MEN and women are being urged to help beat cancer sooner by volunteering at Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Tatton Park.

As the countdown starts to the 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy 5k and Pretty Muddy 10k events at Tatton Park on Saturday and Sunday June 23 and 24, organisers are calling on people from all walks of life to sign up as helpers at raceforlife.org

There’s a wide variety of roles on offer, open to men and women.

At the 5k and 10k events, volunteers are needed to manage the information marquee, cheer participants around the course and hand out medals at the finish line.

While at Race for Life Pretty Muddy - the 5k and 10k obstacle course - volunteers will encourage and support women of all ages as they tackle the scramble nets and inflatable hurdles, clamber over the climbing frame and hurtle down the mud-splattered inflatable slide.

There’s also the opportunity to be a ‘Mud Mixer’ on the day, helping get the consistency right for participants to crawl, wade and splash about in.

Laura Cass, Cancer Research UK’s Cheshire event manager, said: “Race for Life is a women-only series of events but men have a really important role to play.

“By joining our squad of dedicated volunteers, they will not only help to make our events an outstanding success, they’ll also be doing their bit to beat cancer sooner.

“Volunteering at Race for Life is fun, challenging and rewarding. It’s a great way to connect with the community as people from all walks of life come together to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

“Whatever time and skills you have to share, we’ve got the perfect role for you and there is training available on the day.

“We’re calling on men and women to get stuck in, cheer as loud as they can and help motivate our inspirational participants all the way to the finish line.”

Cancer Research UK staff will brief, guide and support volunteers in the lead up to and on the day of the event. Everyone who signs up to help at the event will receive a special T-shirt to wear on the day.

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring series of 5k, 10k, Pretty Muddy, Half Marathon and Hiking events which raise millions of pounds every year to help defeat cancer by funding life-saving research.

To volunteer at Race for Life, visit raceforlife.org or call 0300 123 0770.