{"id":15,"date":"2017-01-21T20:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T20:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spbr.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2020-03-05T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T11:12:39","slug":"announcing-a-24-hour-team-endurance-run-to-raise-funds-and-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/announcing-a-24-hour-team-endurance-run-to-raise-funds-and-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"An annual 24 hour community run fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"#spBR20 is June 20\/21!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The solstice could not be better!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Going live March 21st! <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A 24-hour group challenge raising funds for<\/h3>\n

Palestinian women and children
\nMidday Sat 20 June – Midday Sun 21 June 2020
\nMeersbrook Park<\/a>, Sheffield<\/p>\n

In 2019<\/a> we raised \u00a36,500 for the Khuza’a Children’s Play and Heal project<\/em> and the Sheffield Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund<\/em>.\u00a0 Can we do better this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will run continuous circuits<\/a> of Meersbrook park\u00a0over 24 hours\u00a0with at least two people<\/strong> on the course at all times. Entrants will be able to run, wheel, jog, walk, hop(!) shifts from 30 minutes upwards. You can choose how long and at what time you would like to run when you enter. You can run as an individual or as part of a team.<\/p>\n

At 12.15pm on Sunday 21st we complete the 24 hours with a\u00a0 free<\/strong>\u00a0Community\/Family Fun Run of one lap. ALL WELCOME.<\/p>\n

But that’s not all. We are planning some new exciting additions this year and there will be a return for our buskers hour to cheer up the runners on the final hour of the 24. Join our newsletter<\/a> to keep in touch with our plans<\/p>\n

What’s it all about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palestinians do not enjoy\u00a0freedom of movement.\u00a0Journeys we take for granted, like going to school or work, visiting friends or family or trips to hospital can be much more demanding or even impossible for Palestinians faced with the ever-changing restrictions on movement imposed by the Israeli security forces.<\/p>\n

Our event will draw attention to the situation and raise funds for two Sheffield based\u00a0projects in aid of Palestine<\/a>
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This year, as well as re-emphasizing the lack of the right to movement and daily restriction,\u00a0 we want to focus on two things .<\/p>\n

First, that\u00a0 at the heart of the Palestinian experience is separation<\/strong>: from family, from community, from home. We will be telling stories from people in Sheffield and from Palestine who have experienced separation.<\/p>\n

Second, what we can do locally to build community with Palestinians and bridges across to them. We will be encouraging individual runners here to ‘twin’ with runners in Palestine.<\/p>\n

More on both of these things soon.<\/p>\n

TO GET UP TO DATE NEWS AND BE PART OF THIS SOLIDARITY CHALLENGE<\/b><\/p>\n