Celia Hammond Animal Trust

This cause is part of St Valentine’s Race
This unique race URL is https://ecoracing.co/cause/celia-hammond-animal-trust-2790/

Good luck and thank you to everyone taking part in the St Valentine’s Balloon Race in aid of Celia Hammond Animal Trust. Although it’s now too late to buy balloons for this race, you can still help feed the rescue cats in our care by donating online at...

https://bit.ly/feedCHATcats

Every £3 donated will feed one cat for a day, and will help us continue our life-saving work.

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Please support Celia Hammond Animal Trust (CHAT) and share the love for rescue cats by purchasing St Valentine’s virtual race balloons, which are just £3 each.

It’s our 40th anniversary year and we are currently caring for around 750 rescue cats across our London and East Sussex centres. Over the duration of the 7-day St Valentine’s Virtual Balloon Race, it will cost approximately £15,000 to feed the cats in our care, and we rely entirely on public donations.

The race starts at 12 noon on 14 February 2026 and takes place entirely online. With no real balloons involved, the event is both wildlife friendly and non-gambling.

There are prizes to win too. The overall winner will receive £100 cash, and the runner-up an Amazon Echo Dot (4th Generation). There’s also a box of CHAT goodies for the furthest-travelling CHAT balloon.

You can buy as many balloons as you like, to boost your chances of winning and support our work, and you can gift activation codes to friends and family.

For more details including how to individually customise balloons, please read the Race Guide on the Ecoracing.co homepage.

Please buy balloons today, whether for yourself, for a friend or loved one, or in memory of someone special, as this will help us feed the rescue cats in our care. Thank you and happy racing!

Our fundraising target is: £15000

Gross monies raised so far: £6369

Supporters so far: 519

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Top 20 balloons within cause

  • #1 Splodge : travelled 215.15km RACING
    Race position: 1
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 Tabithas friends: travelled 212.71km RACING
    Race position: 2
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 moooooo: travelled 210.63km RACING
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    Cause position: 3

  • #4 Belle rip: travelled 208.59km RACING
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    Cause position: 4

  • #5 My Parents: travelled 200.61km RACING
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 Balloon: travelled 197.96km RACING
    Race position: 9
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Cathy Rosie Lily missing : travelled 195.82km RACING
    Race position: 10
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Susie xx: travelled 179.80km RACING
    Race position: 12
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 Thank you Celia : travelled 179.06km RACING
    Race position: 13
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 BatteryPowered Balloon : travelled 176.27km RACING
    Race position: 14
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 Balloon: travelled 174.96km RACING
    Race position: 15
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 Dab: travelled 168.45km RACING
    Race position: 17
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Lick e Lix: travelled 165.50km RACING
    Race position: 19
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 Smudge x 2 always in my : travelled 163.38km RACING
    Race position: 20
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Ava Luna: travelled 157.31km RACING
    Race position: 24
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Rudy: travelled 155.89km RACING
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    Cause position: 16

  • #17 NIK NAK Schnapplegrouben: travelled 155.80km RACING
    Race position: 26
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 Meow : travelled 155.76km RACING
    Race position: 27
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 For Tails x: travelled 153.24km RACING
    Race position: 33
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 Balloon: travelled 153.16km RACING
    Race position: 34
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • meow meow joined the race on January 23, 2026, 6:22 PM
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    Race position: 211

  • Bairbre joined the race on January 22, 2026, 8:31 PM
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  • tylah joined the race on February 12, 2026, 2:45 PM
    Cause position: 133
    Race position: 215

  • For Merlin joined the race on January 27, 2026, 1:11 PM
    Cause position: 134
    Race position: 218

  • Misty joined the race on February 12, 2026, 11:58 AM
    Cause position: 135
    Race position: 219

  • Matilda joined the race on January 23, 2026, 6:20 PM
    Cause position: 136
    Race position: 220

  • Balloon joined the race on January 28, 2026, 9:51 PM
    Cause position: 137
    Race position: 221

  • Balloon joined the race on January 27, 2026, 8:26 AM
    Cause position: 138
    Race position: 223

  • Andrews cats and dogs joined the race on February 9, 2026, 12:50 PM
    Cause position: 139
    Race position: 224

  • Catnip Express joined the race on February 3, 2026, 3:02 PM
    Cause position: 140
    Race position: 225