Sanctuary Runners is on the lookout for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead our growing organisation into an exciting new chapter. With a mission rooted in solidarity, friendship and respect, Sanctuary Runners connects communities through running, walking, and sport — bringing people together, including those seeking international protection, in […]

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025 This week Sanctuary Runners, an Irish founded solidarity-through-sports movement, was shortlisted for a 2025 International Sport and Culture Association Award (ISCA). The ISCA is a non-governmental and not-for-profit umbrella association empowering physical activity to get more people active and thereby enjoy their human right to move. […]

A unique collaboration between Sanctuary Runners and Canoeing Ireland is bringing a powerful message of inclusion and community onto the water — offering a new model of integration through sport. On Thursday, 28th August, participants from Sanctuary Runners — including people seeking international protection — travelled from across the country […]

A Sanctuary Runner trio from Letterkenny capped off their maiden-relay race with a second-place finish in the Donegal Half Marathon last weekend. Chibuzor Victor Ogoegbunam, Menad Yahiaoui and Opeyemi Hopsy Adeyemi ran seven-kilometres each over the 21km distance finishing in the silver medal position (in a time of 1:30.50) in […]

Monday, August 18th After a positive year at the helm of the Sanctuary Runners Michael Darragh Macauley is stepping down as Chief Executive of the not-for-profit organisation to pursue new opportunities and projects. The former Dublin GAA star will conclude his time with the Sanctuary Runners in the coming weeks. […]

Sanctuary Runners, a multi-award winning solidarity-through-sport movement, founded in Ireland in 2018, has officially expanded to Britain with a new organisation – Sanctuary Runners GB launched in Brighton on Wednesday, June 18th. Sanctuary Runners GB will work to build groups across England and Wales in the same way the Irish organisation has […]

The Tánaiste Simon Harris presented the Sanctuary Runners with the ‘Community Organisation of the Year’ award at the annual Irish Red Cross Humanitarian awards held at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin. The Sanctuary Runners, founded in 2018 in Cork, uses running, jogging and walking to bring everyone in the community […]

Today, at Áras an Uachtaráin, President Michael D Higgins became patron of the Sanctuary Runners Movement. A group of Sanctuary Runners led by the organisation’s founder Graham Clifford and CEO Michael Darragh Macauley, and which included some runners living in Direct Provision, met with President Higgins to officially receive his […]

• Sanctuary Runners one of five charities (in Southern/Eastern Region) in race for funding from PTSB • Live Online vote now open – and will remain open until March 14th • The solidarity-through-sport organisation brings all the community together through running, jogging and walking The starting gun has been fired […]

• Sanctuary Runners calling on people to run, jog or walk with them in the 10km distance • The Movement aiming for more than 1,000 participants in the Cork City Marathon on June 1st • Followed by their annual street party with music, food, dancing, craic and a visit from […]