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 125.06km RACING
    Race position: 1
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 Belle rip: travelled 121.13km RACING
    Race position: 2
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 Splodge : travelled 114.03km RACING
    Race position: 4
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 moooooo: travelled 113.72km RACING
    Race position: 5
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 Balloon: travelled 108.25km RACING
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 My Parents: travelled 106.75km RACING
    Race position: 9
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Lick e Lix: travelled 100.91km RACING
    Race position: 11
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Cathy Rosie Lily missing : travelled 100.51km RACING
    Race position: 12
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 Thank you Celia : travelled 100.26km RACING
    Race position: 13
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 Susie xx: travelled 98.71km RACING
    Race position: 15
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 Balloon: travelled 98.30km RACING
    Race position: 16
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 starry meow : travelled 97.95km RACING
    Race position: 18
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Balloon: travelled 97.66km RACING
    Race position: 21
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 Balloon: travelled 97.63km RACING
    Race position: 22
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Rudy: travelled 97.38km RACING
    Race position: 23
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Ava Luna: travelled 96.83km RACING
    Race position: 24
    Cause position: 16

  • #17 NIK NAK Schnapplegrouben: travelled 96.43km RACING
    Race position: 26
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 Number 6 Be seeing you: travelled 96.29km RACING
    Race position: 27
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 Balloon: travelled 96.07km RACING
    Race position: 28
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 Meow : travelled 96.02km RACING
    Race position: 30
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • Happy joined the race on February 6, 2026, 1:50 PM
    Cause position: 301
    Race position: 446

  • Balloon joined the race on February 8, 2026, 9:47 PM
    Cause position: 302
    Race position: 447

  • PEACE joined the race on February 11, 2026, 10:25 PM
    Cause position: 303
    Race position: 448

  • Clawdias balloon joined the race on February 9, 2026, 1:37 PM
    Cause position: 304
    Race position: 449

  • Balloon joined the race on February 12, 2026, 8:07 PM
    Cause position: 305
    Race position: 450

  • Balloon joined the race on January 24, 2026, 10:37 AM
    Cause position: 306
    Race position: 451

  • Balloon joined the race on February 14, 2026, 8:11 AM
    Cause position: 307
    Race position: 453

  • Balloon joined the race on January 24, 2026, 1:07 PM
    Cause position: 308
    Race position: 454

  • Balloon joined the race on January 23, 2026, 11:34 AM
    Cause position: 309
    Race position: 455

  • Poppy 1 joined the race on February 13, 2026, 7:12 PM
    Cause position: 310
    Race position: 456