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A Solidarity-Through-Sport movement bringing together citizens, migrants, asylum seekers & refugees. Email [email protected] #RunAsOne
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🔴 Really loved chatting to Victoria and Natalie on 'The People Effect' at CCCR 100.5 FM Cork City Community Radio about all things Sanctuary Runners & the upcoming Cork City Marathon on June 1st! Our chat airs tomorrow morning! @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social

🔵Thanks so much to Eglen and her team at the #SaudadeBrasil market shop on Princes St in Cork for helping us out on the #CorkCityMarathon day - June 1st! Cork city and its people are always there for us. #CityOfWelcomes @corkbeo.bsky.social @ucc.ie @irishexaminer.bsky.social

🔵 We're so grateful to all at the Dublin Marathon for including us in this year's Marathon once again. Amazing partners over many years. If you have a place in the marathon and would like to run with and support us email [email protected] Let Your Feet Do The Talking #Solidarity #Respect

🔵We're heartbroken to hear of the tragic passing of Emmanuel Famiola and Matt Sibanda in Donegal. Both wonderful young men known to our group in Buncrana. Indeed Emmanuel ran with the group recently. Two boys with their lives ahead of them taken far too soon. Our love and support to their families💔

🔵Another super Saturday as our groups across Ireland laced up those running shoes, running, walking, talking! Thanks so much to our friends at parkrun for having us. We are always so grateful for your kindness. To join a local group visit sanctuaryrunners.ie - #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵A super crowd at our Thursday night training session at Tramore Valley Park in Cork City ahead of the upcoming Cork City Marathon on June 1st! Every Thursday evening in May we're at the park to train. If you have already registered to run in the Marathon and would like to do so with us come on by!

💙 So proud to have been awarded ‘Humanitarian Organisation of the Year’ at the Irish Red Cross awards tonight. An amazing evening - just wonderful. #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵 Busy morning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Heads of Mission conference in Dublin castle as we plan for the #GlobalSolidarityRun 2025. A huge thanks to the entire DFA Comms team for the support and welcome #Solidarity

🔵 Busy morning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Heads of Mission conference in Dublin castle as we plan for the #GlobalSolidarityRun 2025. A huge thanks to the entire DFA Comms team for the support and welcome #Solidarity

🌍We're at the Department of Foreign Affairs' Heads of Mission Conference in Dublin Castle this week. The support of our diplomatic mission overseas so vital the success of our #GlobalSolidarityRun which this year will be held on Saturday, October 11th across the globe. #Solidarity #Respect

HELLO CORK BLUESKYERS - if you could help share we'd be so grateful! ♥️Every Thursday eve in May (7.30-8.30pm) at Tramore Valey Park we'll be holding free & FUN training sessions for those running as Sanctuary Runners (pre-existing and new!) in this year's #CorkMarathon - any distance. JOIN US!

A massive congratulations to Claire Hanna MP for conquering the Belfast Marathon today! No better woman! Thank you Claire for running in our colours, for championing #Solidarity, #Friendship & #Respect with all & for all your help in laying the groundwork for a group in Belfast! @belfastlive.co.uk

🟢⚪An incredible day of #Solidarity #Friendship & #Respect on Shannonside today as our Limerick Sanctuary Runners took part in the fantastic Great Limerick Run! Always one of our highlights of the year - Great run, Great city, Great people - THANK YOU LIMERICK! Join us: [email protected]

🔵We are so grateful to be shortlisted for the 'Community Organisation of the Year Award' at next Thursday's #IrishRedCross Humanitarian Awards in Dublin All recognition is humbly appreciated - but it means even more coming from an organisation doing such invaluable humanitarian work worldwide

🔴Our Rebels in blue had a wonderful morning at the Tramore Valley parkrun On our team this morning people originally from Cork, Sudan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Egypt, England, Sierra Leone, Brazil, China and Argentina. And you know what - 'IT WAS MIGHTY CRAIC BOY!' #Cork never ever lets us down!

