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Jun 2020
Harrogate Race For Life to be replaced by events at home
A series of major fundraisers in Harrogate has been called off, leaving a hole in the budget for a national charity.
Race for Life, along with Pretty Muddy and Pretty Muddy Kids, had already been postponed from July to October but has now been cancelled altogether for this year.
Organisers Cancer Research UK say the decision has been made to keep participants safe. The events usually attract hundreds of participants onto the Stray, completing 5km and 10km courses.
Lisa Millett, the charity's spokesperson in North Yorkshire, said:
As a result of lockdown, Cancer Research UK says it expects to see a drop in income of up to 25 percent.
Through Race for Life at Home, the charity is encouraging people to set themselves challenges to complete in their own gardens or public places. It hopes the money raised will go some way towards filling the gap left my its major events, which fund long-term research and pioneering trials to treat people across the UK.
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Lisa added: “Cancer hasn’t stopped and people affected by cancer need our support more than ever.
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