Our Previous #FORRONAN Fundraisers
The Slaithwaite Striders April Challenge!
In April, the Slaithwaite Striders Running Club, in partnership with Northern Fitness Gym, geared up to support an incredible cause in a very unique way.
Together, they organised a 100 hour relay through the heart of the village of Slaithwaite. The goal was to raise essential funds to help the #FORRONAN Charity continue its important work, ensuring that those who rely on their services receive the help they deserve.
So on....Thursday 17th April 2025 at 4pm the green baton began its journey, and finished on Monday 21st April 2025 at 8pm.
The relay involved club members and gym goers to run in shifts, maintaining a continuous relay for the full 100 hours. It was an ambitious and inspiring challenge, with every step symbolising dedication to the cause and the local community.
Everyone involved did an amazing job! The support and encouragement was fantastic. From those that ran a leg of the relay, cheered on participants, or made a generous donation, it truly was a great team effort, and helped to make a difference to many young peoples lives.
Together we raised £1630.23p.
Fiji (2022)
Five of our very best decided to cover THREE HUNDRED & FIFTEEN MILES, the equivalent of 12 marathons in just 12 days round the beautiful island of Fiji! There were injuries aplenty, dehydration, infected blisters, sun stroke and quite a few tears but they kept going - getting up around 4am (before temperatures hit 30 degrees) and covering between 30-40km each day and completed it raising in excess of £10,000 in the process
Walk for Ronan II -2022 (Became the Eden Fundraiser)
Following the resounding success of the walk last carried out in 2019, we revisited the 26 mile Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge on Saturday 9th April 2022. The orignal date penned for April 2020 was scampered due to the Coronavirus Pandemic but everybody managed to get around in one piece and raised over £6,000 in the process.
Snowdon (2021)
5 regular (but amazing) men, cycled it to Snowdon, climbed it, then cycled back - all in one weekend! All to support the legacy of Ronan Costello. Embracing the ethos of ForRonan - teamwork, respect, pride, belonging...
Coast to Coast (2020)
Six of our very finest did the Coast-to-Coast challenge and completed this in 3 days! Setting off on the Friday from Barrow-in-Furness, they battled through every weather you could possibly imagine that was thrown at them, hitting the finish line at Redcar Beacon raising over £3200 in the process. The equivalent of 4 marathons in just 3 days was an extraordinary effort!
Walk for Ronan I (2019)
We like to set ourselves challenges that push the boundaries and are not your normal, short quick fixes. This is all about a group of people coming together and giving their all to raise the profile of #FORRONAN and launch the CIC by carrying out a walk which raised in excess of £3500 when the plan was to aim for £500!