Action Cancer

2024 Belfast City Marathon
2024-05-05 09:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Join Team Action Cancer for the 2024 Belfast City Marathon on 5th May 2024. Choose to run the full 26.2 miles, enter relay team with friends, family or work colleagues or do the 8 mile walk.
By doing so you will help Action Cancer to save lives and support local people affected by cancer. Click here to see more on the services you will be helping to fund.
Every runner will receive a free Action Cancer T shirt and support from the Action Cancer fundraising team.
Take Action, sign up now and make every step count!
Laura Cairnduff and her colleagues at Belfast’s Wellington College entered two relay teams into the 2023 Belfast City Marathon.

Register to run at the official website for The Moy Park Belfast City Marathon and then get in touch with Action Cancer on the form below to discuss how you can raise funds and make a difference.
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Positive Living Programme - Everglades Hotel, L/Derry
2024-05-11 09:00 - 2024-05-12 17:00 | Everglades Hotel, Prehen Rd, Londonderry, BT47 2NH, United Kingdom
This unique programme will provide insights and strategies to help you reflect, refocus, rebuild, re-energise and move your life forward following a cancer diagnosis. It is available to those diagnosed as well as their friends, family and carers, at any stage of the cancer journey.
If you are interested in joining this programme please register below or call Mary on 07813 044178 to find out more.
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Balmoral Show
2024-05-15 09:00 - 15:30, 2024-05-16 09:00 - 15:30, 2024-05-17 09:00 - 15:30, 2024-05-18 09:00 - 15:30 | Balmoral Show – Stand B51, Balmoral Park, Halftown Road, Lisburn, Down, BT27 5RD, United Kingdom

Bereavement: Coping with grief (Part 2)
2024-06-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Action Cancer House, 20 Windsor Avenue, Belfast, Antrim, BT9 6EE, United Kingdom
This 2-part group talk will focus on: how grief can affect you emotionally, physically, socially and provide a range of strategies to help you cope with your grief and move forward with life.
Part 1 Friday 24 May 2024, 10-11.30am, Action Cancer House, 20 Windsor Ave, Belfast
Part 2 Friday 7 June 2024, 10-11.30, Action Cancer House, 20 Windsor Ave, Belfast
To register for both events click here
(numbers limited to 25 participants)

Breast Foot Forward Walk
2024-06-07 19:00 - 22:30 | Belfast City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 5GS
The Breast Foot Forward Walk sponsored by SuperValu is back on Friday 6th June 2025!
Online Registration is now open!! Sign Up Now, Save a Life, Support a Friend!
This fun filled event promises to be a night to remember, bring the family, bring your friends, even bring the dog! This is a great chance to grab your BFF’s for a good old chin wag while stepping your way to the finish line, taking in the wonderful sights Belfast City Centre has to offer and raising much needed funds for Action Cancer’s life-saving breast screening service & cancer support services along the way!
You can choose to walk 5km or 10km along the City Centre Route, whatever suits you best! Both routes are well supported with motivation stations and Volunteers are on hand to keep you going! Hundreds of participants will transform the streets of Belfast into a sea of pink, a powerful sight of how amazing our supporters are!
Starting and ending at Belfast City Hall, there will also be a fun warm up, free goodies and music provided by U105!
So spread the word among your BFF‘s and help us to raise stacks of cash for Action Cancer’s life-saving breast screening service.
All participants will receive a free T shirt, drawstring bag, filled with goodies, courtesy of our amazing Sponsor Supervalu & their suppliers and a fundraising pack, with lots of support on how you can raise as much as possible for our unique breast screening services!
By taking part in this amazing event, you will help us to save more lives, lives like Tanya’s! Tanya is 45 and lives in Ballyclare with her husband & 3 children/ Tanya had her breast cancer detected by Action Cancer in 2023 at the age of 44 through a routine mammogram.

