The Sanctuary Runners are delighted to welcome Ellen O’Connor on board as our new Head of Operations. A Sanctuary Runner herself since the foundation of our group in Limerick, Ellen brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and empathy to the role and we’re overjoyed to see her join us as […]

The event organised by the Sanctuary Runners will bring hundreds together from across Ireland to take part in a 5km To take place on the eve of World Refugee Day Focussing on solidarity, friendship and respect with all in our communities – including migrants and refugees   An Irish solidarity-through-sport […]

The Sanctuary Runners took the award for ‘Best Initiative to promote inclusivity in Sport and Physical Activity’ at the Irish Sport Industry Awards held in Dublin on Tuesday, May 17th. The annual awards, hosted by the Federation of Irish Sport in association with Clubforce, recognise the value that sport adds […]

Sanctuary Runners invite Ukrainian refugees to take part in Cork City Marathon (irishexaminer.com)

We are hoping to have 1,000 Sanctuary Runners taking part in the Cork City Marathon 2022 on June 5th. And we REALLY need your help? Can you be part of our team? For the full Cork City Marathon/Sanctuary Runners Sign Up Guide for 2022 just click on the link below: […]

On Wednesday, March 16th the CEO and founder of the Sanctuary Runners will present to the ‘Group of Friends of Sport for Peace and Sustainable Development’ at the UN Established in Cork in 2018 the initiative now has groups in 29 locations across Ireland and in London with plans to […]

The Sanctuary Runners are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Regional Development Officer for the Dublin-Meath-Louth Region with the support of Athletics Ireland. Naima Chaudhry was a founding member of the Dublin Sanctuary Runner group in 2018. Leading the residents committee at the Clondalkin Towers Direct Provision centre […]

Sporting associations across Ireland sign up to support day of solidarity for Ukraine through running Initiative seeks people to take part anywhere, over any distance and at any time on Saturday Donations requested for the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Appeal The Sanctuary Runners, a solidarity-through-sport initiative, has teamed up with some […]

Saturday saw the launch of the Donegal Sanctuary Runners in Letterkenny with participants taking part in the local parkrun event. With almost 60 families seeking international protection living in apartments on the Port Road in Letterkenny the numbers wearing the blue of the Sanctuary Runners on Saturday were high – […]

The Sanctuary Runners is a national solidarity-through-sport movement with 30-groups across Ireland It uses running, jogging and walking to bring together asylum seekers, refugees, other migrants and those in the wider local Irish community The Sanctuary Runners awarded funding for its project to grow the movement in the North-West through […]