Snowdon 500 Challenge – 19th & 20th May 2012

Helping to find a cure for prostate cancer

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Snowdon 500 is a unique charity Challenge event devised to raise funds for prostate cancer research. Each year 500 participants (including individuals and teams) from all over the UK come to North Wales to climb Mt Snowdon, the highest mountain in England & Wales. Over the past 4 years they have raised more than £600,000 for prostate cancer research and because the event is managed and organised by unpaid volunteers, 100% of the sponsorship funds raised goes directly to the Prostate Cancer Research Centre.

Snowdon 500 Challenge 2012 – Saturday 19th May & Sunday 20th May

The next Snowdon 500 Challenge will mark the 5th year that this successful challenge event has been held and it will be a special occasion. In addition to the annual climb of Mt Snowdon there will for the very first time a Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge when 100 participants will take on the demanding task of climbing 3 of the most iconic mountains in Wales over the weekend of 19th & 20th May 2012. The mountains are:

· Pen Y Fan (Brecon Beacons)
· Cadair Idris (Mid Wales
· Snowdon (North Wales)

Unlike the National 3 Peaks Challenge, the Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge is a new concept that has rarely been attempted until now and it will undoubtedly become an important new fixture on the UK´s charity challenge calendar

How You Can Help

Because the Snowdon 500 Challenge is wholly organised and managed by volunteers we need to raise between £25,000 and £30,000 to cover the organisational and administration costs of staging the event. There are many ways Businesses can get involved and lend their support to this very worthwhile cause – for example:

Become a formal sponsor of the event by providing a cash donation (even small donations are valuable);
Sponsor specific aspects of the Snowdon 500 / Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge –for example T-shirts, mineral water, goody bags, maps etc.
Donate a prize for the Snowdon 500 Prize Draw – the Prize Draw can raise around £5,000 and makes a valuable contribution to covering costs.;
Promote the Snowdon 500 Challenge within your Business – we can provide literature and materials.
Consider putting together a company team to take part in the Challenge and benefit from team building / bonding that inevitably follows from this sort of event;

In return we will be able to:

Promote your business or company brand or logo on the Snowdon 500 web site with links to your own web site (s)
Promote you business / Company on Event leaflets / Posters / Newsletters;
Display your Company brand / logo on Snowdon 500 merchandise such as T Shirts, Goody Bags and Wristbands;
Display your company brand / logo at the start / finish point on event days (19th & 20th May 2012) including banners, flags or other promotional materials;
Provide photographs from the event for use within your business or organisation;
Promote your business where we can from press / media opportunities – we anticipate considerable interest in this 5th anniversary event and the new Welsh 3 peaks Challenge.

Please call Paul Bennett from the Prostate Cancer Research Centre by Tel. 020 7679 9366 or by e-mail to pbennett@prostate-cancer-research.org.uk

Why not hold a Prostate Cancer Awareness day

We can help you organise and manage a Prostate Cancer Awareness Day at your Business or company premises. This could be a simple help desk approach where employees can seek help or advice about prostate cancer (and especially potential symptoms) from Prostate Cancer Research Centre experts in this field. Alternatively we can provide an audience participation presentation covering all aspects of prostate cancer. We will also provide literature and handouts for attendees to take away.

Because prostate cancer is the UK´s most frequently diagnosed male cancer (it is as prevalent in the male population as breast cancer is in women) the benefits of men understanding more about this killer disease and recognising the symptoms will have enormous long term benefits for the employee and the Business. If you are interested in holding a prostate cancer awareness day and want to find out more please contact Paul Bennett from the Prostate Cancer Research Centre by Tel. 020 7679 9366 or by e-mail to pbennett@prostate-cancer-research.org.uk

Prostate Cancer Research Centre (PCRC)

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the United Kingdom. Each year more than 30,000 men are diagnosed with it and more than 10,000 men die of it – that’s one person every 50 minutes.

Despite this, the level of awareness about prostate cancer and its symptoms is far less than that for breast cancer, even though death rates from both cancers are similar. If prostate cancer is diagnosed early it can be cured. It is essential therefore that all men know the symptoms of this disease and when to seek help.

The Prostate Cancer Research Centre (PCRC) is based at the Institute of Urology at University College London. It has a worldwide reputation for innovation and discovery in the field of prostate cancer research. Under the leadership of Professor John Masters the Research Centre employs 15 scientists and support staff and needs £1.5M each year to fund its highly respected research programme.

Meeting the cost of carrying out that research is a constant challenge. In order to make the breakthroughs that will improve survival and save lives the Centre has to ensure that funds are in place both now and in the future.

Scientific research into cancer is getting ever closer to finding life saving therapies and cures which will one day conquer this terrible disease, but it is a long and expensive crusade. The money raised by the Snowdon 500 Challenge event will make an important contribution by helping the Prostate Cancer Research Centre continue with it’s important programme of work.

PCRC is a registered charity (no. 802505)