Steve Farr

Bringing the community together 

Steve Farr first got involved with Relay For Life in 2006, when he joined an existing Relay committee and helped organise the event in Bury after he lost both parents to cancer.

In 2007 Steve decided to take Relay For Life to his home town of Rossendale. The Relay, which he helped to organise, raised an incredible £21,000 for Cancer Research UK.

There were over 200 Candle of Hope dedications and 13 survivors did a lap of honour to huge applause.

Steve says: "If we all spread the word and Relay keeps growing, this event will very soon become hugely important to the charity and, almost as importantly, put cancer awareness at the heart of communities up and down the country."

Find out more

Organising Relay for Life is a challenging but incredibly rewarding experience. Relay Committee Chairs bring members of their community together to raise money for Cancer Research UK throughout the year.

The event is a celebration of the fundraising that brings the community together and raises awareness of cancer information and preventative messages.

Find out more about organising a Relay for Life or meet some of our other volunteers.