Staff from Culture Warrington have raised more than £800 for the arts charity by participating in this year’s English Half Marathon and 10K.
The money raised will be used to purchase an arts cart to allow the charity to deliver arts and craft sessions in hard-to-reach communities.
The cart will allow Culture Warrington to offer more free craft sessions, in addition to those that currently run at the Museum each week, which are oversubscribed.
It will provide a one-stop-shop for art activities to be delivered anywhere for free – supporting families and children in the town who enjoy these activities.
Culture Warrington – which runs three key cultural venues in the town; Parr Hall, Pyramid and Warrington Museum & Art Gallery – was established as a charity in 2012 to support arts, heritage and events across the borough.
Eight staff from Culture Warrington and its sister-company, LiveWire, took part in the races, with a number of staff members achieving their personal best times.
Andrea Morley, fundraising and sponsorship officer at Culture Warrington, said: “The team have worked really hard to train for this race and to raise as much as possible to expand our craft activities.
“Many of those who took part have never run a long distance race before, so they should be extremely proud of themselves to have completed this challenge.
“It’s also given many of the 10K runners a real taste for competitive racing, with some of them hoping to train even harder and take on the half marathon next year.
“A big thanks also goes to TouchLine who sponsored Culture Warrington, which enabled us to purchase our purple running vests.”
There is still time to donate, please visit https://mydonate.bt.com/events/culturewarringtonrunsehm/445490
