Schoolchildren and parents ran more than 800 miles in 24 hours as part of a big fundraising effort. The target was for the 638 children at St Andrew’s school in Hove along with staff, parents and carers to collectively run 100 miles in a day to raise money. They hoped to raise £5,000 for the school’s music provision, as the funding crisis facing our schools becomes more and more apparent.
David Toscano at the start of the event on Thursday (Image: St Andrews) The event – Raise 24 – was thought up by St Andrew’s parents and restaurateurs David and Libby Toscano who run Cin Cin in Western Road, Hove. David, a keen runner, originally from Australia, worked with the teachers and the PTA to come up with the challenge and set up the event. READ MORE: ‘I just wanted to open a restaurant I would eat in’ He told The Argus: “At my school in Sydney, we had an annual 20km walkathon and we would get sponsored.
“It got the children active and excited.” The event began on Thursday morning and by the end of the day the children had already ran a total of 505 miles. David and Libby were among dozens of parents taking part and the Australian ran 21 miles over the day with the children.
By the end of the challenge on Friday morning David had run 35 miles. In total, the participants ran 840 miles and at the time of writing had raised a whopping £6,400. Parents ran in their own time (Image: St Andrews) Now, teachers and parents and the children are hoping to make it an annua.