News & Impact

Queer Running Club was established in January 2019 and is a registered CIC.

QRC is political by its very nature. When queer people support one another it’s a political act of radical care against systemic oppressions that have historically held our community back, trivialised our experience and marginalised our existence. Queer Running Club is not a big business, all funds raised from ticket sales contributes to the running cost of the club, from paying the queer and trans individuals who dedicate their time to coaching, organising events and races to fundraising, designing merchandise and making Queer Running Club more than just a run.

We regularly fundraise for our community and have donated to individuals gender affirming surgeries and LGBTQIA+ charities including Positive East and Mermaids.

We have several ways that we can support one another via pay it forward tickets or, we offer discounted wiggle room tickets. Please email us directly if you’re on a lower income and cannot afford the runs at the moment.

Friendly Run Outs

We are teaming up with POSITIVE EAST to bring you 3 x 5km runs in the lead up to the RED RUN on 23rd November. Our motto at Queer Running Club is 'no one gets left behind': if you cannot run at 6mins per/km, we will have pacers on this run and will make sure you are not running alone. These run outs will start and end at Positive East and we recommend arriving 10 minutes before the session to drop your bag off. They are an opportunity for you to meet a few friendly faces before the RED RUN.

We are fundraising for Positive East - please support us if you can!

TRANSCEND

We did it! TRANSCEND '24 was beautiful, so much trans and queer joy as far as the eye could see! Thank you to all of you who showed up on the day, walking, running, cheering and dancing your way around the route on Hackney Marshes.

Head to the website to see the photos!

Runner’s World

It's always a pleasure to shout about why Queer Running Club is so important, thank you to Runner's World for featuring us in their article about the Third Boom in running.

So good to be featured alongside some of our local Hackney running friends including OutRunners and Your Friendly Runners. No club operates in a silo - we are always happy to pass these guys on the streets of Hackney!

BBC News

Not every day you're featured on the Beeb, eh?! Shout out to our comms manager Danielle for applying for and receiving the Pride in London funding that helped us bring TRANSCEND to life for our community. Can't wait to get planning the next one!

Long Sleeve Tee Fundraising

All profit from the sales of our long sleeved T-shirts will go to ELOP, an East London LGBT mental health charity.