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Great North Run 2024


The Horbury Breakthrough Youth Project, with 5 staff and so many young people who need help (in the last 12 months over 450 of them) needs all our community to get behind the work. If you would like to support our Great North Run Team, just donate to Horbury Churches Together (The umbrella charity name) via the enthuse.com fundraising pages. 

If you want to help as a volunteer contact Gary Bentley the Operations Manager on 01924 275859 or via email gary.breakthrough@gmail.com                                                        

The 3 runners in our photograph are Jacqueline Walter; Aaron Daley, a young man who has been a beneficiary of project help and his dad, Michael, running to try to beat his son. Also in the team this year are Abigail and Thomas Hitch, Erin Townsend and Matthew Shaw


If you would like to take part in this exhilarating event and to raise money for the project, 

just contact John Walter on john70.breakthrough@gmail.com 

Great North Run 2023


GREAT NORTH RUN - 8TH SEPTEMBER 2024 

RUN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

 On 8th September 2024, the Horbury Breakthrough Youth Project will have a team of 10 runners in the Great North Run. It is held in Newcastle and is the biggest half marathon in the world with 56,000 people taking part. If you would like to take part in this exhilarating event and to raise money for the project, 

just contact John Walter on john70.breakthrough@gmail.com 




Well done to all involved for raising £50.05 at the Youth Awards cake stall





Well done to all involved for raising £622.00 with your 10K sponsored walk 


The Great North Run 2022

"Well done to our team who ran in the Great North Run yesterday to raise funds for our Horbury Breakthrough Youth Project. The 13.1 mile run, in the largest half marathon in the world made up of 60,000 runners, is a real challenge and they rose to it. We hope to raise about £2,500 this year which is vital to our work. We will be entering another team next year on Sunday 10th September 2023 so, if you want to helps us and to have a great experience and a great day out, just contact our Business Manager John Walter on 07770 315889 or e-mail john@breakthru-youth.co.uk who can give you more details".