🔵EVERY single week from #Dublin to #Monaghan, East #Meath to #Galway and from #Letterkenny to #Tralee our Sanctuary Runners are out sharing #solidarity #friendship and #respect! Be the Change You Want to See in the World - #BeSound - Let your feet do the talking Join us - visit sanctuaryrunners.ie

🌍ITS BACK - The #GlobalRun supported by Irish Aid (@ the Dept of Foreign Affairs) & the Ireland Funds We can't wait to share our plans for this year's event to take place across the globe on Saturday, Oct 11th To show solidarity with all those who are forcibly displaced & living in extreme poverty

🔵So this eve we had our first training session ahead of the Cork Marathon. As the sun went down the laughter went up! Same time again next week! If you've signed up to run you can still be part of our team - just email: [email protected] #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵Beautiful pictures of our Sanctuary Runners from across Ireland coming through today! Our growing family of blue showing each other #Solidarity #Friendship and #Respect with every step Join us - It could change your life! PLUS ITS LOTS OF FUN! Sanctuaryrunners.ie

💙 Become part our our blue wave! WE ARE HIRING: (for the following positions) - Head of Finance and Operations - Communications Manager - Community Development Manager To find out more visit sanctuaryrunners.ie/careers Pls watch and share!

🔵At the Sanctuary Runners - We've got your back @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social ➡️Treat all with #Respect ➡️Show #Solidarity with those who need our help & support ➡️Develop #friendships with others no matter where they come from Join us today - email [email protected] #RunAsOne #BeSound

🟠So great today for some of our Dublin group to run with the #Strava team in Ireland as part of their National Volunteer Month We've worked with Strava since 2022 and we're delighted to once again demonstrate our shared belief in the power of sport to bring ALL people together #Respect #RunAsOne

A snippet of some of our groups in action over the weekend #RunAsOne. Come and join us - it could change your life.

We are thrilled to be partnering with RSA Insurance Ireland and 123.ie, and to to work with an organisation that understands the unifying power of sport and athletics. Their support has already made a difference, and we’re excited to see where this collaboration will take us! tinyurl.com/3sbht8du

It's Competition time! 𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟑 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬! To Enter: 1. Vote for us in the PTSB Community Partner Competition (takes 10 seconds!) www.ptsb.ie/community/ 2. Like and Share this post That's it, you're in! Winner will be announced on all our channels on 14th March - best of luck!

To all those observing, from everyone in Sanctuary Runners.

We have been shortlisted as one of @ptsbireland.bsky.social Community partners for 2025 and we need your vote! Click here to vote for us: bit.ly/3CYRDl0 #PTSBCommunity #Solidarity @inarireland.bsky.social @corkbeo.bsky.social @annapr.bsky.social @grahamclifford.bsky.social

We are delighted to have the support of London Marathon Events in the establishment of our first ever Sanctuary Runners Academy for this year's Brighton Marathon on April 6th! We look forward to helping grow our presence in GB in 2025! #Solidarity www.londonmarathonevents.co.uk/brighton-mar...

🔵The Sanctuary Runners is very excited to announce that we will be establishing a new group in Belfast in the coming weeks/months If you live in the city and would like to be involved please email [email protected] @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social #RunAsOne #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

Celebrating our 7th Birthday in Cork, Abdiaziz Hassan Omar and Graham Clifford talk about what Sanctuary Runners means to them. #RunAsOne @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Our #7thbirthday throwback continues with 2022 We were delighted to be back running the Cork marathon in big numbers 🏃 Our 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 Sanctuary Run took place bringing hundreds of Sanctuary Runners together from around the country 👏 Sanctuary Swimmers was piloted in Cork (where else!) #RunAsOne

Happy 7th birthday to us! 7 years of bringing everyone in our community together in Solidarity, Friendship & Respect regardless of nationality, skin colour, legal status, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Join a Sanctuary Runners group today-It will change your life!

