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.

Fighting for education in Gaza and the West Bank

The theme of small park BIG RUN this year is play and education. Under incredible pressure and in the face of terrible destruction, educators and students across Palestine both in Gaza and the West Bank, ensure schools and universities carry on.

The building are destroyed but the process continues. We have written a short page describing this in more detail and below we have a video from a woman called Banyas who has set up a tent education operation in Gaza. We were sent this video in October 2024.