On 10th May 2025, five awesome kids – Hiba, Ammaar, Isra, Aisha, and Zafar – are running in the Great Bristol Junior and Mini Run!

They’re raising money for Aid Box Community, a charity that helps people who really need it. They’ve been practicing, smiling, and getting ready to race – now they just need your help to reach their goal. Please support them and cheer them on!

Why Aid Box Community (ABC)?

Aid Box Community provides support, supplies and sanctuary to refugees and people seeking asylum arriving or living in Bristol and surrounding areas.

ABC’s Welcome hub and Free shop is open 5 days a week and is a place that refugees and people seeking asylum can use to choose the essential items they need: clothes, toiletries, household items, etc. Importantly, the Free shop provides choice, just like any other shop, so that people can reflect their identity and feel a sense of self-worth, dignity and pride.  

They also offer refugees and people seeking asylum multiple opportunities for social interactions through volunteering opportunities and an activity program that aims at reducing isolation and loneliness, improving service users’ mental and physical well-being and encouraging integration within the local community.