ISLINGTON 2024

Islington 2024 was out biggest event to date bringing together 20 primary schools from Islington and Hackney.

It was a fantastic community effort with over 50 volunteers - parents, school staff, sponsors helping us deliver a fun, safe and memorable event for all. 

Thank you to the coaches from Ropes who introduced the kids to skipping, the   Better Fitness Pancras Square team for the pre-run fun activities, and to Play New Meta Academy and Chapel Market fruit stands for donations of healthy snacks for all our runners.

An amazing turnout, despite the gloomy skies, from children, parents, siblings, teachers and members of the local community who took on the running challenge around Highbury Fields. 

 Congratulations to all for completing the course! 

TV and radio presenter, Miquita Oliver fronted the event and led the collective warm-up for over 2,000 people- the biggest rhythm skipping demo we have ever seen.

Thanks to the support of our sponsors, Islington Square, Jefferies, Derwent London and Angel Central, all 20 schools received much needed funding for a range of infrastructure or enrichment projects that will improve the education provision of the children. 

This event encouraged school communities to mobilise to raise additional funds by sponsoring the young runners for their efforts. A staggering £43,000 was raised by the children running! An incredible achievement that will make a lasting impact on the education of hundreds of children. 

"For the first time ever, Christ the King attended the Fun Run at Highbury Fields on Sunday 7th July.  It was superb!  Our children, families and staff had a great time spending time doing something positive, fun and healthy!  The event was so well organised, they thought of ever eventuality including ensuring everyone had a great time and went home with a big proud smile on their face." 

 "We loved this year's new attendance rate sponsorship scheme. It’s a much better way to incentivise people to sign up and get running. The bigger the attendance, the more funds our school receives!"