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

  • #2 Cathy Rosie Lily missing : travelled 74.19km RACING
    Race position: 5
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 My Parents: travelled 72.64km RACING
    Race position: 7
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 moooooo: travelled 72.34km RACING
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 BatteryPowered Balloon : travelled 68.47km RACING
    Race position: 9
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 Molly Dolly: travelled 68.20km RACING
    Race position: 10
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Lick e Lix: travelled 66.67km RACING
    Race position: 14
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Belle rip: travelled 66.05km RACING
    Race position: 15
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 Smudge x 2 always in my : travelled 65.80km RACING
    Race position: 16
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 Love Winnie: travelled 65.31km POPPED
    Race position: 20
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 PEACE: travelled 65.08km POPPED
    Race position: 22
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 Thank you Celia : travelled 63.81km RACING
    Race position: 23
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Balloon: travelled 63.23km RACING
    Race position: 24
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 LUNA OF HAWORTH: travelled 62.82km POPPED
    Race position: 26
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Balloon: travelled 62.49km RACING
    Race position: 28
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Al: travelled 62.25km RACING
    Race position: 30
    Cause position: 16

  • #17 Balloon: travelled 61.63km RACING
    Race position: 31
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 Dab: travelled 61.56km RACING
    Race position: 32
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 Splodge : travelled 61.06km RACING
    Race position: 34
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 Meow : travelled 60.15km RACING
    Race position: 36
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • Molly sooty joined the race on February 12, 2026, 7:53 AM
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    Race position: 769

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    Race position: 772

  • maggie joined the race on February 8, 2026, 7:09 PM
    Cause position: 583
    Race position: 774

  • Balloon joined the race on January 27, 2026, 12:14 PM
    Cause position: 584
    Race position: 776

  • Doja joined the race on January 23, 2026, 6:45 PM
    Cause position: 585
    Race position: 777

  • Sheila John joined the race on January 24, 2026, 7:50 PM
    Cause position: 586
    Race position: 778

  • 113 joined the race on January 24, 2026, 11:53 AM
    Cause position: 587
    Race position: 779

  • Balloon joined the race on January 27, 2026, 8:26 AM
    Cause position: 588
    Race position: 780

  • Balloon joined the race on February 6, 2026, 10:57 AM
    Cause position: 589
    Race position: 781

  • Balloon joined the race on February 9, 2026, 3:06 PM
    Cause position: 590
    Race position: 782