Women join forces to fight cancer at the Race for Life - The Solihull Observer

Women join forces to fight cancer at the Race for Life

Solihull Editorial 25th Jun, 2015 Updated: 21st Oct, 2016   0

THOUSANDS of women united at Malvern Park, Solihull, with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer.

Now Cancer Research UK is calling on the formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their sponsorship money as soon as possible.

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series of 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy events which raises millions of pounds every year to fund life-saving research.

Tracey Duffy, Race for Life event manager for Solihull, said: “I want to say a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone who took part in Race for Life, and their supporters, as well as our heroic volunteers.




“Sunday was a fantastic day, full of emotion, courage, tears and laughter as 2,300 women joined forces to show cancer who’s boss.

“Now I’m asking all the women who took part – and all the friends, family and colleagues who pledged to sponsor them – to transform their passion into progress by returning the money they’ve raised as soon as possible.


Tracey said she hoped the Solihull event would raise £175,000 for research into more than 200 types of cancer.

“Cancer Research UK doesn’t receive any Government funding for its ground-breaking work. So every single individual contribution matters. It enables our researchers to help more men, women and children survive this devastating disease.

“Whatever the amount, we’re asking everyone to make every effort to return their sponsorship money as soon as possible. It can be paid in online, by phone or by cheque.”

Every hour, more than three people are diagnosed with cancer in the West Midlands.

But the good news is that research is helping more people survive than ever before.

Cancer survival rates have doubled since the 1970s and Cancer Research UK’s work has been at the heart of that progress. Today, more than 95 per cent of men diagnosed with testicular cancer are cured. More women are surviving breast cancer and more children are surviving childhood cancers than ever before.

Nell Barrie, Cancer Research UK’s Senior Science Communication Manager, added: “We want to see people with every type of cancer, including those that are hard to treat, get the same chances of living a long life. The progress made over the last 40 years shows we are moving in the right direction.

“As advances accelerate, our researchers are already laying the foundations for new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

“But each year more and more people are diagnosed with cancer, so there’s still much more to do.

“That’s why we need we need everyone who took part in Race for Life in Solihull to make every step count by supporting our doctors, nurses and scientists so they can take strides forward in the fight against this devastating disease.”

For information about taking part or to make a donation, visit www.raceforlife.org.

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