Why run for Oxfam?
Taking part in running event is a fantastic personal challenge, and the experience is even better when it's done as part of a charity team.
Read on to find out more about what being an Oxfam runner is all about.
We'll support you.
If you decide to run for Oxfam, we'll make sure you feel 100% supported, from sign-up to race day - and beyond.
Here are just some of the things you can expect as an Oxfam runner:
- An Oxfam Running Pack packed with training and fundraising materials - and your all-important Oxfam running top.
- Training advice from the experts at Yelling Performance.
- Regular e-newsletters with advice on training, nutrition and fundraising - and info specific to your race.
- Support from other Oxfam runners in the We're Running for Oxfam Facebook group.
- On the day support at all the major UK races - including food, a massage and a finishers t-shirt.
You'll help others.
Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty, injustice and suffering all around the world. You'll be helping to make that work possible.
Our work breaks down into three overlapping areas:
- Humanitarian assistance: We respond quickly to emergencies like the Haiti earthquake, flooding in Pakistan and the East Africa Food Crisis - providing life-saving essentials like safe water and hygiene kits.
- Development: We fund long-term work that allows local people to use their own ideas and determination to fight poverty in thousands of communities worldwide.
- Campaigning: Poverty isn’t just about lack of resources. In a wealthy world it’s about bad decisions made by powerful people. Oxfam campaigns hard, putting pressure on leaders for real lasting change.
