THIS year’s Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life will be held in Salisbury on July 4.

Race for Life is the UK’s largest women-only fundraising event series, with all the money raised going to fund Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work.

Women of all ages and fitness abilities will join together to walk, jog or run 5k to help beat cancer.

Every year, around 29,090 people are diagnosed with the disease in the South West. Race for Life started in 1994 and since then the overall death rate from cancer has dropped by 15 per cent.

Rachel White, Cancer Research UK’s south events manager, said: “This year Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life is going to be full of amazing moments for everyone - from lining up at the start, side-by-side with thousands of other women, to reading the inspirational ‘back-signs’ worn by participants to the fantastic sense of achievement from crossing the finish line.”

Salisbury participants form part of a total of 700,000 women taking part in over 230 events across the UK between May and July. Cancer Research UK hopes that together they will raise a total of £60million to fund the charity’s life saving work.

This year’s event in Salisbury will take place on July 4, at 11am at Hudson’s Field, Castle Road.

For more information visit www.raceforlife.org or call 0871 6411111.