Let's Lift The Curfew launched in October 2023, to showcase women's stories and concerns around getting active outdoors in the darker months. Alongside this, it called on wider society to acknowledge their role in making getting active outdoors safer for women.

This year, the campaign is back with a flagship event in Manchester, kickstarting hundreds of local runs across the country.

What events are happening?

This Girl Can will be hosting their flagship run in partnership with GM Moving in Manchester, on the evening of Monday 28th October. The run will coincide with the clocks going back and the return of fewer daylight hours, drawing attention to the need for women's safety when exercising in the winter months.

This year, they are also working with supporters to host additional runs across the UK, to drive awareness on a national scale. Good Gym and England Athletics' Run Together programme will be supporting the campaign and hosting a number of events during the week beginning 28 October, that anyone can attend.

How can you support Let's Lift The Curfew?

This Girl Can would like to invite you to put on your local Let's Lift The Curfew run, to keep raising awareness of the campaign with your community.

Some ideas of things you might like to consider:

• Is there a regular evening run that is already hosted in your area that could be turned into a Let's Lift The Curfew event this October? This could also be a cycle, walk or other activity.
• Who are the women in your wider networks who you could invite to join your run? Which communities live in your area who Let's Lift The Curfew would resonate with?
• England Athletics have produced a guide to running in the dark for individual runners and leaders that we would recommend reading through to consider ways to keep safe during your event.
• GoodGym have put together a training guide on male allyship to help improve women's safety at night, which may be helpful to share with male runners joining your run.

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