Cancer Research UK Santa Run 2012

2012 will see the launch of the Cancer Research UK Santa Run hosted at the National Water Sports Centre, Adbolton Lane, Nottingham.

These events are great fun and an excellent way to raise money for a fantastic charity.

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to saving lives through research. Cancer survival rates have doubled in the last 40 years and its work has been at the heart of this progress.

There are over 200 different types of cancer and Cancer Research UK is the only UK charity with the expertise and knowledge to tackle them all. Cancer Research UK supports around 200 cancer trials, with over 30,000 volunteers taking part to help develop new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

Every day, around 65 people are diagnosed with cancer in the East Midlands. Cancer Research UK spent more than £1 million last year in Nottingham on some of the UK's leading scientific and clinical research. Cancer Research UK funds a number of researchers at the University of Nottingham including a team of scientists who are investigating the best way to treat certain types of brain tumours in children. This important work could help more children diagnosed with this disease survive.

Cancer Research UK is entirely funded by the public and receives no government funding for its research. That is why events such as the Santa Run are so important to the charity. Please take part and fundraise for Cancer Research UK so that together we can bring forward the day when all cancers care cured, www.cruk.org.