Marlow Community Calendar Against Cancer

How a community has come together....

Join Marlow Community Against Cancer in an inspiring initiative - our semi-nude charity calendar for 2027! This project aims to bring our community together to raise funds for UK Cancer charities. Facing cancer head on, semi-naked, but in a cheeky, empowering and uplifting way - taking inspiration from the film and activities in The Calendar Girls.

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By purchasing a calendar, not only will you support this worthy cause, but you'll also celebrate the strength and resilience of our local community.

 Marlow Community Against Cancer Calendar

Register today if you're either interested in purchasing a calendar, would like to stock them in your shop, or give a raffle / auction prize for our launch night

Words from Chris.

In June 2025, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. I won't pretend that didn't shake me - suddenly everything felt out of control, and I found myself facing a disease I knew virtually nothing about.

But something remarkable happened as I began to navigate this journey. I discovered that cancer treatment isn't standing still. Researchers around the world are pushing boundaries every single day, developing new and innovative approaches that are genuinely transforming outcomes for patients. The progress is real, and it's genuinely moving. We're inching towards a world without cancer, and that's something worth believing in.

What also struck me - perhaps even more profoundly - was realising just how many people in my own community are touched by this disease. Whether facing it themselves or supporting someone who is, cancer affects us all in some way.

I wanted to do something about it. Not out of some grand gesture, but because I genuinely believe that supporting cancer research matters. So, I thought: what if we could raise funds for research in a way that's bold, honest, and unapologetically human?

That's where this project came from. Taking inspiration from The Calendar Girls - their courage, their cheekiness, their refusal to let cancer define them. I wanted to create something that celebrates the people and places in Marlow. Something that faces cancer head on, without looking away, but with dignity and a bit of humour. Something that says: we're still here, and we're fighting back.

The Community Against Cancer Calendar was born from that simple desire to make a real difference, one photo at a time. 

Wow… what a day! What an incredible experience bringing together over 100 amazing people for our Marlow Community Against Cancer calendar shoot. The photoshoot took place on Wednesday the 19th August at Basement Photographic in Bourne End, with Saul from Mark Anthony Saul as our photographer.

We had wonderful Marlow community groups, as well as individuals from across our community, all coming together to support something we truly believe in.

And this is only the beginning!

​Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving a huge shout-out to all the incredible people who helped make the day happen. Then comes our launch event, the premiere of the film from the shoot… and finally, the BIG REVEAL of the finished calendar photos!

​We’re also hoping to exhibit the photographs in Marlow, and there’ll be a silent auction, raffle… and maybe even a ball!

Then comes the really exciting bit — getting the calendars out there! They’ll be available through our website, and we’d love to see them stocked in local shops too. If you’re able to help with an exhibition, sell calendars, sponsor us or support in any other way, please get in touch.

Because Marlow Community Against Cancer is for our community, by our community

Get in touch if you would like to get involved Email: info@marlowcalendar.co.uk