“Action Cancer saved my life through early detection. The doctors told me it would been years before I would have been able to feel a lump and as I was not eligible to receive my first NHS mammogram until 50, by that point it may have been too late. I am so grateful to Action Cancer for providing this amazing service. I’m so excited to get involved in this year’s walk, last year was amazing & I know this year will be bigger and better– it really is a fun-filled event for an amazing cause! Hope to see you there!”
If everyone taking part could raise the cost of a screening £120 think of the lives we could save! Last year’s walk raised £50,000 which provided 416 local women with a potentially life-saving breast screening appointment! Let’s come together and raise as much as possible for this life-saving service!

For further queries please contact breastfootforward@actioncancer.org or call 028 9080 3344 option 2.
We are incredibly grateful to our event sponsor SuperValu.

SuperValu - Aughnacloy
2024-07-30 09:00 - 15:00 | SuperValu Aughnacloy, 2 Moore Street, Aughnacloy, BT69 6AY, United Kingdom

SuperValu Fruitfield (Richhill)
2024-08-06 09:00 - 15:30 | SuperValu Fruitfield (Richhill), 183 Portadown Road, Richhill, Armagh, BT61 9LG, United Kingdom

Centra Conlig
2024-08-10 09:00 - 15:30 | Centra Conlig, 6 Green Rd, Bangor, BT23 7PZ

Hive Cancer Support - The Gasyard Centre
2024-08-27 09:00 - 15:30 | Hive Cancer Support – The Gasyard Centre, 128 Lecky Road, Derry, BT48 6NP

Centra - Belleek
2024-09-03 09:00 - 15:30 | Centra Belleek, 49 Main Street, Belleek, BT93 £FY, United Kingdom

Centra - Cookstown
2024-09-04 09:00 - 15:30 | Centra Cookstown, 6-12 Burn Road, Cookstown, BT80 8DJ

Gordons Chemist Head Office - Banbridge
2024-09-17 09:00 - 15:30 | Gordon’s Chemist Head Office Bandridge, 74 Scarva Rd, Banbridge, BT32 3QD

SuperValu - Crossgar
2024-09-18 09:00 - 15:30 | SuperValu Crossgar, Downpatrick Road, Crossgar, BT30 9EQ, United Kingdom

Breast Foot Forward Walk Finnebrogue 4K
2024-09-29 10:00 - 18:00 | Finnebrogue wood, 26 Killyleagh Rd, Downpatrick, BT30 9BL
For the first time ever, the Breast Foot Forward Walk will be taking place at the Finnebrogue Estate, Downpatrick.
The event takes place at 11am on Sunday 29th September, just ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Not only is this a unique opportunity to explore the usually private woodland walkways, it is a chance for you to grab your BFF’s for a catch up, enjoy the beautiful surrounds whilst helping raise funds for Action Cancer’s life-saving, breast screening service, with every step you take.
The walk itself is 4.5KM (approx) starting in Finnebrogue Woods and ending at Fodder for a well deserved post walk cuppa.
This is a dog friendly environment so please feel free to bring your fur baby too – just remember to keep them on their leash.

So spread the word among your BFF‘s and help us to raise stacks of cash for Action Cancer’s free breast screening service for local women in your community.
Registration is £15 per adult and £7 per child (under the age of 18). All participants will receive a free T shirt, a draw-string goodie bag and that all important medal.
Once you have registered you will receive your fundraising pack with all of the info you need to make this sponsored walk as successful as possible.

Did you know that £120 in sponsorship will cover the cost of one breast screening appointment for a local lady either at Action Cancer House or the Big Bus?
Please note that Online Registration closes on Thursday 26th September at 5pm. But don’t worry, you can still register on the day from 10.30
For further queries please contact breastfootforward@actioncancer.org or call 028 9080 3344 option 2.

