Relay For Life Legenderry

Entry fee

Free

Event date

Saturday 20 June 2026

Event time

1pm - 24hr event

Candle of Hope

10pm - 11pm

Event location

St Columbs Park

About Relay For Life

Relay For Life celebrates the power of community fundraising in the fight to beat cancer. Teams of friends, families and colleagues fundraise for research to save and improve lives, then unite as a community at an event to honour everyone affected by cancer and celebrate the progress we’re making to beat it.

The event is focused around a relay where team members take turns completing an activity – whether that be laps of a track, walks through a park or some other challenge – to show that step by step, together we are beating cancer.

Location

St Columbs Park, Running Track, Limavady Road, Derry/Londonderry, BT47 6JY

Relay For Life is open to everyone

Anyone is welcome, regardless of age or fitness level. Team up and embark on an incredible fundraising journey that will make a real difference.

Start a team

Bring together 8-15 family members, friends or colleagues and even get the kids involved. Set a target and lead your team to fundraising success. Team Captains must be over 18.

Join a team

Know someone who’s started a team? Join them and encourage others to do the same! You’ll have fun and gain an amazing sense of achievement as you celebrate smashing your fundraising target at an unforgettable event.

Take part as a Survivor

Anyone who has ever lived with cancer is invited to join us. Survivors lead the festivities and begin the walk with a lap of honour, inspiring others with their incredible strength. Survivors can also join or start their own team.

Meet Lynn

I didn’t feel like a Survivor, but that changed as I watched a sea of purple walk around the track and realised that people do survive cancer.

- Lynn

In 2007, Lynn’s dad lost his life to lung cancer. A year later, after signing up for Relay For Life Ascot, she discovered a lump in her breast and was diagnosed with cancer just before the event. Despite her fear, Lynn decided to take part. “I didn’t feel like a Survivor, but that changed as I watched a sea of purple walk around the track and realised that people do survive cancer.” Treatment wasn’t easy and took its toll, but she proudly walked round the track with fellow Survivors and has done so ever since. Lynn became a Global Hero of Hope in 2014 and believes Relay is special. She says: “Not only does it raise funds, but it also gives those with cancer hope - and gives me a way to remember my dad at the Candle of Hope ceremony.”

Join Lynn

Image by Paul Heyes

Your local committeeEach Relay is led by a committed group of volunteers, steered by an event chair. These volunteer leaders are the backbone of the whole experience and work all year round, supporting each team’s fundraising to create an unforgettable Relay.

If you have any questions about the event, need help with fundraising, or if you’re keen to join a committee, please contact your local event chair directly:

Sean Hickey, Laura Moore

Phone: Sean -07595738905

Laura -07702723037

Email: info@legenderryrelay.co.uk