On the 26th September 2021 we will be running in the Great Manchester Run 10k to raise money for two charities chosen by our team; Meeting Needs and RDF.

Our runners are:

Tara O'Neill, Jason Ridout, Annie Brown, Jeff Mills, Julian Tomlin, James Pownall, Katy Henderson, Amy Dixon, Karen Smith, Simon Williams, Sam Jackson, Michelle Barrett, Stephen Dodman & Ben Orton.

To find out more about each charity/donate, please click on:

Supporting Meeting Needs

or

Supporting Rebecca Dykes Foundation

Please do choose either, or both, of these great causes and give us some (much needed) motivation to run on the day!

Thank you very much

The Macdonald Hotels Team x

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Meeting Needs

Meeting Needs is a registered charity founded by leading figures in the UK conference and events Industry. The objective of Meeting Needs is to raise funds for worthy causes relevant to the events industry. Meeting Needs unites the Meetings, Incentive, Conference and Events industry behind a common cause.

RDF

The Rebecca Dykes Foundation was set up by Rebecca's friends and family with the aim of continuing her important work. RDF supports and funds projects that further causes that were close to Rebecca's heart.

Rebecca was killed in Lebanon, on December 16th 2017, aged 30. A devoted humanitarian, at the time of her death she had been working as a Programme and Policy Manager for the UK's Department for International Development. She worked tirelessly to make the world a kinder, fairer, safer and more stable place. On the 26th September, we will be running in Manchester, the city where Rebecca graduated and was recently honoured as an Outstanding Alumni at the University.