We run for the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Running Club, the RCUCRC and we are a team fundraising for the Ukrainian people affected by the Russian conflict. All donations to our fundraising channels go straight to the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

On 07-Sep, we entered a team in the Great North Run, the largest run in the UK with over 60,000 runners and we raised £2,600 in two months. We will pass £13,000 in 2025, but we need your help now over the Christmas period.

So, would you like to help us this December? Join our fundraising team at www.justgiving.com/team/rcucrc by emailing us at Xmas2025@rcucrc.org.uk and be part of the #RCUCRC #Dec2025 #SantaHatChallenge! We give you details of how to join that team, create your own RCUCRC fundraising page and be part of the team’s challenge to take the fund past £15,000. There is no minimum fundraising target and if you can raise £10 or more, we need you on the team!

How can you help this December? Join the RCUCRC at www.strava.com/clubs/rcucrc, then, starting from Saturday 06-Dec, and our #Virtual or #InPerson runs, wear your Santa Hat every time you run in December, and get sponsored for helping the Ukrainian Red Cross. We will have #Virtual or #InPerson runs for you to join on Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays, so wherever you are in the UK or around the world, wear your #SantaHat at a #parkrun, at the Sheffield #PercyPud10k, at any race, or #AnytimeAnyPlace to suit you!

Do you want to do something special in 2026? Join in the RCUCRC fundraiser and help the people of Ukraine. Your fundraiser could be one event, or your goal could be a distance target, for example, 100km or whatever you think, to suit your timeline? Maybe 500km or 1,000km this year, where your running app data so far counts towards your goal. For help, you can email 2026@rcucrc.org.uk. Of course, you don’t have to run and you can just donate at www.justgiving.com/team/rcucrc.

Want to join our friendly running group? The RCUCRC has over 1,000 members worldwide and you can join at www.strava.com/clubs/rcucrc. Together, we run around the world every 14 days, so if you are not running with us already, please join and add your running distance to our total. We organise twice weekly #Virtual and #InPerson runs posted on Strava from our base in #SheffieldUK.

So, how did we start? When conflict began in Feb-2022, the RCUCRC founder, Pierre Laubscher, ran for the Ukrainian Red Cross in the Sheffield Half Marathon in Mar-2022... and he just carried on. Pierre passed run 6,000km in Aug-2025. Please see the link to the RCUCRC and Pierre's story below and information about the hardship in the winter of 2025-26, and how your donations will help the people of Ukraine.

Thank you so much for your help.

RCUCRC page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/plaubscher-2022

RCUCRC: Supporting the British Red Cross and Ukrainian Red Cross charities..