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The Great North 5k is a fun, flat 5k dash around Newcastle and Gateshead’s vibrant Quayside and, like all Great Run events, it’s packed with phenomenal local support and entertainment.

As well as iconic Tyneside views, an electric atmosphere, and an incredible feeling of achievement, runners will also find a medal and an exclusive finisher t-shirt at the finish line.

What you need to know:

  • Ages 14 and over can take part in this event
  • By completing the registration you are pledging to aim to raise what you can in sponsorship for Children’s Cancer North
  • Following registration, you will be sent an email token* that you will need to redeem in order to confirm your place in the Great North 5k. We will then send you a full running pack in August, complete with your Children’s Cancer North t-shirt, sponsor forms, and on the day information.

* Please note that your token will be sent by email from Let’s Do This and not Children’s Cancer North, you may need to check your spam/junk folders to receive this.

Registrations are now open!

 

Why should you run for us?

Our charity will fund early phase clinical trials to help to save the lives of children and young people.

Rebecca was diagnosed with the rare soft tissue cancer, Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma in February 2014, just three weeks after her 8th birthday.

Since her initial diagnosis and treatment, Rebecca relapsed three times in 2017, 2019 and 2020. Each time treatment had been successful, a combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. She then went on to her fourth course of treatment.

Rebecca’s Mum told us: “The clinical trials are what have kept Rebecca with us, they have saved her life three times. If it hadn’t been for those trials she would not be with us. We feel so grateful that we’ve been able to access it within our country, being able to come home and sleep in her own bed is so important.”

You can help more children like Rebecca by joining our team and raising funds.

Did you know that less than 3% of all funding spent on cancer research in the UK is spent on childhood cancer research?

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