Love Running is about seeing love in action, love with legs. We're partnering with some incredible charities, splitting the money three ways to help change the lives of the poor, the oppressed and the needy.
We don't have any admin or overhead costs - every penny that is raised goes directly to where it is needed the most.
To date Love Running has raised over £215,000 to save lives, transform communities and show love across the world.
Our Causes
The Poor - Hurungwe, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a country so poor it no longer has its own currency. Unemployment is at 90% and average life expectancy is just 40 years old. Around 16% of the population are HIV positive.
Love Running is a key supporter of a World Vision area development programme (ADP) in Hurungwe, a region of around 40,000 people in the rural north of the country. Working with community leaders, churches and health clinics, this project provides education, training, business empowerment and sustainable development for entire communities. World Vision is particularly focused on the plight of the many orphaned and vulnerable children in Hurungwe.
The Oppressed - Kigezi, Uganda
Today, in 2012, 900 million people worlwide have no access to clean water. As a result, 5,000 children die each and every day. We want to do something about this injustice, so we're partnering with Tear Fund to transform an area in Uganda where the problem is most acute. We're going to help provide clean water for 6,000 villagers by building rain water harvesting and filtration systems. as well developing sanitation and education.
Love Running will literally change the lives of children who right now have to spend 3-4 hours a day collecting water, often at great personal risk.
The Needy - Local Bristol Communities
The final third of the money we raise will go to areas of greatest need on our own doorstep. We're joining with Bristol Council and the Race Organisers to support CLIC Sargent, a charity that works with the families of children suffering from leukemia and cancer. CLIC Sargent will receive the lion's share of our local support, with the rest being divided between 6 other Bristol charities - Crisis Centre (the homeless), Reach (single parent support), BISC (foreign students support), The Noise (community action and care), Enough (youth provision on the Hartcliffe estates) and Sea Mills Community Initiatives (community support).
