PEOPLE are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Bradford.

The charity’s much-loved events are returning to the city and anyone who joins this January can claim 50 per cent off the entry fee as part of the half-price sale by using the code RFL23NY.

This is the 30th year of Race for Life and participants will receive a special medal to mark the milestone. Every year around 33,300 people are diagnosed with cancer in Yorkshire and The Humber. 

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Participants warm up for last year's Race for Life event in Bradford Participants warm up for last year's Race for Life event in Bradford (Image: Race for Life)

Money raised at Race for Life enables scientists to find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer - helping to save more lives.  

The Race for Life events takes place at Lister Park, Bradford, on Saturday, May 20. Women, men and children can choose from the 5k or 10k events, which are open to people of all ages and abilities.  

Cancer Research UK Race for Life, in partnership with Standard Life, is the UK’s largest charity mass participation event, which began in 1994.

The event raises funds for world-class research to help beat 200 types of cancer – including bowel, breast, prostate cancer, children’s cancers and leukaemia.   

Nicki Embleton, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson in Yorkshire, said: “January is the perfect time to commit to getting a little more active.”

Go to raceforlife.org  to enter.

 

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