Sure Start Speke

Once again Sure Start Speke are facilitators of Speke Carnival and with every passing year we try to make it better than the year before. This year we will be hosting "Run Speke" - "The Ben Nowak 3000 mile Challenge".

Ben was a young local man who died serving his country in Iraq. This will be an annual event in his honour and a charity will be set up in Ben's name to help young people living in Speke. All proceeds from the event will be paid to Sure Start Ltd (company number 04241965, charity registration 1112796) into a restricted fund. Half the money raised from the event will go towards funding next years carnival and the other 50%, on receipt of charitable status, to the "Ben Nowak Trust".

Entry price for individuals is £1.00, for families is £2.00, and for teams (corporate organisations) is £25.

We aim to attract 2000 people to run, walk or push prams for 3000 miles collectively.

Sure Start works in partnership with the Liverpool Active City "lets Walk" campaign working together to improve health in our neighbourhood.

The run will start the day followed by the parade, with floats based on the Capital of Culture theme celebrating the "Heritage of Our City" as we reach our 800th Birthday.

There will a family fun day with lots of things for people to see and do including:

• Fairground rides
• Birds of Prey
• Mad Science shows
• Turkish Bell Dancing
• Bouncy Castle
• Fancy Dress Competition
• Circus Skills
• Live Music
• Street Dance
• Information Stalls

The day will start at 11am until 4pm at Parklands, Conleach Road on Saturday 30th June.

For an application form to enter the run call into the Sure Start Speke Family Centre.