# Over 100,000 women take part in Race for Life's One Big Day

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/06/05/over-100000-women-take-part-race-life039s-one-big-day/
- Published: 2007-06-05T13:36:29+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

![Race for Life entrants - photo: copyright 2007 onEdition](https://www.fundraising.
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Over 100,000 women took part in Race for Life’s One Big Day event on Sunday 3rd 
June at 24 events across the UK, raising over £8.5 million for Cancer Research UK.
Race for Life is the biggest women-only fundraising event series in the UK.

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Following its success in 2006, Race for Life again hosted "One Big Day", on Sunday
3rd June 2007, with 24 Race for Life events taking place at 16 different venues 
across the UK on the same day. The charity is expecting to raise over £8.5 million
on this day alone to help beat cancer by bringing together more than 110,000 women.

Runners take part in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life’s One Big Sunday in Bute
Park, Cardiff.

www.raceforlife.org

(Photo: © 2007 onEdition)

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