About Us
The RCUCRC was founded by Pierre Laubscher in 2023 and has grown to over 1,100 members on Strava and Facebook. We organise virtual and in-person runs twice a week and take part in fundraising at road and trail events in the UK. The RCUCRC was formed to raise awareness of the work of the British and Ukrainian Red Cross societies, and to increase fundraising potential through our JustGiving donation platform at https://justgiving.com/team/rcucrc. We buy anything we need with personal donations from the team, and 100% of cash donations received or placed into our Red Cross tins is paid into the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal. We also produce T-Shirts at cost, with a donation included in the selling price, so there is no profit.
We are now the ‘Run Corp Ukrainian Crisis Running Club’, where 'Corp' is short for Corporation, so you pronounce the 'p', and we are also known as the 'Run Corporation'. Nothing has changed about the RCUCRC values, our running activities, and the work we do in fundraising for the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal, which helps the hard work of the Ukrainian Red Cross.
We have been considering for some time how the RCUCRC will develop when peace comes to Ukraine. When peace is firmly established in Ukraine, fundraising will continue for some time for repatriation. At that stage, it is our intention to rename it the ‘Run Corp Ukrainian Community Running Club’. When fundraising is concluded, we intend to rename as the ‘Run Corp United City Running Club’ as we spread a global message in running for peace and wellbeing.