NEWS

Following a hugely successful cohort consisting of 5 schools from around New South Wales at Sydney Marathon 10km in September 2024, The Run Beyond Project has now graduated over 400 school children.      

Eight Weeks ago, Nightcliff Middle School set a challenge for a small group of students to complete the only Run Beyond Project in the NT. On the weekend I am proud to announce that 4 of our students crossed the line for their goal event. Huge congratulations from Nightcliff Middle School and the entire Run Beyond Community goes to Keenan, John, Patrick and Shannon for finishing their goal race- the iconic NT City 2 Surf Mini surfer run. A huge shout out to NT City 2 Surf team for helping these students get to start line and the wonderful volunteers and Nightcliff supporters that motivated our students to get to the finish line. Our 4 NMS finishers displayed the Run Beyond Project values of commitment and resilience to get to the finish line with a sense of success and pride in their achievements. Each of them has a uniquely wonderful lead up story to the event and now all share an amazing experience. The Nightcliff Middle School staff who were involved in the Run Beyond Project are so proud of their achievements and grateful to be part of such a wonderful national program that is positively influencing the lives of so many. We look forward to Saturday the 22nd of June for our final goal race of the program at Nightcliff Middle School to build our graduate class of 2024.
Garry Salt, Cohort Teacher

Friday 1 March saw The Run Beyond Project hold our largest Teacher Training Day to date!

Run Beyond was very fortunate to receive a grant from the North Shore Coaching College Charity Foundation this year. The grant, in memory of Mrs Demi Mak, provides for the cost of running equipment to schools and communities and was generously presented to Run Beyond to assist students to participate in the Project and achieve goals “beyond the finish line”.

Chester Hill High School teacher David Criniti has been announced as the recipient of the esteemed 2023 Peter Norman Humanitarian Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the community through his not-for-profit organisation, The Run Beyond Project.

2021-22 saw The Run Beyond Project reach new heights after a couple of challenging years interrupted by Covid-19.

After a couple of challenging years, we celebrated the opening of borders in 2022 and saw a total of 19 teams take up the challenge to complete in the Beyond Borders Virtual Run.

With a new year beginning, at The Run Beyond Project we are looking forward to reaching out to more and more students in 2023!

Manar Al-Shibly’s is an amazing Run Beyond graduate who impressed us as she embarked upon the program in 2017, and has continued to do so ever since.

It is with much gratitude that The Run Beyond Project recently welcomed well-renowned financial planner and founder of Knightswood House, David Hazlewood to Chester Hill High School.

It speaks volumes of both the positive impact of Run Beyond and the generous spirit of our volunteer teachers that so many walked away from our recent Teacher Training Day using words such as “excited” and “can’t wait” to refer to their feelings about a program that they will be implementing in their own time.

A big welcome to all of the individuals and crews choosing to develop their skills and go their (chosen) distance in 2021.

The 2020 Beyond Virtual Run raised over $17,000 which will allow us to implement Run Beyond in a number of new schools, empowering students with a diverse range of needs.

Friday, February 28 saw 15 teachers attend the second Run Beyond Project Teacher Training Day, equipping them with the necessary skills to successfully implement the program in their own school settings.

Here’s the low-down on what’s been happening with our first Beyond News for the year.

View The Run Beyond Project’s 2018-19 annual report.

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