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TransPennine Express are supporting the ActiveHub Big Team Run event, running 500 miles during February 2025. We have a team of 6 TPE colleagues taking part in the virtual event:
Steve Gilder - Environment Delivery Lead
Lauren Clarke - Media Manager
Kevin Bowen - Operations Training Manager
Amanda Campbell - Resource Deployment Manager
Ruaridh Williams - Possession Planning Assistant Manager
Kath Meek - Driver Manager
To mark the event, our team of TPE colleagues will be carrying out a group run together on Tuesday 25th February. Whilst this is a virtual event, the team are going to show some solidarity and get together to raise money for this great cause, running along a section of one of our TransPennine Express routes.
Starting at Manchester Piccadilly, the team will run along the Ashton Canal and Huddersfield Canal as they head towards Diggle and the famous Standedge Tunnel! This is a distance of approximately 16 miles, with some team members possibly opting to run to other stations along the route, such as Stalybridge or Greenfield.
Please support us where you can and find out more about SportsAid below. All donations are greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!
For the Big Team Run 2025 we’re proud to partner with SportsAid and kindly ask that participants taking part in the event donate a minimum of £5 to SportsAid. Find out more about the Big Team Run: https://www.totalactivehub.com/big-team-run
About SportsAid
SportsAid’s mission is to encourage, enable and empower the next generation of athletes to achieve their ambitions in sport and life. We are dedicated to transforming the lives of young British sportsmen and women with aspirations to become the country's next Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth and World Champions.
To succeed in sport, it takes talent, dedication and hard work, but that’s often not enough to make it to the highest level. Financial resources and independent high quality support can make the difference between winning an Olympic medal and giving up too early on their dreams.
That’s where SportsAid steps in. For nearly 50 years, SportsAid has played a crucial role in the journeys of aspiring athletes, providing them with financial support, recognition, networking and personal development opportunities that help provide the support they need to realise their dreams.
The charity’s impact is undeniable, with its alumni featuring sporting legends like Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Ellie Simmonds OBE, and Sir Mo Farah. At the Paris 2024 Games, 82% of Team GB and Paralympics GB medallists were once supported by SportsAid.
SportsAid were one of the first people who really believed in me. If they hadn’t then I wouldn’t have become an Olympic medallist. I remember there were times where mum was thinking, ‘do I pay this bill, or do I go to this competition?’ So, to get that help from SportsAid helped us immensely and also boosted my confidence.
Dina Asher-Smith Double Olympic bronze medallist, world, European and Commonwealth champion.