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Palmer Park Stadium Closed
Please note that Palmer Park stadium is now closed due to the Corona Virus (Covid-19)
For updates please visit: www.reading.gov.uk/coronavirus
Track Friday 2020-Postponed
It is with regret that Track Friday is now postponed until further notice.
Further details on our Track Friday page here
RR Charity 2020
Message from our Charity Coordinator Rachel Helsby charity@readingroadrunners.org
Charity of the Year – Parenting Special Children
I am feel honoured and privileged that members have voted for me to be the charity organiser of the year to raise money for local charity Parenting Special Children (PSC) which supports over 2,500 Berkshire families last year.
Parenting Special Children was set up by Ruth Pearce, Founder and Chief Executive in 2006 and its mission is to provide specialist parenting support to parents and carers of children and young people with Special Needs, so that they can create positive change in their lives.
The charity offers specialist parenting support to families of children and young people with Special needs and/or disability in Berkshire. From Autism, ADHD, trauma and attachment, to sleep and diagnosis support they offer a wide range of services. They also run a number of family events each year so that these families can have the sort of every days-out that other families would do routinely.
PSC also helps these families feel less isolated by running a number of support groups. For example they have a group for family members who are caring for children who cannot be cared for by their birth parents and, more recently, they have set up a dads and male carers support group which is proving very popular. It is always good to talk.
We will shortly be setting up the charity page on our Reading Roadrunners website, and also a direct fundraising page for members who wish to raise money for the charity directly. Money raised through Reading Road Runners will go towards funding PSC’s sleep service. Children with additional needs are at increased risk of sleep difficulties and, as a results, parents/carers and siblings also don’t get enough sleep a key element of well-being.
I hope you will get an opportunity to learn more about the charity and the variety of work it does through meeting the volunteers at club events throughout the year. In the meantime, you can find out more about the charity by visiting their website:
https://www.parentingspecialchildren.co.uk
RR Charity page is also here https://readingroadrunners.org/charity/
As your charity organiser, I am committed to giving as much time as I can to the role and, as a very local charity, PSC volunteers are also ready to help me. I am very open to constructive ideas from members about how I can do my role and welcome advice from those that gone before me. Please do not hesitate to come and talk to me at track on a Wednesday evening.
By raising the visibility of this charity and the work it does, I also I hope I will also encourage us all to think a little more about people that act a bit differently to the norm. To stop and think. To show a bit more compassion. And be kind. Because God knows right now the world needs a bit more of that.
Rachel Helsby
Dinner Dance 2020
Dinner Dance & Roadrunners Charity Donation
Our club held it’s annual Dinner Dance on Sunday 8th March. Anne Goodhall who arranged the event commented ‘It went like a dream’. Our runners are normally used to pounding the track, roads & trail but last night many could be seen strutting their stuff on the Dance Floor. Awards and thanks were handed out to runners, volunteers & committee members.
One of the highlights of the evening was our Chairman Phil Reay handing our 2019 club charity First Days Children’s Charity a cheque for over £10,000 raised by our club with the help of our charity coordinator Zoë Browne.
AGM-2020
Notice of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given of the Club’s 2020 Annual General Meeting.
VENUE: Sutton Bowls Club, Chalfont Way, Lower Earley, RG6 5HQ.
DATE: Tuesday 10th March 2020 commencing promptly at 7.30pm.
All AGM Pack files can be downloaded below by clicking on the link.
Download all AGM Pack files below (as a zip file)
3-Proposed modification of the Club Constitution
7-Community Amateur Sports Club Status
Runners on The Road 2020
Come and join us for International Events
Our Runners on The Road page has now been updated with our latest events we will be travelling to in 2020 and beyond.
Check out our Runners on The Road page here for dates and more details.
Team Races 2020
TEAM RACES 2020
Below is a list of team races for 2020 as supplied by our ladies captain Sam
Buddy Volunteers
Buddy Volunteer Roster
| TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | |
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| Buddy Outside The Barriers | – | – | – | – |
| Buddy in Reception | – | – | – | – |
| Buddy Trackside | – | – | – | – |
Grab a high-vis from the cupboard (first door on the left as you turn from reception into the corridor) and look out for people who are new or seem like they might like a chat. Helping people find the changing rooms and bathroom, pointing the way to track and talking about what Wednesday nights are all about is great too!
- Outside the barriers; people who are new don’t have a card to get through the turnstiles and a friendly face is useful
- In reception; the front desk can point people to you to chat
- Trackside; looking for people who are alone or looking lost
The only other things to add are to arrive at track early, from around 6pm if you can, and to try to avoid getting stuck into conversation with lots of people you know at track whilst volunteering as that can make you seem less easy to approach for nervous first timers! I imagine it’s not just first timers who will come to ask questions, or need a friendly face to talk to and that’s fine too.