Running to #reclaimthestreets

Running on tonight- run 14♥️🤝
6pm Sarah’s Tree :))
Final run before Xmas holidayss!!
Let’s do this - everyone welcome!

Hi everyone :)
Just a reminder that the run is on this evening, meeting at 8.00pm at Sarah's Tree on Jawbone Walk in the meadows.

Tonight, the campaign 'Girls Night In' is taking place in Edinburgh as a movement to boycott nightclubs so that actions are put in place against spiking. This run would be a nice alternative to a night out so get yourselves along!

See you all there :)

Running on tonight- run 11 ♥️🤝
8.30pm Sarah’s Tree :))
Let’s do this - everyone welcome!

Excited for the run this evening! See you 8.30 @ Sarah's tree, everyone welcome ❤️

*TW: male violence and murder*

Good evening everyone and welcome back to those returning to Edinburgh,

I am sure you have seen on social media about the recent murder of Sabrina Nessa, on Friday 17th September. Sabrina was a 28-year-old teacher. She was on a five-minute walk at 8.30pm at night from her home to meet a friend in a pub when she was attacked. She is another woman, one of 77 in the last six months, who was murdered in a senseless act of violence.

Next Thursday (30th September) we are hoping to meet to do our usual slow pace 5K jog around the meadows but this time in memory of Sabrina.

We will be running in memory of Sabrina, but we will also be running as a way of reclaiming the streets through group running at night, when many of us sadly don’t feel safe taking to the streets on our own.

Please see our page “running to ” for more information

Meet Sarah’s Tree (Jawbone Walk, Meadows, Edinburgh) at 8.30pm Thursday 30th September.

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying summer :))
We received this email of thanks from Woman's Trust (the charity we raise funds for through the run) and I thought it would be good to share with all of you who may have donated!

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We wanted to thank you, so much, for choosing us as the beneficiary of your Running to Reclaim the Streets fundraiser, and also, to apologise for the very late thank you email! Thank you so much for your time and effort - it's truly is only because of kind people like you that we can continue our important work to support women in their recovery from domestic abuse.

I thought you might like to read a testimonial from one of our clients, so you can have an idea of how your support benefits the women we help:

"In a world where women are still not treated equally to men and there is still not sufficient education regarding relationships and boundaries, WT (Woman’s Trust) provides armour and tools, which I will keep safe for the rest of my life and pass them onto my children, should I have them. I was so low a year and a half ago, and now I feel born again. Familiar rooms and paths feel less claustrophobic and music sounds like it has more dimensions. I can’t believe I’m here and am grateful to wake up in control every day. Every woman deserves this. We all deserve our sense of self - this just wouldn’t be possible without the help of WT."

Many thanks again for your support.
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Looking forward to seeing you all in Edinburgh soon!

All the best,
Sarah Hand

Unfortunately both Layla Shafiq and I can’t make it to the run tonight but we are keen that it keeps going throughout summer so would encourage those still in Edinburgh and eager to get involved to go tonight :))

Bring a speaker, put the strava on and have some nice chats.

For those that aren’t in Edinburgh but still keen to get involved, we are thinking of setting up a strava group in which people can run virtually every week at 9.30pm- if you are interested please drop your strava account link on the group chat and I will set it up.

Feel free to virtually run and continue to enjoy the sensational reclaim the streets playlist!

Happy summer everyone,
Sarah

9.30, Sarah’s Tree!!
Run 9
🌳🌳

Running tonight!
9.30pm
Sarah’s Tree 🌳
Good music, better company, worse weather 🤝

Running tonight, 9.30pm, Sarah’s Tree 🌳
Hoping the rain stays off 💟

Pubs open, we still RUNNING!
9.30pm, Sarah’s Tree 🌳
Everyone welcome :))

Add some tunes:

https://open.spotify.com/user/1137102822/playlist/3mS7PdOijSJLbQEGaB6vyH?si=IeAI-C21QMK5XRUwUl5fBA

Hope to see some more new faces! ❤️

Reclaim the Streets Sarah Hand · Playlist · 25 songs · 7 likes