CAFOD has challenged us all to be part of the Summer of Hope, inviting us to recreate the events that have been cancelled due to the global pandemic, and be a sign of hope by raising money for their Coronavirus appeal. 

I'm not a real runner and deep down I could have been relieved the Great North Run was cancelled but with the Summer of Hope I had no excuse! I plan to run the 13.1 miles on 13 Sept the day the Great North Run should have taken place.

Hopefully with a bit of fundraising support for the run, together we can ensure fewer families in some of the world's poorest communities have to ask: "How do I keep my child safe if we don't have water for hand-washing?".