Partners get off their mark for Race for Life

Chesterfield Borough Council and Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust (PCT) are giving their full support to this year's Race for Life, in aid of Cancer Research UK.  The two partners played a large part in getting Chesterfield's first Race for Life off to a great start in 2009 which raised just under £190k for the cancer charity.

The Council and the PCT will help promote and organise the event which takes place on the 11^th of July.  Owing to such huge demand in 2009 there will be two race events, one at 10.30am and a second at 2.30pm.

The Mayoress of Chesterfield, Inger Kitch will be joined by Julie Yapp, Cancer Screening Coordinator for Derbyshire County PCT, and Helen Webster, Chesterfield Race for Life event organiser, when they officially launch the event in Chesterfield town centre on Friday 12^th February.

Commenting on the Race for Life, the Mayoress said: "I was extremely privileged to start the event last year and was amazed by the sea of pink ladies all playing their part to raise funds for such a worthwhile charity.  We're aiming to have 4,500 women take part this year to raise £213,000 to help beat cancer."

Julie Yapp, Cancer Screening Coordinator for Derbyshire County PCT, said: "We are delighted to be supporting and working with Cancer Research UK and Chesterfield Borough Council in staging the 2010 Chesterfield Race for Life events. This race does so much to raise the awareness of cancer and encourages people to take part in physical activity to improve their health."

Chesterfield's Race for Life will be full of amazing moments for everyone as women of all ages and fitness abilities join together to walk, jog or run 5k to help beat cancer.  The event will once again start at Chesterfield Town Hall and will have a new route finishing at Queen's Park. 

Women in Chesterfield can enter Cancer Research UK's Race for Life at www.raceforlife.org or by calling 0871 641 1111.

 About Race for Life

• Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2010 is the UK's largest women only fundraising series where thousands of women all round the UK come together to share amazing moments and simply walk, jog or run 5k to raise money to help beat cancer.
• Entry fee is £12.99 to cover organisational and administration costs of the series.
• There are over 230 Race for Life events around the UK from May to the end of July.
• Cancer Research UK hopes that over 700,000 women will come together to raise over £60 million to fund Cancer Research UK's life-saving work.
• Race for Life started in 1994 and is celebrating its 16^th birthday this year. The first event took place at Battersea Park with 680 participants.
• Since Race for Life began in 1994, an incredible 4.7 million participants across the UK raised over £327 million to fund Cancer Research UK's life-saving work.
• Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2010 is supported by the following Official Partners, Tesco, NIVEA, Diamond car insurance and Go-Ahead.

About Cancer Research UK

• Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research.
• The charity's groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives.  This work is funded entirely by the public.
• Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of the progress that has already seen survival rates double in the last thirty years.
• Cancer Research UK supports research into all aspects of cancer through the work of more than 4,800 scientists, doctors and nurses.
• Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to beat cancer.

For further information about Cancer Research UK's work or to find out how to support the charity, please call 020 7121 6699 or visit www.cancerresearchuk.org

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