Message from cab: walk, jog, or run (From Witney Gazette)

Message from cab: walk, jog, or run

12:42pm Friday 16th May 2008

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CUSTOMERS of Ambassador Taxis, in Chipping Norton, are being given the chance to help find a cure for cancer - by sponsoring owner, Nicky Hancock, in the Race for Life.

Mrs Hancock, 35, and her daughter Amy-Louise, 16, are taking part in the annual Race for Life, at Heythrop Park, on Sunday, June 22.

Amy-Louise, who is a pupil at Chipping Norton School, said: "Mum has been telling all her customers what we are doing, and they are being very generous because Race for Life is for such a worthy cause."

Race for Life is the UK's largest women-only fundraising event, where women of all ages come together and walk, jog, or run five kilometres to raise money to help Cancer Research UK beat cancer.

Many women who take part in Race for Life do so for a personal reason; some women are cancer survivors, while others take part in memory of or to celebrate the lives of loved ones affected by cancer.

Amy-Louise added: "Mum's mum - my nan Jennifer - died of cancer in 1997, when I was only six, and we do the Race for Life in memory of her.

"I will be wearing a T-shirt with a picture of my nan on it, and between us, we hope to raise around £500 for Cancer Research UK."

As well as the Heythrop Park Race for Life, Oxford will host three other races at the University Parks on Saturday, June 7, at 11am and 2.30pm, and on Sunday, June 8, at 11am Mrs Hancock said: "We'll be running part of the way and walking a bit too probably, and we'll be cheered on by my husband, Mick, and our son Jordan, who is ten.

"It's such a lovely atmosphere, and everyone really looks forward to taking part."

In 2007, an estimated 8,000 women took part in Race for Life in the county. But this year, Cancer Research UK wants to sign up 9,500 women and raise £620,000 in sponsorship.

Every pound raised by Race for Life in Oxfordshire goes directly to research carried out here in the county. The Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, at the Churchill and John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, brings together many world-class scientists and doctors, conducting research into the biology of cancer, and translating this into new, targeted treatments.

A new centre for radiation research, due to open at the Churchill this year, will also transform the future of radiotherapy treatment for people with cancer.

Vikki Savery, area event manager for Race for Life said: "The women of Oxfordshire play a major part in Race for Life, and we hope this year's events are again an invitation they can't refuse."

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