Get fit in 2012 and run for Breast Cancer Campaign
12/6/2011 7:58 AM EST
Press Release
For immediate release: 6 December 2011
Get fit in 2012 and run for Breast Cancer Campaign
Calling all runners in the south – Breast Cancer Campaign needs you to lace up your trainers in 2012 and run for research at the Brighton Marathon.
If you’re looking to take on a marathon challenge in 2012, why not join the charity’s team for the 26.2 mile run on 15 April and raise money to help the 48,000 people affected by breast cancer in the UK each year?
Karen Lambert, Events Executive at Breast Cancer Campaign, said: “We have places left on our team for the Brighton Marathon and really hope lots of runners will speed off from the starting line for us and support our mission to beat breast cancer.
“The New Year is the perfect time to take on a new challenge and get fit so we are encouraging all runners in the south to sign up to our Brighton Marathon team today and help make a difference to everyone affected by breast cancer.”
Runners have until 1 March 2012 to apply for a charity place with Breast Cancer Campaign so if you would like to register, or for more information, please visit
www.breastcancercampaign.org/running, email
or call 020 7749 4114.
Breast Cancer Campaign is also welcoming runners who have their own confirmed place in the Brighton Marathon. So if you already have a place and would like to run for Breast Cancer Campaign please visit
www.breastcancercampaign.org/running, email
or call 020 7749 4114 for more information.
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Notes to editors
• The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank, the UK’s first ever national breast cancer tissue bank is a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. Visit breastcancertissuebank.org
• Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure
• The charity currently funds 105 projects worth over £17.3 million in 31 locations across the UK and Ireland
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women
• In the UK, around 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day
• Visit breastcancercampaign.org or follow us at twitter.com/bccampaign