New Race for Life event expected to attract 2,500 people to Horsham

Horsham will be home to two major fundraising events involving thousands of people over one weekend this summer.

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life is coming to the town for the first time with the course starting and finishing in Horsham Park with the route anticipated to include picturesque scenes like the Causeway.

Meanwhile, on the same weekend, Relay for Life, a 24-hour walking relay, organised by a fundraising committee on behalf of the charity will be held at Christ’s Hospital.

The “CRUK Big Weekend” aims to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for the charity’s life-saving work.

First to kick off will be Relay for Life, a 24-hour, overnight family-friendly relay event that honours cancer survivors and celebrates life.

Teams of 8-15 people made up of families, friends and community groups, take turns to walk around a track for 24 hours in a non-stop relay. There are also games, activities, food and entertainment.

Highlights include a survivors’ lap of honour and the dusk Candle of Hope ceremony where candles are lit in memory of loved ones lost to cancer or celebration of those who are fighting or survived the disease.