Thank you for signing up to Calcutta Run 2017 - The Legal Fundraiser. We have some exciting news about our new charity partner for you below. For those of you who took part in 2016, a staggering €180,000 was raised for the homeless street kids of Calcutta and for young people experiencing homelessness in Dublin through Peter McVerry Trust.
We would greatly appreciate you spreading the word and sharing this amongst your friends. It's not too late to sign upwith over 5 weeks to go!
Our 6 Week 5k Training Plan from Jim Davis, former Olympic Coach and trainer are available online to help you prepare for the run. There is also a 10k Training Planfor those who are feeling more adventurous and seasoned runners. Find these as well as nutritional and sports injury prevention advice on our website.
It should never hurt to be a child.
The Hope Foundation has come on board as our new charity partner in Calcutta, appropriately on April 12th, International Day for Street Children. For eighteen years, the Irish foundation has worked to improve the quality of life of Calcutta’s homeless children through a number of valuable projects on the ground.
The Hope Foundation Director Maureen Forrest on the new partnership:
“We are so delighted, grateful and honoured to announce a partnership with Calcutta Run this year. This amazing event will make such an incredible difference to the children with whom we work. Together, with your support at Calcutta Run, this year we can be one voice for the voiceless and reach out to so many more children. We can never thank you enough for choosing HOPE.”
If you have friends who are keen cyclists, you might want to share this news.
This year sees the addition of an 80km non-competitive cycle, the Calcutta Cycle Sportive as a new means of fundraising, beginning and ending at Blackhall Place on the morning of the Calcutta Run, Saturday, 20 May.
All participants are invited to the Finish Line Festival in the afternoon, so spread the word amongst any keen cyclists you may know. Click here for the route map and sign up form.
