A Run for Life – Uppsala
- Date: 26 April 2025, 14:00–16:00
- Location: City Park (Stadsparken)
- Type: Health and exercise
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- Organiser: Student Health Service together, Student Sports Campus1477, Hjärnkoll, Suicide Zero, the University Church and Uppsala Municipality
- Contact person: jens.lindquist@uu.se
To raise awareness of mental illness and suicide among young adults and students, and to highlight the importance of exercise for both physical and mental well-being, a charity run is being arranged. Proceeds and donations go to SPES (National Association for Suicide Prevention and Survivor Support) Uppsala.
The Student Health Service together with Student Sports Campus1477, Hjärnkoll, Suicide Zero, the University Church and Uppsala Municipality invite you to a charity run in the City Park (Stadsparken) where proceeds and donations go to SPES Uppsala.
There is no required pre-registration, and no timing or start fee. The course is 1 km. You run, walk or jog one or as many laps as you want.
SPES is a nationwide non-profit organisation that is non-partisan and non-religious and is for anyone who has lost a family member, relative, partner or good friend through suicide. SPES is an abbreviation for their Swedish name (in English: the Swedish National Association for Suicide Prevention and Survivor Support) and means hope in Latin. They offer support and assistance to survivors and educate contact persons.
For more practical information about the event, see Campus1477's website.