Shine Cardiff
- Date:
- Saturday 25 September 2010
- Time:
- 22:00
- Location:
- Cardiff
- Entry fee:
- £30*
* This goes towards the cost of staging the event, meaning that all the money you raise can be spent on our life-saving work.
Our Cardiff event is filling up fast - so don't delay sign up to Shine today.
Choose which type of cancer you want to fundraise for from the carousel below, or you can walk to raise general funds for Cancer Research UK's life-saving work.
Getting to Cardiff
Shine Cardiff 2010 will kick off at Cardiff International Arena on Saturday 25 September. We recommend arriving at Shine by 7.00 pm to make the most of this fun and unique evening.
Take a look at our information on getting to Cardiff by bus, train and car.
Cheering points
Add to the atmosphere at Shine - get your friends and family together to show their support at our special course wide cheering points. With banners and lights it will be really easy to spot your supporters and get that extra push in the right direction. Make it a night to remember – show your support for Shine.
Check out our route map and make your way to a Shine cheering point.
Donation station
A ‘Donation Station’ is a collection point where people can drop off bags of good quality unwanted goods that we can sell in our shops. You will receive a Donation Station bag a few weeks before Shine.
Simply fill up a bag with quality unwanted clothing, CDs, DVDs, accessories and books, bring it to Cardiff and drop it off at the Donation Station before the start of Shine.
Each bag could be worth around £30 and your support is invaluable to our shops and to our work.
Can't make this event? Register your details for future events.
Training
Whether you are doing the full or half marathon we have some training tips to help you fly.
Enter Shine and raise money to help us beat cancer.
Simply choose one of these areas to support and click the enter now button.
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Cancer Research UK's work
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. Our groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer has saved millions of lives. Over the next decade we aim to save many more.more...
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Lung cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK and each year around 39,000 people are diagnosed with the disease. Around nine out of ten cases of lung cancer are caused by smoking.more...
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Bowel Cancer
Bowel cancer is diagnosed in more than 36,500 people in the UK every year. Thanks to improved treatment and earlier detection, five-year survival rates for bowel cancer have doubled over the last 30 years. But sadly, it is still the second most common cause of...more...
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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK. Over 125 women are diagnosed with the cancer every day. Men also get breast cancer but it is rare - affecting around 300 each year in the UK.more...
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Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with more than 35,000 cases diagnosed every year. The number of new cases of prostate cancer has increased rapidly over the last few decades. But the good news is that around 7 in 10 newly diagnosed m...more...
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Childrens' cancers
Cancer in children is relatively rare, affecting about 1,500 children each year in the UK. It is not one disease but many, and children tend to develop different types of cancer compared with adults.more...
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Brain cancer
Brain cancer affects around 4,500 people each year in the UK and there are many different types. Unfortunately, there has been limited improvement in survival rates for brain cancer, so there is an urgent need to improve the treatment of this type of cancer.more...
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Skin cancer
Malignant melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer and is now the most frequently diagnosed cancer in young adults aged 15-34. Most skin cancers are caused by excessive exposure to the sun, and using sunbeds also increases the risk.more...
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Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in UK women, with nearly 6,600 cases diagnosed every year. That means around 130 women every week are told they have the disease.more...
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Leukaemia
Leukaemia is the name given to certain cancers of white cells in the blood and bone marrow. This type of cancer affects around 7,200 people every year in the UK.more...
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Pancreatic cancer
About 7,600 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every year in the UK, and it can be difficult to treat successfully, particularly as it's often diagnosed at a late stage. Our research has helped shape the way that pancreatic cancer patients are treated...more...
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Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer affects around 2,800 women each year in the UK, and is the second most common cancer in women under 35. Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented, because pre-cancerous cells can be detected at an early stage by screening ...more...
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Testicular cancer
Around 2,100 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer every year in the UK, and rates are rising. It is one of the few cancers that is more common in younger and middle-aged men than it is in older men.more...