The Food Bank Run is a new movement that is gaining pace ready for 2023.

Created off the back of a run started several years ago by a local, Hampshire based club, Fareham Running Club, we’re now encouraging every club, group and food bank to link up and create their own Food Bank Run.

The number of food banks is on the rise and the number of people using food banks has now reached 2.1 million in the UK, up from just 1.6 million five years ago.

Our ask is: will you and your fellow runners join us in February to make that difference? The running community helping the local community. We would love you to join us in doing your own Food Bank Run.

February is a key time of the year where families are hardest hit. Christmas has come and gone, a time where families feel the pressure to put food on the table and spend money on their children, plus there is a pause on some household bills.

Then February arrives and suddenly the bills arrive at a time when cash is even more hard to come by. This is why the month of February is such an important time of the year and why we’re focusing on supporting Food Bank Runs on any day of the month.

As of the start of November, we have over 320 clubs, groups, organisations and more, who have committed to running their own Food Bank Run 2023!

Go to www.runr.co.uk/pages/food-bank-run to find out more.

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