# 10K Challenge for The Message!

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/02/08/10k-challenge-message/
- Published: 2007-02-08T15:53:47+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Manchester-based youth charity The Message Trust is up for another challenge the
Great Manchester Run, UK’s biggest and most prestigious 10k, which returns to the
streets of Manchester for the fifth time this May!**

Covered by BBC and endorsed by Manchester’s energetic and committed City Council,
the Great Manchester Run has become an event of real international significance 
and prestige, heavily oversubscribed in recent years. Last year, The Message Trust
took part in the Run with a fantastic team of over 40 runners who raised more than
£50,000 for young people living in disadvantaged areas across the city.

On 20th May 2007, Andy Hawthorne, founder and CEO of the award-winning organisation,
will lead once again a dynamic team of staff, volunteers and supporters, in a run
that aims to raise much-needed funding for the praiseworthy youth charity. Participation
in this year’s event has been beyond expectations and, although the Run does not
take place until May, The Message has only a few places available!

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Director of PR & Fundraising Andy Betts, who has already signed up for this year’s
Run, said:

“Manchester is well known for its passion for sport and, judging by the entries 
we have had so far, it looks like we will have an even bigger team this year! The
2006 Run was a tremendous success for The Message Trust: all of the team completed
the race, some great times were clocked up and we managed to achieve our £50,000
team target”.

He continued:

“Whether you are an athlete wanting to beat a personal record or a runner taking
on the challenge just for fun, we’d love to have you on our team! Signing up for
this popular event will not only give you a sense of achievement but will really
make you glow with pride, especially as you’ll be helping us fund a number of exciting
new opportunities to reach even more young people”.

The Great Manchester Run starts at 10am on Sunday 20th May 2007: the ten-kilometre
course will make its way through the streets of central Manchester taking in some
of the city’s most striking landmarks along the way.

For more information about The Message Trust please contact Lisa Gilligan at li***@*********
rg.uk or on 0161 946 300. For more information about Great Manchester Run please
visit [www.gmr.realbuzz.com](http://www.gmr.realbuzz.com)
-Ends-**NOTES FOR EDITORS:**
Operating in Greater Manchester for over 15 years, The Message Trust is driven by
Christian principles and a passion for young people and the city’s most deprived
estates. Its incredible work has been endorsed not only from everyday people, volunteers
and local communities but also from the police, councillors, politicians and the
business world. The Message has been working towards its vision of transforming 
communities and reducing crime through a number of fresh initiatives, including:
Eden (volunteer-based activities across Manchester’s most disadvantaged estates);
Eden Buses (two unique mobile youth centres touring four nights a week across the
city); LifeCentre (a funky youth café environment); Genetik (a £1,000,000 music,
dance and recording complex); and Reflex (accredited programmes delivered to young
offenders in custody). The enormous impact of The Message has been confirmed by 
a number of independent studies (for example, police reports that in some cases 
criminality has declined by up to 47%) and has been rewarded with a nomination for
the prestigious national Charity Awards 2006.

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