Your chance to race for life and raise some cash for cancer charity
LOOK beyond lockdown by making a date to join one of Cancer Research UK’S Race for Life events across the Midlands.
The charity’s much-loved events are aiming to return this autumn but with socially distanced measures to keep participants safe. Money raised will help scientists find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, saving lives as the charity fights back from the impact of the pandemic.
Anyone who signs up before July 4 can claim a special 30 per cent off the entry fee by using the code RFLJUNE30.
Every year around 31,600 people are diagnosed with cancer in Staffordshire and the West Midlands and one in two people in the UK born after 1960 will get cancer in their lifetime.
The Race for Life events, which take place across the region between September 4 and October 30, are open to people of all ages and abilities. Events include a 3K, 5K, 10K as well as Pretty Muddy, a mud-splattered obstacle course.
Race for Life offers the perfect opportunity for people in Burton on Trent to run, walk or jog and raise money for life-saving research.
All 400 mass participation Race for Life events across the UK were cancelled last year to protect the country’s health during the Covid-19 pandemic.
So this year, more than ever, we need people to enter the Race for Life - for the people we love, for the people we’ve lost and for the one in two of us who will get cancer.
This year, participants will set off on the Race for Life course either alone or in small, socially distanced groups. Hand sanitiser will also be provided with participants encouraged to use it before and after the event.
We know that 2020 was a year like no other and we had to overcome many challenges thrown our way during the global pandemic.
But this past year proves, more than any other, the value of investing in science and medical research and what can be achieved by working together. Just like science is our route out of the pandemic, science is our route to beating cancer. We are absolutely determined to continue to create better cancer treatments for tomorrow. Enter now at raceforlife.org or call 0300 123 0770.
Jane Redman, Cancer Research UK