Local women are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Royal Victoria Park as there’s just two weeks left until registration closes.
Entry closes on Friday 13th June at midnight and organisers are encouraging mums, daughters, grannies, sisters, friends and workmates who want to take part in the 5k women-only event to sign up as soon as possible at raceforlife.org.
For more information on signing up, volunteering and parking and traffic information please see this link.
The event starts and finishes in Royal Victoria Park and the route goes around the Park’s roads and park areas.
Road closures and car parking suspension will be in place for the event. Car parking will be suspended on Royal Avenue and Marlborough Road and Royal Avenue Road closed in advance and during the event as it’s being used for the 5k route.
See advance warnings around the park next week, diversions on the day and park and ride information on the Race for Life website.
Bath Park & Ride services open up earlier than usual to support Race for Life. The first bus from all sites will be at 08:30 and buses operate every 15 minutes throughout the day up to 18:00.
From Newbridge Park & Ride site, service 21 stops at Park Lane which is at the corner of Royal Victoria Park. Return buses stop on the opposite side of Upper Bristol Road.
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series events which raises millions of pounds every year to help beat cancer sooner.
Kelly Rumble, Event Manager for Race for Life for the South West, said: “We are very grateful to the women who have already entered Race for Life in Bath at Royal Victoria Park. But we still have places left so we are urging women to sign up as soon as possible.”
In 2013, 2600 women took part in Race for Life in Bath at the University and helped raise an incredible £161,000 for Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work. This year, the charity hopes to go above last year’s fundraising target with the exciting new venue.
By raising money through Race for Life, people in the city and surrounding areas are helping Cancer Research UK’s doctors, nurses and scientists make advances in research which will help more men, women and children survive.
Women of all shapes, sizes, ages and levels of fitness take part in Race for Life. They come from different backgrounds and walks of life but they are united by their absolute determination to take on the disease and beat it.
Kelly continued: “Race for Life is not competitive and it’s not about being fit or fast. It’s about thousands of women coming together to show cancer who’s boss.”
Women can boost their contribution to Cancer Research UK’s work by doing a ‘wardrobe work-out’ before their event.
The charity is encouraging them to sort out and bag up hidden treasures such as quality clothes, books and accessories they no longer use and take them to the Donation Station at Race for Life. Each bag of goods could help raise up to £30 for groundbreaking research.
Every participant receives a donation bag, along with a Gift Aid form, as part of their Race for Life entry pack. Just by completing the form and popping it in their bag, women can boost the value of their donation by an extra 25 per cent.
Every contribution helps and women travelling to Race for Life by public transport could still bring a book or scarf or an old handbag filled with accessories to help Cancer Research UK stock their local store.
Cancer Research UK receives no Government funding for its ground-breaking research but with help from the people of Bath the charity intends to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.