We're so pleased to share this news with you!

Emily Proto is a very familiar face to many of us and we're delighted that she will be one of the hundreds of women joining us for our 2024 Run for Women on Sunday October 13, 2024.

Emily said, "I was honoured and pleased to be asked to get involved in the RISE 8K Run for Women. The work RISE does is so important, walking alongside women who have experienced domestic abuse and violence, creating community to say NO to abuse and violence within our wonderful city and beyond.

The 8K Run for Women is a shining example of how incredible women are. Every year, women who've never run before sign up and train to run, and prove to themselves and everyone around them what they can do. For many women it's the furthest they've ever run. It's a wonderful way to show solidarity and sisterhood with women who come through abuse. I've never been an official race starter before and I can't wait to be so on the day!"

Emily will start the race and will also be running, so you could be running alongside her!

Emily has been running since 2011 and has completed 14 marathons and over 50 half marathons. Emily has come 2nd Female (2019) and 3rd Female (2021) in the Brighton Half Marathon and was the Brighton Half Marathon Official Pacer in February 2024.

Want to run with Emily and raise funds to support our vital work? Register here today!