This June, ten plus sized women are travelling to run the Sierra Leone Marathon, smashing public conceptions of what it is to "be a runner" and raising £100,000 in the process for Street Child. The group are led by Julie Creffield, founder of "Too Fat To Run” author of “The Fat Girls Guide to Running” who have brought together thousands of plus size women who believe size should not be a barrier to running.

Alongside these 10 women, 100 more will be taking on their own personal virtual challenges closer to home. These women will run, walk and jog raising money for Street Child with the collective target of £100,000!

Street Child is one of the world’s fastest-growing international children’s charities, established in 2008. Street Child works to ensure children are safe, in school and learning even, and especially, in low resource environments and emergencies. We work with an expanding network of 95+ local organisations and a focus on the power and purpose of inspirational local level organisations sits at the heart of all we do – and has done so since our first partnership in Sierra Leone in 2008. Today Street Child works across 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.