A team from the University of Manchester Innovation Factory are running the Manchester 10K to raise money for The Christie. 

The Christie are the largest single site cancer centre in Europe, treating more than 60,000 patients a year. 

As part of the NHS they provide: 

• Radiotherapy, in one of the world's largest radiotherapy departments and at our radiotherapy centres in Oldham, Salford and Macclesfield. They are also home to the UK’s largest brachytherapy service and they are also the first NHS organisation in the UK to deliver high energy proton beam therapy.
• Chemotherapy, in the UK's largest chemotherapy unit, as well as via 13 other sites and in patients’ homes. They also provide prostate cancer community clinics at 5 different locations.
• Highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer. Find out more about surgery at The Christie.
• A wide range of support and diagnostic services.