The Great Outdoors - UK (2021-08)

Why not lace up your

walking boots, explore

the great outdoors

and raise money for

Cancer Research UK as

part of an exciting new

series of hike events.

This year Cancer Research UK’s Big Hike

Challenge will take place in 4 stunning

locations including – the Yorkshire

Dales, Brecon Beacons, Peak District

and South Coast.

Big Hike is a marathon distance hiking

event for both new and experienced

walkers and hikers with routes that are

unique to the charity.

The one-day hikes are open to

men and women who enjoy the

great outdoors and are looking for a

challenge whilst raising money for life-

saving research.

The routes are fully planned with

plenty of support points along the

way and maps provided at registration.

Participants will also receive lunch en

route followed by a hot meal and medal

at the fi nish line.

Gareth Mulcahy Head of Events and

Sports for Cancer Research UK said: “We

know over the last year more people

than ever have embraced the great

outdoors and taken up walking as a way

of balancing their physical and mental

wellbeing. That’s why we’re excited to

launch our Big Hike events”.

Cancer Research UK is the largest

charitable funder of cancer research

in the world. Almost every way it

fundraises has been impacted by the

pandemic but its determination to beat

cancer hasn’t faltered.

Gareth added: “One in two people will

get cancer in their lifetime, but all of us

can support the research that will beat

it. The charity is determined to continue

making transformative steps in the

prevention, diagnosis and treatment of

the disease and is more focussed than

ever on its ambition of seeing three-

in-four people survive their cancer

by  2 034.

This past year proves, more than any

other, the value of investing in science

and medical research, and what can

be achieved with collective focus and

collaboration. Just like science is our

route out of the pandemic, science is

our route to beating cancer.

Every day we see the benefi ts of the

work that Cancer Research UK has

funded, with new clinical trials opening

and breakthroughs being reported.

People across the UK can help to

support more work like this by signing

up to Big Hike.”

Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales

(1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1 103 ) and Jersey (247).

Sign up now at

cruk.org/bighike

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Yorkshire Dales,

4 September 2021

Brecon Beacons,

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Peak District,

18  September 2021

South Coast,

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