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 BatteryPowered Balloon : travelled 41.06km RACING
    Race position: 1
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 My Parents: travelled 41.03km RACING
    Race position: 2
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 moooooo: travelled 38.00km RACING
    Race position: 7
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 Lick e Lix: travelled 37.48km RACING
    Race position: 10
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 Bulging Bloon: travelled 37.48km RACING
    Race position: 11
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 Smudge x 2 always in my : travelled 37.47km RACING
    Race position: 12
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Cathy Rosie Lily missing : travelled 37.03km RACING
    Race position: 14
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Belle rip: travelled 36.65km RACING
    Race position: 15
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 Tomos Super Stripe: travelled 36.07km RACING
    Race position: 18
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 Thank you Celia : travelled 36.07km RACING
    Race position: 19
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 Tabithas friends: travelled 34.90km RACING
    Race position: 20
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 Balloon: travelled 34.84km RACING
    Race position: 21
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Ava Luna: travelled 34.77km RACING
    Race position: 22
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 Balloon: travelled 34.75km RACING
    Race position: 23
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Al: travelled 34.69km RACING
    Race position: 25
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Susie xx: travelled 34.54km RACING
    Race position: 27
    Cause position: 16

  • #17 Dab: travelled 33.93km RACING
    Race position: 30
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 Balloon: travelled 33.61km RACING
    Race position: 31
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 Splodge : travelled 33.34km RACING
    Race position: 33
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 Hi Brownie: travelled 33.15km RACING
    Race position: 35
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (2123)

  • Balloon joined the race on January 23, 2026, 7:07 PM
    Cause position: 771
    Race position: 1009

  • Balloon joined the race on January 24, 2026, 9:23 AM
    Cause position: 772
    Race position: 1010

  • Lilly 1 joined the race on February 13, 2026, 7:12 PM
    Cause position: 773
    Race position: 1011

  • W and D joined the race on February 10, 2026, 6:15 PM
    Cause position: 774
    Race position: 1012

  • Miss you Link Zelda Lupin joined the race on February 8, 2026, 8:04 PM
    Cause position: 775
    Race position: 1013

  • Bertie loves John joined the race on January 31, 2026, 1:29 PM
    Cause position: 776
    Race position: 1014

  • Luna joined the race on January 29, 2026, 8:48 PM
    Cause position: 777
    Race position: 1015

  • Balloon joined the race on January 31, 2026, 10:46 AM
    Cause position: 778
    Race position: 1016

  • Balloon joined the race on February 13, 2026, 7:39 PM
    Cause position: 779
    Race position: 1017

  • Tricity joined the race on January 24, 2026, 8:46 AM
    Cause position: 780
    Race position: 1020