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5 Goodgymers helped their local community in Sheffield

Sheffield

Monday 15th May 2023

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On a lovely clear and sunny (if a little windy) Sheffield eve three of us ran from The Showroom Cinema to meet with two more Goodgymers and local legend Jawad who is the mastermind behind the small park BIG RUN event that takes place annually in Meersbrook park to raise funds for a Palestinian charity and a children's charity.

The event is a 24hr run around the hilly park that starts at noon and ends at noon the next day. People can do as much or as little as they wish. More details can be seen on the photos of the leaflet, including the website to sign up and find out more info.

Our task this week was to help raise awareness of the run by leafletting the local streets near by to the park to try and rustle up some local support and entries. We took maps of the area and tried to cover the areas Jawad had us focussing on.

Michelle even brought a wooden spoon to push the leaflets through letter boxes safely, TOP TIP!

After a good 30mins we had covered a decent number of houses and dished out a load of leaflets. From there we all went our separate ways for our dinners, whether it was Tony cooking for us at home or double wrapped mexican burritos! MMMMMMMMMMMM!

This task supported

Small Park, BIG RUN

Supporting womens education and the Khuzaa childrens healing project in Gaza, Palestine

small park BIG RUN is a broad based group of people from Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange, Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sheffield Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund and from the local Heeley and Meersbrook communities in Sheffield. Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange is a group of people committed to ensuring exposure of Palestinian culture in Sheffield and to putting on events where it is possible to make live links with Palestinians. In this event we hope to ensure a run in Gaza and the West Bank at the same time. The Scholarship Fund is a UK based charity and was set up in 2007 following an International Women’s Day Conference in 2006, where a call was made to support women into education in Gaza. The Fund raises money for scholarships to pay the university fees of Palestinian women into higher education in the Gaza Strip. Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign has been active in Sheffield since 1990s. It is made up of a group of people committed to highlighting injustices suffered by Palestinian people. SPSC supports children’s projects in Gaza and has funded better play facilities and a mobile library. More recently we have funded a trauma centre to help recovery from the psychological impact of war.