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CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE BENEFITS FROM OVER £13,000
by Vanessa Hoe
October 31st, 2025
A number of 2025 Royal Sutton Fun Run entrants have raised £13,344 for the Cancer Support Centre in Sutton Coldfield.
Three of the key contributors were Andy Perks, Client Relations Manager, Inktree Birmingham who raised over £4200; the team from …
PANS PANDAS UK RECEIVE £6965 FROM WEALTH MANAGEMENT FUN RUN TEAM
by Vanessa Hoe
October 27th, 2025
A team representing Royal Sutton Coldfield based Gemini Wealth Management, has raised £6965 for its chosen charity PANS PANDAS UK.
Gemini Wealth Management Director, Amanda Reid, said: “PANS PANDAS UK is a charity close to our hearts and with our …
B’HAM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHARITY RECEIVES RECORD TOTAL FROM FUN RUN
by Vanessa Hoe
October 21st, 2025
Entrants in this year’s Royal Sutton Fun Run have raised a record £37,378 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity.
Two of the main contributors to the total were engineering firm Sertec & Boldmere based fitness centre, FIT Sutton Coldfield.
Dave Steggles, …
£285,570 SHARED AMONGST 154 NOMINATED ORGANISATIONS
by Vanessa Hoe
October 16th, 2025
Participants in this year’s 42nd Royal Sutton Fun Run have chosen 154 charities and voluntary organisations to benefit from the £285,570 they have raised in 2025. The fourth highest total on record since the event began in 1982.
Event Director, …
154 CHARITIES & VOLUNTARY GROUPS BENEFIT IN 2025
by Vanessa Hoe
October 13th, 2025
Entrants in this year’s Royal Sutton Fun Run have selected 154 charities and voluntary organisations to benefit from sponsor money raised.
This year’s total, to be added to the £5.4million already distributed since the first event in 1982, will be …
PASSING OF FUN RUN FOUNDER
by Vanessa Hoe
August 27th, 2025
It is with immense sadness to report that Brian Latham – who back in 1981 had the original idea of staging a Fun Run in Sutton Coldfield – passed away on 7th August aged eighty-three.
Many who knew Brian would
BUTCO RENEWS RELATIONSHIP WITH FUN RUN
by Vanessa Hoe
May 23rd, 2025
One of Royal Sutton Coldfield’s long-established businesses, Butco, has secured a place as a supporting sponsor of the Royal Sutton Fun Run.
A family-run business, established in 1959 working out of an old doctor’s surgery on Mill Street, just a …
GEMINI WEALTH GROUP JOIN SPONSOR NETWORK
by Vanessa Hoe
May 16th, 2025
Gemini Wealth Group, located on Park Road close to Sutton Park Town Gate, has become the latest company to join the network of local businesses supporting the annual Royal Sutton Fun Run.
Established in 2006 in Sutton Coldfield with the …
ROYAL SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN COUNCIL EXTEND PARTNERSHIP
by Vanessa Hoe
April 11th, 2025
Last year’s 41st Royal Sutton Fun Run, generated £302,400, distributed to 135 charities and voluntary organisations nominated by those who took part in the event.
The total raised last year [2024] showed a 60% increase on the 2023 total, with …
FINAL CHANCE TO REGISTER IN-PERSON
by Vanessa Hoe
April 2nd, 2025
This Saturday, 5th April is your final chance to register, in-person, for this year’s Royal Sutton Fun Run – Sunday, 1 June.
Registration will be open from 10am until 2pm in Bishops Court, opposite the Post Office, in Gracechurch …