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 […]
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Irish sports bodies join forces to support the Sanctuary Runners’ ‘Run for Ukraine’ on March 5th
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 […]
Donegal Sanctuary Runners is launched in Letterkenny
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 – […]
Donegal Sanctuary Runners to launch on Saturday, February 26th
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 […]
JOB VACANCY: The Sanctuary Runners: National Coordinator
Set the Pace – Lead the Change: An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated National Coordinator to manage and grow the Sanctuary Runners’ activities in Ireland. Role: National Coordinator of the Sanctuary Runners Ireland Location: Remote working, with travel nationwide as needed Salary: Circa €55,000 (salary will reflect experience of […]
DAY 1: And we’re off – Today we race from Ireland to the UK and the Netherlands!
DAY 1 – Morning Report from Claire Lambe!
Are you ready?! One sleep to go and then we race to Santa!!
Good evening dearest of friends – Rest tonight, for tomorrow we run!
SANTA HERE WE COME! Sanctuary Runners to the rescue in virtual run to the North Pole…BUT we need your HELP!
Sanctuary Runners across Ireland on special mission to deliver a Sanctuary Runner’s top to Santa in North Pole by Christmas Eve We’re calling on people to donate their KMs to us to help us get from Dublin to the North Pole Irish Olympic rower Claire Lambe to provide morning reports […]
The Sanctuary Runners off to a flyer in London
Londoners got their first taste of the Sanctuary Runner movement last Saturday, November 6th, as the blue wave reached Fulham. In the shadow of Craven Cottage the solidarity-through-sport movement welcomed new Sanctuary Runners in blue on an electric morning by the Thames – including refugees living in the local area. […]
The Sanctuary Runners to have first run in London on Saturday, November 6th
THE SANCTUARY RUNNERS TO LAUNCH IN WEST LONDON A Solidarity-through-sports initiative which uses running, jogging and walking to bring all in the community together on a regular basis A special emphasis on enabling those in host community to run with, and alongside, refugees and migrants First run in the UK […]