The Green Heart Runners (GHR) is a social running club aimed at University of Birmingham staff members and people from the surrounding community.

At the end of November we are undertaking a GHR Winter Challenge to set ourselves a running challenge and, in the process, raise lots of money for a very worthy charity which needs our help this Christmas.

We are aiming to run 12 marathons in 6 days, starting on Tuesday 24th November. A number of our members have pledged to run a particular mileage during this week in order to help us reach our target of 314.4 miles. We have listed our participating members below and will add new people as they come on board!

We are raising money for B30 Foodbank. B30 is a wonderful charity with over 100 volunteers, who work at their warehouse, at supermarket collections, and at various local events. They also have links with over 250 organisations who distribute their vouchers to those who need 3-days’ worth of crisis food. During 2019, B30 gave out 10,786 emergency three day food parcels, including those to 4,177 children.

We are undertaking our challenge at the end of November to ensure any funds we raise can be used over the Christmas period.

Please support your family, friends and colleagues as they help us collectively achieve this team challenge – and please give us some words of encouragement as you do so!

The Green Heart Runners pledging miles to the cause include: Robbie Roberts, Jess Harrington, Hasan Patel, Sally Brooks, Chris Holmes, Eline Hendrix, Rachel Webster, Manesha Chauhan, Rebecca James, Gareth Chapman, Jayne Sharples, Lizzy Goodger, Kitt Holohan, Steph Thorpe, Nicola Cardenas Blanco, Matt Illingworth, Cait Thornton, Yvonne Hackforth-Williams, Katrina Viloria, David Rice, Cristina Escribano , Saima Deen, Rebecca Merchant, Cherry Doyle, Tim Barendt, Claire Wickett, Claire Martin, Sally Fletcher, Debs Longworth, James Longworth, Sophie Longworth, Andy Raxworthy Cooper, Lucy Canham, Max Everett, Jack Walker, Will Carroll, Victoria Cabrera-Sharp, Mark Eccleston , Shawn Mayall, Becky Westbrook, Kate Bishop, Rob Andrew, Jade Ho, Sam Giles and Rich Smith.

To find out more about the Green Heart Runners please contact Robbie Roberts (Group Leader): robbieroberts162002@yahoo.co.uk.