Professional cyclists visit the AWRC en route to Westminster

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Yesterday, we welcomed Harry and Charlie Tanfield to the AWRC as they made their way from Yorkshire to deliver hundreds of white roses to Westminster.

The 250-mile ride was part of our long-term collaborator Yorkshire Cancer Research’s campaign to reduce regional inequalities in cancer care and improve cancer care in Yorkshire.

ARC Director Professor Rob Copeland said: “The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre is proud to support this important campaign to improve cancer services and tackle health inequalities across Yorkshire. With funding from Yorkshire Cancer Research, Sheffield Hallam University researchers at the AWRC developed the Active Together programme – a multi-modal cancer prehabilitation programme now being delivered by NHS trusts across the region.

“We hope the Tanfield brothers’ challenge prompts the Government to recognise the persistent inequalities in cancer care and take action to ensure that evidence-based exercise treatment is made available to everyone with a cancer diagnosis, in Yorkshire and beyond.”