Mother to run third Santa Dash run in Liverpool in memory of late daughter

A parent is to tally her 3rd Santa Dash tally successful Liverpool successful representation of her girl who died successful 2021.

The yearly fundraising event, organised by Born To Run (BTR) Liverpool, an organisation which hosts moving events crossed the city, is to people its 20th day this year.

The lawsuit volition spot much than 8,000 participants, known arsenic Santas, instrumentality portion successful a 5K festive tally connected December 1.

One of those taking portion is Rachel Marnell from Walton successful Liverpool who moving successful representation of her daughter, Phoebe, who died successful 2021.

Ms Marnell volition beryllium moving for Claire House Children’s Hospice, a foundation helping terminally sick babies, children, and young adults, which is the authoritative foundation spouse for this year’s run.

“No words volition ever beryllium capable to explicate however grateful we are for the enactment and attraction fixed by Claire House astatine the astir hard clip of our lives,” she said.

“Thanks to the Butterfly Team astatine Claire House, we were capable to walk the astir precious clip with Phe, that we volition cherish forever.

“I would beryllium mislaid without the continued enactment of Claire House, betwixt the therapy and attraction they provide, arsenic good arsenic the galore peculiar events they clasp successful representation of our children, they truly are angels without wings.”

Debby Lofthouse, events fundraiser, said the squad astatine Claire House is “overjoyed” being this year’s partner.

She said: “Claire House is overjoyed to beryllium the Official Charity for the BTR Liverpool Santa Dash 2024. We are the section children’s hospice for Liverpool and beyond, caring for babies, children, and young adults successful the surrounding communities.

“We supply extremity of beingness care, exigency care, respite, and enactment the full family.

“By fundraising for Claire House successful the Liverpool Santa Dash, our attraction squad volition beryllium capable to beryllium determination for much section parents similar Rachel.”

This twelvemonth volition people Ms Marnell’s 3rd Santa Dash wherever she volition beryllium joined by Claire House mascot Claire Bear and different Santas who volition implicit the 5K by walking, jogging oregon running.

The lawsuit is wheelchair-friendly, pram-friendly and welcomes participants to bring on their four-legged friends oregon furry Santas.

The main Santa Dash 5K volition commencement astatine 9.30am from Pier Head Liverpool and the time volition besides diagnostic a Mini Dash 1K tally for youngsters which volition statesman connected Castle Street astatine 11am.

To people the extremity of the race, participants volition beryllium treated to a stilt-walking amusement afloat of festive characters astatine the decorativeness enactment astatine Liverpool Town Hall.

The time volition besides spot In Demand Radio presenter Claire Simmo broadcast her Sunday amusement unrecorded from the event.

The archetypal Santa Dash took spot successful 2004 and was created by BTR Liverpool contention manager Alan Rothwell.

BTR Liverpool has said online registration is closed, but participants person until Saturday to motion up successful idiosyncratic astatine the St Johns Shopping Centre successful Liverpool oregon until the lawsuit is sold out.

So far, fundraising Santas person helped to rise £17,500 for Claire House Children’s Hospice.