Paint the Town Pink!
2024-10-02 00:00 - 2024-11-02 23:59 | Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
It’s October…
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month…
It’s time to PAINT THE TOWN PINK!
Be a STAND OUT this month and help us raise vital funds for our life-saving breast screening service.
Taking part is very easy, all you have to do is host a fundraising event at your place of work, your shop, your hairdressers or even your staff room – basically wherever you work or hang out!
You could:
• Get Your Bake On and hold a coffee morning in your salon or staff room
• Brighten Your Bap – Dye you hair pink and raise sponsorship via you friends and colleagues
• Pretty in Pink – Hold a ‘wear it pink day’ for all staff and invite customers to make donations
• Raffle – Donate a voucher for your business and raffle it to clients
The next step is to fill out the registration form by clicking the BUTTON below and we will send you out your special fundraising pack which contains a host of goodies including bunting, raffle tickets, balloons and banners to help you make the most of your fundraiser and to add a splash of pink to your workplace.
REGISTER HERE

Until then there is plenty of time to decide on how you want to fundraise! We can also make bespoke posters or flyers for your event so just ask and we will sort that for you.
Whatever you choose to do, the Action Cancer fundraising team will be on hand to help. If you need any bespoke posters or flyers or any additional materials then please just let us know!
Please don’t worry if you can’t host your fundraising event on these particular dates – just choose any time that suits you within the month of October!
We look forward to seeing all the photos of offices and high street businesses painted pink all across Northern Ireland!

Breast Cancer Awareness Abseil
2024-10-06 - 2024-10-07 | Belfast Castle, Antrim Road, Belfast, Antrim, BT15 5GR, United Kingdom
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What a great way to mark the occasion by throwing caution to the wind and abseiling from Belfast Castle’s iconic fairy tale tower?!
You’ll be guided in this event by our expert activity providers, Bryson Energy who will ensure you are fully harnessed and equipped with the know-how to get to it.
Abseiling that is.
100ft is quite a way to go down and we don’t have all day so there’s no messing, just lots of fun and adventure for those brave enough to dare.
Action Cancer is the only charity in the whole of the UK and Ireland to offer a FREE breast screening service to ladies aged 40-49 and 70+. All money raised by this event will go towards those services because, early detection saves lives.

Date: 6th October 2024
Registration: £20
Minimum Sponsorship: £120
The Challenge: Abseil 100ft down the side of Belfast Castle’s iconic fairy tale tower
The Rewards: Top bragging rights. Fear defeated. Money raised to help deliver Action Cancer’s life-saving and support services.
Register at the bottom of this page

For more info, please contact Kate McCormack on kmccormack@actioncancer.org or call 028 9080 3349 Option 2.

Apple Blossom 50+ Club
2024-10-08 09:00 - 15:30 | Armagh City Hotel, 2 Friary Road, Armagh, BT60 4FR

Bungee Jump Belfast 2024!
2024-10-12 10:00 - 17:00 | Queens Quay, Belfast, BT1 3EA
Action Cancer is calling for courageous volunteers to test their nerve and take on our 2025 Bungee Jump at the Queens Quay in Belfast.
You will be guided in this event by our expert activity providers UK Bungee Club who are dedicated to ensuring that every jump delivers an unforgettable and safe experience.
160ft sure is quite a height, so there’s no messing about, just lots of fun and adventure for those brave enough to jump!
Please note that no one under the age of 14 or over the age of 50 will be permitted to jump due to Bungee UK safety guidelines.
Action Cancer provide early detection, support and prevention services to over 20,000 people in Northern Ireland and we couldn’t continue to do this without the help from our amazing supporters! All money raised by this event will go towards those services.
Date: Saturday 12th October
Registration: £40
Minimum Sponsorship: £200
The Challenge: Bungee jump 160ft over Queens Quay, Belfast.
Please note that we are unable provide registration fee refunds
To learn more about this adrenaline-pumping challenge please contact Kate at kmccormack@actioncancer.org/ 028 9080 3349
Let’s take the leap together and make a difference!

