Take part in this year's Salop Santa Dash for charity

Hundreds of runners, joggers and walkers will be dressing up as Santa to take part in this year’s Salop Santa Dash in Shrewsbury to help raise funds for the treatment of a four-year-old boy with leukaemia from Telford.

Entrants can choose to run, jog or walk one or two laps of a 2.5-kilometre circuit around the grounds of Salop Leisure, Love Fitness and Love2Stay resort on Sunday, December 2. The £12 entry fee includes a Santa suit and a festive themed medal, and children under the age of eight years run free of charge.

Tom Meehan from Love Fitness says that this year’s event is on target to attract around 500 runners. “It’s great to see whole families entering together and because they can choose to run either 2.5 or five kilometres at their own pace, it makes this the perfect event for people of all abilities to get active and have some fun together,” he said. 

A donation from the proceeds will be made to The Zac Oliver Appeal to help towards potentially life-saving treatment from a rare strain of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Zac’s father, Mark Garbett, thanked Salop Leisure and Love Fitness for offering a donation to the appeal.

“The response to the appeal has been absolutely amazing and it shows that when the chips are down, good people come forward to help,” he said. “It’s just amazing and overwhelming that so many different people from different areas have come together and want to help. At the end of the day, it’s our son’s life and he has been given the best chance of survival thanks to the wonderful people who are supporting the appeal.”

Enter now at www.salopsantadash.co.uk