A team of intrepid BRWR volunteers are lacing up their running shoes for a challenge to raise funds for the charity.
The “Famous Five” will be tackling the Run Redditch 10K and Half Marathon which is appropriately taking place on June 21st – the final day of the UK’s national Refugee Week, which this year has the theme “courage”.
The team is Eileen Mawdsley, Bob Jefford and Pete Rendell – they’re in the photo – as well as Bernard & Penny Sugden. They’ll all be running in white shirts emblazoned with the BRWR logo, so make sure you give them a cheer.
The run will be at Arrow Valley Country Park in Redditch starting at 9am.
But more importantly you can click on https://www.justgiving.com/team/brwr-1 and help our cause of supporting people escaping war, persecution and other often unimaginable dangers to seek sanctuary as part of our communities.
BRWR committee member Pete enjoys running with his mates because it helps him stay active and keep healthy. He’s looking forward to the challenge.
“It’s an opportunity to use my running to help other people. The money will be used to help refugees settle into their new homes, into their communities and help them become independent and self-supporting,” he said.
“British people have generally always supported refugees. My grandmother hosted a refugee family from Belgium, who escaped from the Nazis at the start of WW2,” he added.
Penny Sugden said; “I think BRWR is a great charity and we should all support anyone escaping warzones and unpleasant regimes.”
Bob Jefford added: “At my great age, I’ll just be trying my very best to finish the course, but the thought that I’ll be raising funds to help the lovely refugees that we support, will definitely spur me on.
“These kind, friendly, grateful people simply want the chance to live in peace and harmony in a place where they are safe. They want to establish independent lives where they have jobs and repay the generosity of the UK with their taxes. They want to live in a country where all their children can be educated and become valuable members of our communities.
“We have so much in common with all our refugee friends, and our cultural differences are both fascinating and something to be celebrated with kindness and tolerance.
“In that context, trying to run 13.1 miles is nothing, if I am doing something however small to make that happen.”