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Centra Run Together 2024
2024-10-20 09:30 - 13:00 | Ormeau Park, Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 3GG
Due to the yellow weather warning in place for high winds on Sunday, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone Centra Run Together.
We are extremely disappointed however the safety and welfare of our participants, event staff, supporters and marshals are our top priority, and we believe this decision is in the best interests of everyone.
Thank you to everyone who registered for the event, helping to raise vital funds for Action Cancer. All tickets will be automatically transferred to a new date, which we will announce in the coming weeks. Once the new date is confirmed, if unable to attend, we will be happy to issue a refund.
If you have already collected your t-shirts and running numbers, please keep them in a safe place, as they will still be valid for the rescheduled event. Pack collections are now closed at Action Cancer House.
We will provide further updates as soon as possible and appreciate your understanding.

Centra - Maguiresbridge
2024-10-29 09:00 - 15:30 | Centra Maguiresbridge, 52 Gardiners Road, Maguiresbridge, BT94 4RY, United Kingdom

Supervalu - Dromore High School
2024-10-31 09:00 - 15:30 | Dromore High School, 31 Banbridge Road, Dromore, BT25 1ND, United Kingdom

2024 New York Marathon
2024-11-03 - 2024-11-04 | New York, New York
Run the 2024 New York marathon with Action Cancer!
If you are an experienced runner or just starting out the New York City Marathon should definitely be on your bucket list!
One of the six World Marathon Majors – taking you from Staten Island through the five boroughs of New York to the finish in Central Park. It is an experience that stays with runners for a lifetime.
The atmosphere is electric with two million people lining the streets to cheer runners along the way – in one of the world’s greatest cities.
Together with our travel agent partner, Sports Travel International, we offer a variety of packages with 4 or 5 night accommodation in the 4* Westin Hotel. You can choose to add flights or source your own.
*Note that we cannot offer marathon places without accommodation.

What is Included?

GUARANTEED race entry
Accommodation in the 4* Westin Hotel – 4 or 5 night options
Fundraising Support
Sports Tours International rep
Choose to add additional nights
Choose to bring along a loved one to support you
Request brochure for full list of inclusions

How Much Will It Cost?
Each participant is required to pay an initial deposit and given a minimum fundraising amount. This will differ depending on which package you choose. The prices for 2024 are still being confirmed. (As a guideline the 2023 cost for 4 nights accommodation including flights was £675 plus 3,196 minimum fundraising.)
In addition to the £680 deposit costs are as follows:
5 nights from 1st November 2024 & Race entry

Minimum fundraising £2,950 per runner

4 nights from 1st November 2024 + Race entry

Minimum fundraising £2,765 per runner

Our team will work with you to create a unique fundraising plan to ensure you reach the target!
Express your interest in running with Action Cancer using the form below
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Positive Living Programme - Ballycastle
2024-11-09 09:00 - 2024-11-10 17:00 | Marine Hotel, 1-3 North Street, Ballycastle, BT546BN, United Kingdom
It will be held in Ballycastle – venue tbc on 9th and 10th of November 2024.
This unique programme has been running regionally for 10 years. It will provide insights and strategies to help you reflect, refocus, rebuild, re-energise and move your life forward following a cancer diagnosis. It is available to those diagnosed as well as their friends, family and carers, at any stage of the cancer journey.
If you are interested in joining the next programme, please call Mary on 07813 044178
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Atticall Community Centre
2024-11-16 09:00 - 15:30 | Atticall Community Centre, Tullyframe Road, Kilkeel, County Down, BT34 4RZ, United Kingdom

Self-Care Strategies for Managing Surgical Scars
2024-11-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Event Via Zoom, Online Event Via Zoom
This session will help you understand scars, symptoms, healing process and strategies for self-management of your scar. It is aimed at anyone who has had surgery as a result of a cancer diagnosis.
To register please complete the following information (you will receive the zoom link via email – if you do not receive it please check your junk emails).

Bellanaleck GFC
2024-11-21 09:00 - 15:30 | Bellanaleck GFC, 68 Arney Road, Bellanaleck, BT92 2AB, United Kingdom

Centra Dunman (Cookstown)
2024-12-03 09:00 - 15:30 | Centra Dunman (Cookstown), 140 Moneymore Road, Cookstown, Tyrone, BT80 9UU, United Kingdom
