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small park BIG RUN 2025

Throughout this wonderful weekend where we celebrated Palestinian people and culture, we remained focused on solidarity and the need to end complicity with the genocide by the UK government.

From the opening speech from Alexi Diamond, Green Party councillor on Sheffield City Council and long term supporter of Palestine liberation, to the closing Fun Run, this year was a perfect mix of sadness at the suffering, anger at the terror of the genocide and occupation, and joy in our community and solidarity.

Thank you everyone who has taken part.

Day 1 – a summary in pictures

Day 2 – a summary in pictures

The BIG SING

As the event comes to a close we were privileged to be able to connect to Gaza and speak to Habiba who spoke of the impact on her life and reams and then people from seven Sheffield choirs sang to Gaza live on zoom.

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Cranes and doves in memory

Once agai , at about 8.15 on the Saturday night of small park BIG RUN, we will be remembering all those who have died in the genocide in Gaza. We will walk a single circuit of the park with a lit flame that will be passed between Palestinian generations. And we will, as last year, march to a single drum beat.

At the end of a circuit we will gather by the solidarity tree and lay down our candles and hang our cranes and doves. Please feel free to write messages of hope and solidarity and love.

(This will be an emotional part of our 24 hours and you may be deep in thought and feeling BUT please do take care when crossing the corse that there are no runners approaching)

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News from our programmes in Gaza and the West Bank

The small park BIG RUN raises funds for a Healing Centre for children in Khuza’a, South Eastern Gaza and also for a Sheffield based fund that provides scholarships for Palestinian women to go to University.

The picture above shows the first students from the West Bank to benefit from the fund.

We have this news from these programmes: