Once again we have some very special plans this year to come together as a community in something we can all enjoy; we will have the BIG SING at the Sunday closing ceremony, which has made such a big emotional impact for the previous two years, as well as the running (or walking or hopping or skipping) over 24 hours.
The theme for the is will be Play and Education: this will be the focus for Saturday in the Palestinian Voices Tent (PVT) this has been a successful place for raising and amplifying the voice of Palestinian people and we are so pleased to be able to do this once again. In another repeat, we once again will follow the Saturday PVT programme with a solidarity supper – the feedback last year was wonderful.
We are also looking forward to welcoming back Families for Gaza who helped make the 2024 event such a wonderful place for children. In addition, we will have a Tatreez tent for you try your hand at the magnificent art of Palestinian embroidery. This will be run by Palestinian women.
Programme for small park BIG RUN 2025
| Date / time | Activity | Extra marshals? |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 21st June, from 11.30 | Registration tent will be open! | We will need four marshals at least around the course all 24 hours to keep runners safe and encourage them. |
| Sunday 22nd June, midday. | small park BIG RUN 2024 starts. We will be set off by a Sheffield based Samba band | |
| Saturday 21st June, midday. | Walled garden cafe opens..coffee cake and from 3pm checkout the Tatreez drop-in | |
| Saturday 21st June 12.45pm – 5.30pm | Palestinian voices: join us in the Palestinian Voices Tent to hear from educators from Palestine and England talk about the scholasticide and the silencing of Palestine in English education produce. | |
| Saturday 21st June, 1pm-2.30pm. | Tatreez worshop led by Muna El-Zeet. Tickets available soon. Check out a write up of Muna’s work here | |
| Saturday 21st June, 1pm-5pm. | Lantern workshop Come and make a lantern to light up the the woods in the night. Little and big folk welcome. | |
| Saturday 21st June 2pm-5pm | Join the writing team for a poetry workshop | |
| Saturday 21st June 2pm-5pm | Families for Gaza craft workshop Come and make a Bird for Gaza, a picture of Palestinian food, a badge or listen to Palestinian story time, bring your family! | |
| Saturday 21st June 6pm | Walled garden cafe closes | |
| Saturday 21st June 6pm to 7.30pm | Solidarity Supper: join us for a solidarity Palestinian meal. When we tried this in 2024 it was a huge and delicious success. Please watch out for more details | We will need two extra marshals to help people get their ticket for the supper and guide them to get served |
| Saturday 21st June, about 7.30pm till about 8pm | Lantern procession We will hang all the the lanterns that were made in the day in the woods to light them up at night. | We need two extra marshals to help the children up the hill and to help hang the lanterns |
| Saturday 21st June, about 8.15pm till about 8.45pm | Torch of remembrance Once again we will hold a solemn procession taking a torch around the park course to remember all those killed during the genocide and especially focus on scholasticide. We will hand out LED candles to light your way and be placed at the solidarity tree after. | We will need four extra marshals to keep space on the course for the runners |
| Saturday 21st June 8.45pm | Sheffield Writers for Palestine will read poems | |
| Saturday 21st June 9.15pm | Dalya – a student of the Sheffield Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund, and having spoken about her experience of education earlier in the day, Dalya will give us some Palestinian rap | |
| Sunday 22nd June, 10 am | Palestine Voices Tent breakfast talk given by spBR organiser Jawad Qasrawi | |
| Sunday 22nd June, 10.30 am | Walled Garden cafe opens | |
| Sunday 22nd June, 11 am | Buskers hour is back! Buskers’ Hour is a chance to come to the park and hear some music all around the park played for Palestine. | We will need two extra marshals to help ensure we have people encouraging everyone to take part in the BIG SING |
| Sunday 22nd June, midday | Run ends. Lord Mayor will be handing over a certificate on behalf of all the children who have participated. we hope to facebook live this event. Watch this space. | |
| Sunday 22nd June, midday-ish UK time | The BIG SING and (if we can) live link up with Palestine: join in our mass solidarity sing led by six Sheffield based choirs. You can join in too. The more the merrier. Bring a hanky | |
| Sunday 22nd June, 12.30pm | Fun run Free lap dash around the park with ice pops and a certificate. | |
| Sunday 22nd June, 12.45pm | Run closes | |
| Sunday 22nd June, 2.30pm | Walled garden cafe closes |