It's our birthday 🎉Today Sanctuary Runners is 7! We continue our lookback - in 2021 groups start up around the country including Donegal and Longford Further afield in Shanghai, the GAA club took part in the Cork City Virtual Marathon as our message of #solidarity #friendship and #respect spreads.

2020.... The wonderful @ClaireLambe keeps us together with ‘Sanctuary Strength’ on zoom! We continue our award winning ways and support from Ireland’s Olympians including @soniaagrith and daughter Sophie means the world. #RunAsOne #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect #7years

Our 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 continue! In 2019, Sanctuary Runners is now a multi award winning initiative with Pride of Place and Health & Wellbeing awards 🥳 Our Dublin group trains with Olympian Mick Clohisey🏃and in Cork, the group continues to grow with record numbers attending. #Solidarity

This week marks the 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 of Sanctuary Runners 🥳 We take a look back at how an idea became a movement! 2018, The journey begins..... 200 people, 40 different nationalities run together in the Cork Marathon for the first time. #RunAsOne #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🟡Did you know, there are lots of ways to get involved with Sanctuary Runners? 🔵Get in touch to find out how you can make a positive impact in your community 📩[email protected]

🔵Our Cork City group was the first in Ireland when set up in Feb 2018! This morning we had runners from Ireland, Palestine, Burundi, Nigeria, Germany, Afghanistan, Somalia & South Africa at the Ballincollig Parkrun and you know what.... IT WAS BRILLIANT! #RunAsOne @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social

'In a time when the toxic misinformation spewed on social media has sparked anti-immigrant sentiment, the Sanctuary Runners movement is a reminder that a better world is still possible' #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🌟Join Sanctuary Runners and make a positive impact in your community 🌟 There are so many ways to get involved with Sanctuary Runners! Get in touch to find out more. 📩 [email protected] #RunAsOne #CommunityIntegration #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵The John Buckley Sports team in Cork are amazing. Today again we collected some shoes for our friends in Direct Provision. If you need running shoes/gear in Cork call up to the gang on Camden Quay or visit Johnbuckleysports.com - you won't regret it! @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social

🌟 Make a Difference – Volunteer with Us! 🌟 Volunteers are at the heart of what we do. They support our groups, spread our values of #Friendship, #Solidarity and #Respect, and bring communities together through the simple act of running, jogging and walking. 📩 [email protected]

There were so many wonderful displays of #solidarity #friendship and #respect as our groups around the country met over the weekend to jog, walk and #RunAsOne, together. We would love you join us, no matter your pace! Get in touch to find out how... www.sanctuaryrunners.ie/contact-us

🟡Today is Blue Monday, let's turn it into something positive! 🔵 Pull on your Sanctuary Runner t-shirt (and maybe a nice warm jacket! 🥶😆) and let's get out for a walk or run today! 👕 Our t-shirt symbolises that we are all on the same team, that we are all equal. #RunAsOne #BlueMonday

"We need (an integration strategy) that involves everybody across the country rather than putting the onus of integration solely on the migrant. Changing this plan will lead to more social cohesive communities across the country and benefit everybody" www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Today Sanctuary Runners brought our call on the government for a 'Community Integration strategy' to Leinster house - please watch and share. www.irishtimes.com/video/video/... #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

"The reality is that Integration is a two-way street and a national policy on integration needs to reflect that – both in name and direction”- Michael Darragh Macauley, CEO of @sanctuaryrunners #ActionNotWords

'Today Sanctuary Runners submit to all political parties our proposal for a 'Community Integration Strategy' to replace the dormant Migrant Integration Strategy so that we can build a truly inclusive country which benefits everyone - especially migrants' www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Join us in Cobh this Saturday for a Celebration of Diversity 🥳 We are coming together to celebrate the wonderful variety of cultures in our community, what makes us unique, and embrace what brings us together 💙 Everyone is welcome! #Cobh #Cork #Community @corkbeo.bsky.social