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Your legacy

Cracking the cancer code

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“When we lose someone we love, it leaves a gap in ourlives that cannot be filled. Cancer is personal, which iswhy we are working to create precision treatments.”

Professor Bob Rees, Professor of Tumour Biology and Director ofthe John van Geest Cancer Research Centre.


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Our scientists are working to save lives and speed recovery by improving the earlydiagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Our discoveries are improving the diagnosisand management of cancers and we aredeveloping effective vaccines andimmunotherapies that will significantlyimprove survival rates and quality of life forthose with cancer.

With support from the John and Lucille vanGeest Foundation, the centre was built as adedicated cancer research facility. It wasdesigned to bring together the very bestminds from different disciplines to delivercancer research faster.

John van Geest Cancer Research Centre


“Death and taxes... I don’t knowof anyone who has avoided thefirst but by putting theUniversity in your will you can atleast avoid a smidge of thelatter.

“As a prostate cancer survivor, I would urge you to leavesomething in your will to aninstitution that is doing greatresearch at their John van GeestCancer Research Centre to helpblokes like me in the future.”

Billy Connolly CBE, Hon DLitt 2010


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A gift in your will may be the most important gift that you will ever make. We understand that you will want to be sure that it makes a difference.

If you choose to leave a gift to supportcancer research at the University you can besure that our research scientists will use100% of your gift promptly to progress theirvital work.

The benefit of supporting university researchis that you are also helping to grow the nextgeneration of aspiring research scientists.

After providing for family and friends, pleaseconsider pledging a gift in your will to theJohn van Geest Cancer Research Centre.

A will to make a difference


Our research is unlocking thesecrets of our immunesystems. We are makingdiscoveries for fasterdiagnosis and more precisetreatments, helping morepeople to live longer.


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Legacies don’t have to be large amounts.Even if you are able to designate a modestsum or a percentage of your estate to cancerresearch at the John van Geest CancerResearch Centre you will have played animportant part in securing vital futureresearch.

Your legacy

100% of your legacy gift will godirectly to fund our research.


“By putting cancer researchat Nottingham TrentUniversity in our Will we aredelighted to be able to helpwith the wonderful work theJvG Centre is doing.

“Our family has been touchedby cancer in many forms and,as parents to an adopteddaughter, we are conscious ofhow important the progressof cancer research andtreatment is for hergeneration too.”Carol and Adam Johnson


Get in touch

Please send me information about how to leave a legacy.

I have already included the University in my will.

I would like to visit the John van Geest Cancer Research Centre to find out more.

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Address:

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Please tick if you are a former NTU staff member / former student.


Tim Cobb, Head of Development and Alumni Relations

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Tim Cobb, Head of Development and Alumni Relations

Nottingham Trent University

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Tel: +44 (0)115 848 8772 Email: [email protected]

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