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

Tagged in: CeliaHammondAnimalTrust CHATballoonrace feedCHATcats

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Top 20 balloons within cause

  • #1 Tilda x: travelled 78.27km POPPED
    Race position: 2
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 Tabithas friends: travelled 77.84km RACING
    Race position: 3
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 Balloon: travelled 75.05km RACING
    Race position: 7
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 Balloon: travelled 72.33km RACING
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 For Remus: travelled 72.21km RACING
    Race position: 9
    Cause position: 5

  • #13 Lick e Lix: travelled 71.77km RACING
    Race position: 24
    Cause position: 13

  • #9 starry meow : travelled 71.74km RACING
    Race position: 16
    Cause position: 9

  • #6 Belle rip: travelled 71.03km RACING
    Race position: 10
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Balloon: travelled 70.80km RACING
    Race position: 11
    Cause position: 7

  • #11 Number 6 Be seeing you: travelled 70.26km RACING
    Race position: 20
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 NIK NAK Schnapplegrouben: travelled 70.17km RACING
    Race position: 21
    Cause position: 12

  • #8 Rudy: travelled 69.19km RACING
    Race position: 13
    Cause position: 8

  • #17 Be Boppa Loo La: travelled 68.86km RACING
    Race position: 28
    Cause position: 17

  • #10 My beloved Leo : travelled 68.35km RACING
    Race position: 18
    Cause position: 10

  • #20 Bulging Bloon: travelled 67.98km RACING
    Race position: 36
    Cause position: 20

  • #28 Meow : travelled 67.30km RACING
    Race position: 49
    Cause position: 28

  • #14 Ava Luna: travelled 67.09km RACING
    Race position: 25
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Kieron: travelled 66.98km RACING
    Race position: 26
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Balloon: travelled 66.66km RACING
    Race position: 27
    Cause position: 16

  • #18 Susie xx: travelled 65.96km RACING
    Race position: 30
    Cause position: 18



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • Georgie joined the race on February 6, 2026, 5:59 PM
    Cause position: 401
    Race position: 581

  • From lucky and adolfino joined the race on January 29, 2026, 9:57 PM
    Cause position: 402
    Race position: 582

  • Balloon joined the race on February 14, 2026, 8:11 AM
    Cause position: 403
    Race position: 584

  • Balloon joined the race on January 23, 2026, 6:52 PM
    Cause position: 404
    Race position: 585

  • Go Far my friends joined the race on February 11, 2026, 2:40 PM
    Cause position: 405
    Race position: 586

  • Wld Imperial Beauties GB joined the race on February 6, 2026, 9:12 AM
    Cause position: 406
    Race position: 587

  • Balloon joined the race on February 6, 2026, 12:18 PM
    Cause position: 407
    Race position: 588

  • Bertie Sutcliffe joined the race on February 7, 2026, 10:17 AM
    Cause position: 408
    Race position: 589

  • Balloon joined the race on February 8, 2026, 3:55 PM
    Cause position: 409
    Race position: 591

  • Balloon joined the race on February 7, 2026, 8:03 PM
    Cause position: 410
    Race position: 592