bit and it helps other people its just a shame the gov don’t fund it…..but we all put in and raised 8million pounds which is fantastic well done to everybody who did this as its for a great course and some people like myself have lost loved ones to this nasty disease……so well done everybody we gotta keep putting in as its only £3.00 which ain alot and your also helping somebody somewhere who like my mum is fighting it….. god bless you all and well done xx

This is amazing, our son is in remission with Ewing sarcoma and all is going well. He is/was on a trial and boy are we happy to have him with us today and longer besides. Keep up the good work. Mel x

If anyone has had a problem with their donation or any subsequent issues, please contact our Supporter Services team on 0300 123 1861 or email [email protected]. Thank you,
Kat

A brilliant, articulate, passionate and informative article Kat…well done!!! It’s great to know where all the money is going and how it’s helping. As you say, it’s important to make progress in reducing and curing all cancers. It’s also great to hear the specific cancers being researched for families who have been affected. My father in law unfortunately passed away from ALL (a form of leukaemia like AML) in his 30s. My husband and I are now expected our first child….a little girl and are going to collect and store stem cells from her placenta in case she ever needs them. Knowing that research may be funded in the future into how these cells may best be used makes my husband and I feel supported in our decision. Thank you CRUK to a great charity.

I was happy to make an original donation by text – then found out you have carried on taking money from me without my permission or agreement. This is disgraceful and surely unlawful. I shall never donate to your organisation again.

Got choked up reading this cannot believe how well everyone did just brilliant xx

What a fabulous post. Well done.

A brilliant idea to get everyone involved and feel as if we’re all making a difference for a small donation. Keep up the good work.

Totally Amazing … Thank you. Our Daughter is 22 and was diagnosed with AML on the 3rd December,for those that have been in a similar situation you will know life stops and the floor from under your feet disappears but thanks to you all and the brilliant medical staff at Sourhend and St. Barts Laura is fighting back and in remission ❤️ Our life’s have been given back to us all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am just so humbled …. and glad to have been part of it… i lost my dad, my sister inlaw, my mother inlaw, and my father inlaw is currently undergoing chemo for prostate cancer….. its great to know where all the monies are going….. thank you for this.. so encouraging … xxx

As this was so successful why not do something like this very other month as people enjoyed getting involved via the selfies and donated at the same time. This was a brilliant innovative idea.

We will always donate what ever we can and raise awareness out son Martin solomon 21yesrs old is alive because of the Brentuximab clinical trial which he received via the Christie hospital.

The drug put him into remission so he could have an autologous transplant. Martin now in complete remission and back at uni.

We know without brentuximab our lives would have been changed forever. Keep searching and discovering drugs like the one Martin had to save more young lives and keep families like ours together xxxx

Thanks for letting us know where the money is going and please keep up the good work!!

What a fantastic idea, to tell the fundraiser a where the money has gone to! So often we never really know what happens to the pennies once they’re donated. Of course, this kind of approach initiates a ‘feel good’ factor which encourages the individual(s) to give more – which is a good thing! In this case, knowledge is power to the public, who in theory then give back to the charity! Genius! I love it! :-)

I think you are uniquely positioned to raise awareness about taking a precautionary principle towards household and in particular personal and beauty care products that contain chemicals that could cause cancers. It’s time everyone knew the delay risks theyay be taking and that there is another way. More popular purchasing of organic and safe products will reduce their price. You have lots of listening ears right now to audiences that may not have engaged. Use it and use it well.

This is so amazing and brought a tear to my eye…I am glad we all donated..its amazing

I find this amazing, just goes to show what can be done when we all put our minds to it. I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for the amazing work that’s done through cancer research.

What an incredible response ! So much has been raised and all by just being brave enough to show our “no makeup” face to the world. It means someone else gets to live a longer life filled with memories, hopes and dreams. My dream , a cancer free world. Thank you

I tried to donate via text to the number listed above but keep getting an error on my phone, does this short code not work in the USA?

Thanks for the update. I’d love to know where the idea started as it seems it wasn’t a planned campaign? Inspired!!

It is amazing that so much money has been raised through the selfie photos and amazing that it will fund so many clinical trials and humbling too that so many people have become involved ,lets hope we can beat cancer

Thank you, this has been very encouraging :-)

It’s good to read what the monies being spent on and how it will help. – glad to have helped.

Now I’ve packed my sock away for a while! ;)

wanted to know abut ethics of research ie use of embryonic cells.

There’s been a few negative comments about selfies and trivialising the effects of cancer, however, I think it’s made people sit up and think. Cancer is the disease of the century and everyone at some point in their life will be affected. How this awareness is delivered is immaterial. We need more research which requires more funding. If I can assist in preserving my family and friends well being for the future, I would do just about anything. Well.. Within reason :-)

Brilliant I donated 3 £ what I could afford eg facebook photo

If possible, can there be a public display of information about the patients who benefit from this £8m? It would be nice to know who has been helped and how…to see the impact a random event like this can have. I just feel that this can be a really important legacy to show.

Im sorry i sent a noinfo text as i didnt realise it was from urselves. Please feel free to contact me.

Wonderful idea, feel free to take my blood as long as I don’t pass out x

The first person who started the no make up selfie deserves recognition and praise. Whoever it was,well done.

After donating £3.00 to txt 70007 I got a msg from yourself stating if I wish to opt out of receiving info txt to send a msg to 70060 stating NOINFO. When I went to send it my phone told me this was a charging txt so I cancelled sending the txt. What charge would I get for sending this

Its amazing. Have you responded to any of the critics of this campaign? Would love to read if so.

Is 70555 also one of your numbers? My friends and I have used that number and received replies of confirmation.

Does any if the money raised go to care of cancer patients and supporting families effected by cancer ?? Ie Are u associated or part of Marie Currie ???

My daughter text BEAT to 70007 and had a text confirming her donation to Cancer Research Uk. This isn’t the number mentioned above, will you still have received her donation?

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how much do you spend all together on clinical trails

how much do you spend on each thing?

Amazing to see neuroblastoma will have a trial here in the uk, what an amazing week for cancer research! Well done to all xx

I received the confirmation text of my donation but cannot access the bit.ly/1fMulkE to Gift Aid it. Please advise, thank you.

Thank you for telling us this amazing news. And also for one of the most brilliant bits of donor stewardship I’ve seen.

My friends in Oz wanted to donate but 70099 ‘BEAT’ wouldn’t allow them. Is there another number or code they may use?

Very well written and informative blog, keep us updated on the amount raised and well done everybody (love the last line too) :)

Great post – so glad you’ve answered some of the ridiculous claims being made about cancer and cancer research. Great to see neuroblastoma on the list – horrible disease.

Great article to read and an even greater result from the money raised. Thanks to clinical trials, my precious dad is still with us, so I know first hand just how important these trials are and will always contribute to such a worthy cause. Thank you cancer research ☺️

Thanks for this page….. and i absolutely love the last line :-)

Great post, Kat. Seen some incredible bile and vitriol on Facebook today in response to the original news post. You’ve covered the lunatics’ questions very well, and tactfully considering.

Will any of this extra money be used for the new Francis Crick Project? As we the public are aware how important basic research is to finding cancer breakthroughs?
Great news that this money has given Cancer Research UK money they didnt expect!