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 Tabithas friends: travelled 190.02km RACING
    Race position: 1
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 Splodge : travelled 186.77km RACING
    Race position: 3
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 moooooo: travelled 185.39km RACING
    Race position: 4
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 Belle rip: travelled 183.76km RACING
    Race position: 5
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 My Parents: travelled 173.89km RACING
    Race position: 7
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 Cathy Rosie Lily missing : travelled 172.93km RACING
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Balloon: travelled 172.89km RACING
    Race position: 9
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Thank you Celia : travelled 154.37km RACING
    Race position: 12
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 Susie xx: travelled 153.34km RACING
    Race position: 13
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 Balloon: travelled 153.26km RACING
    Race position: 14
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 BatteryPowered Balloon : travelled 150.10km RACING
    Race position: 15
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 Lick e Lix: travelled 147.61km RACING
    Race position: 17
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Dab: travelled 142.67km RACING
    Race position: 19
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 Meow : travelled 140.08km RACING
    Race position: 20
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Smudge x 2 always in my : travelled 139.99km RACING
    Race position: 21
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Ava Luna: travelled 139.44km RACING
    Race position: 22
    Cause position: 16

  • #17 Balloon: travelled 138.21km RACING
    Race position: 23
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 starry meow : travelled 138.12km RACING
    Race position: 24
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 Number 6 Be seeing you: travelled 137.83km RACING
    Race position: 25
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 For Tails x: travelled 137.01km RACING
    Race position: 29
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • Balloon joined the race on February 6, 2026, 10:39 PM
    Cause position: 181
    Race position: 285

  • Balloon joined the race on February 6, 2026, 10:57 AM
    Cause position: 182
    Race position: 286

  • For my Beloved Timbey joined the race on February 13, 2026, 7:35 PM
    Cause position: 183
    Race position: 289

  • Balloon joined the race on January 24, 2026, 4:28 PM
    Cause position: 184
    Race position: 292

  • Adam joined the race on February 2, 2026, 2:27 PM
    Cause position: 185
    Race position: 293

  • Rory joined the race on February 6, 2026, 9:28 PM
    Cause position: 186
    Race position: 294

  • Balloon joined the race on January 31, 2026, 10:46 AM
    Cause position: 187
    Race position: 297

  • Balloon joined the race on February 11, 2026, 10:46 AM
    Cause position: 188
    Race position: 298

  • Balloon joined the race on January 23, 2026, 6:35 PM
    Cause position: 189
    Race position: 299

  • Balloon joined the race on January 24, 2026, 9:23 AM
    Cause position: 190
    Race position: 302