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/

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 Thank you Celia : travelled 15.64km RACING
    Race position: 2
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 Dab: travelled 15.34km RACING
    Race position: 3
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 Tabithas friends: travelled 15.30km RACING
    Race position: 4
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 BatteryPowered Balloon : travelled 15.27km RACING
    Race position: 6
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 Splodge : travelled 15.26km RACING
    Race position: 7
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 Susie xx: travelled 15.18km RACING
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Balloon: travelled 15.05km RACING
    Race position: 10
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Balloon: travelled 15.00km RACING
    Race position: 12
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 My Parents: travelled 14.94km RACING
    Race position: 13
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 moooooo: travelled 14.83km RACING
    Race position: 14
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 Lick e Lix: travelled 14.80km RACING
    Race position: 15
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 Smudge x 2 always in my : travelled 14.66km RACING
    Race position: 18
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Cathy Rosie Lily missing : travelled 14.57km RACING
    Race position: 22
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 Belle rip: travelled 14.52km RACING
    Race position: 23
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Bulging Bloon: travelled 13.86km RACING
    Race position: 27
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Balloon: travelled 13.61km RACING
    Race position: 28
    Cause position: 16

  • #17 Al: travelled 13.27km RACING
    Race position: 31
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 Jackson Tennessee: travelled 13.00km RACING
    Race position: 32
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 Bels balloon: travelled 12.51km RACING
    Race position: 33
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 NINA: travelled 12.48km RACING
    Race position: 34
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • CHRIS joined the race on January 24, 2026, 10:05 AM
    Cause position: 2111
    Race position: 2784

  • Balloon joined the race on February 13, 2026, 8:05 AM
    Cause position: 2112
    Race position: 2785

  • Ana joined the race on January 24, 2026, 8:28 AM
    Cause position: 2113
    Race position: 2786

  • I love kitties joined the race on February 9, 2026, 9:58 PM
    Cause position: 2114
    Race position: 2787

  • Bean joined the race on February 13, 2026, 6:24 PM
    Cause position: 2115
    Race position: 2788

  • Marmaduke joined the race on January 23, 2026, 10:13 PM
    Cause position: 2116
    Race position: 2789

  • Balloon joined the race on February 9, 2026, 12:04 PM
    Cause position: 2117
    Race position: 2790

  • Fly high my Pats x joined the race on January 24, 2026, 9:14 AM
    Cause position: 2118
    Race position: 2791

  • Barney joined the race on February 8, 2026, 8:26 PM
    Cause position: 2119
    Race position: 2794

  • Storm joined the race on January 31, 2026, 12:57 PM
    Cause position: 2120
    Race position: 2796