It’s amazing what you can do when you try. After running a half marathon about 5 years ago, I told myself that I would never run that far EVER again. Finishing a race is AMAZING, the same cannot be said about the training. Some days the training goes well, but others it is tough, with pain hitting the body, but that is when I think of all those people who’ve got up and gone, left everything to gain a better life for themselves and their families. 

No-one wants to be uprooted from their homes and familiarity, but it’s a growing global trend of which we see a little here in the UK, it’s incredibly hard to witness, especially the cruelty of the Hostile Environment, which is unhealthy and unhelpful for everybody. So JRS UK has made me get up and run a distance I told myself I would NEVR do, and I feel privileged to do so.

Funds raised can go towards: -

£10 provides a monthly mobile credit and data top-up to ensure refugee friends are in touch with charities and loved ones

£15 can provide a refugee with a regular supply of essential toiletries

£25 can help baby essentials such as nappies, baby wipes and baby food

£50 can pay for an emergency hardship grant to newly destitute refugees

£100 helps JRS UK offer legal casework advice and support to refugees

JRS UK accompanies, serves and advocates for the rights of refugees. We work in a spirit of hospitality, compassion and solidarity to give hope, justice and dignity to refugees.