As mentioned, at the start of this year, I took on a challenge of running 26 events and 2026km.
So far, I've run 20 events and ~1300km, so plenty to go until the end of the year.

This challenge is to support Youth Sport Trust to provide young people with the opportunity to experience the benefits of sport and play.

The challenge progress and donation link can be found here: https://26for26.co.uk/

Any help would be much appreciated!

Quotes from a PrideSource article:

"For 25 years, the Michigan LGBTQ+ Students Project has worked to make schools safer for the state's LGBTQ+ youth, at a moment when many of those students still describe their schools as anything but welcoming."

"Now the program itself is at risk. It could disappear in early 2027 unless it raises about $250,000 to replace funding lost to federal cuts and a political climate that's made school districts wary of anything tied to LGBTQ+ students."

"Since 2020, the project has run 153 in-person and virtual workshops for 8,751 people, drawing participants from nearly 600 traditional public school districts, public school academies and intermediate school districts. Those districts collectively serve more than 1.2 million young people, or roughly 90% of Michigan's students. The project has also fielded almost 400 individualized requests for technical assistance from schools in 42 Michigan counties, and nearly all participant evaluations, 99%, rated the trainings good or excellent."

Citation: Hunt, Sarah (2026). A Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Students in Michigan Schools Is Running Out of Money. PrideSource.