A calendar of volunteering opportunities at R4W events for 2023 has been announced. You don’t need to run to get involved! The Extra Milers volunteers may be relaxing now after a busy 2022 events schedule, culminating in a bumper Cardiff Half weekend in early October but with the release this week of our 2023 events
Many of you may have seen throughout 2022 that Run 4 Wales have been celebrating our 10th anniversary in style, delivering random acts of kindness at our events and in the community. Gifts throughout the year have included donating a mud kitchen to a nursery in South Wales, cash prizes at our race finish lines,
A popular series of 10K running events is making a return for 2023. The R4W 10K Series is a unique collection of iconic road races taking place across four unique locations in South Wales. Following a period of pandemic delay, all four events will return to their traditional spots in the calendar, kick-starting with the
A bumper anniversary celebration has today been announced for the Cardiff Half Marathon, following the successful return of the event to the streets of the Welsh capital this weekend. The race will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on Sunday 1 October next year. Founded in 2003 when just 1,500 runners took part, the event has
The Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon returned in style today, pushing fundraising efforts past the twenty million pounds mark since the event first descended on the capital in 2003. Ahead of race day, event organisers Run 4 Wales reported that fundraising figures for this weekend’s race stood at an incredible £2.3 million. This year’s incredible
Thousands of runners of all ages enjoyed a run in the sun as the ABP Barry Island 10K returned to the popular seaside resort after a three-year hiatus. The event returned for the first time since 2019 and before the COVID-19 pandemic, attracting over 3,700 entrants across the 10K race and a series of junior
Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon event organisers R4W have collaborated with its lead charity, NSPCC, on a mud kitchen giveaway, which has been awarded to a pre-school nursery in Monmouthshire, Alphabet Playgroup. The playgroup is a non-maintained local education nursery for children from ages 2.5 until they start school. As a team, Alphabet work together
Thousands of runners ensured the second instalment of the Healthspan Porthcawl 10K was well worth the wait as the race returned to the seaside resort after a three-year hiatus. The event returned with 4,500 entrants across the main 10K race and junior events as runners flooded the Esplanade. After the success of the inaugural event
Volunteering has many benefits. It helps volunteers develop new skills and knowledge that can be useful in progressing in paid employment and contributing to university and college applications. It helps us build new connections, make new contacts and meet people from different backgrounds to ourselves. Volunteering at a Run 4 Wales events gives volunteers an
We’re proud to be teaming up with the Wizz Air Cardiff Half Marathon Lead Charity Partner, NSPCC Cymru, as part of National Childhood Day, to provide a school in Wales with a free mud kitchen as part of R4W’s Random Acts of Kindness campaign. A mud kitchen is an outdoor play kitchen for kids, helping
