Supporting Made By Sport – Hebburn Town Juniors Fc

The Great North Run will be celebrating a landmark occasion when the 40^th staging takes place in 2020. GNR40 will be the boldest event yet, with a whole host of exciting new activities and experiences for runners, spectators and visitors planned.

The event's partnership with Made By Sport will play a big part in next year's celebrations. In June Great Run were announced as a founding partner of this national campaign, which was launched by HRH Duke of Sussex, Anthony Joshua and Nicola Adams

This four year campaign has been created to support the vital work of community sports organisations across the UK. It aims to champion the power sport has to change lives and raise £40m in additional funds for organisations using sport to transform the lives of young people in the UK over the next four years.

Made By Sport is aiming to raise a significant sum through its partnership with GNR40, as the campaign teams up with this landmark moment for the world's most iconic Half Marathon, to use the power of sport to change the lives of young people in the area.

That money will stay in the North East to support those local organisations who are using the power of sport to change young lives.

This year we're highlighting the work of some of these amazing community sports organisations and the extraordinary people that give up their time and energy to sustain them. We hope finding out more will motivate runners to support the campaign in 2020 .

Hebburn Town Juniors Football Club 

Hebburn Town Juniors FC is community football club that over 16 years has grown from a handful of kids and a couple of coaches training in the local park, to 56 teams that are home to over 600 players, it's now an organisation that many in the local area consider to be the heartbeat of the town. The club runs on volunteer parent power and fundraising, with many parents taking on the role of coaching and managing teams and many more fundraising through events like the Simplyehalth Great North Run, with dad and coach Jimmu Molloy running this year as the club mascot Hebby the Hornet. The team also has a huge number of players taking part in the Junior Great North Run to raise funds for the club. 

The work these groups do is so important, not just in the communities they operate, but for the success and prosperity of the entire country. Ultimately they play a crucial role in providing young people with life skills they can use well beyond the sporting arena.

Local sports clubs and teams have always been a huge part of the Great North Run story with many organisations facilitating their own fundraising through the event. 

Sport has been a crucial part of life for people growing up in the region for many generations, and through the determination and tireless efforts of local volunteers, coaches and parents we have produced a number of sporting superstars.

Crucially, in an area disproportionately affected by economic decline, sport has been a lifeline for many individuals giving them a sense of purpose, pride and achievement.