Harborough’s Leisure Centres Join JogOn Campaign
Written by HFM News on 31st October 2022
Harborough’s Leisure Centres are supporting a campaign aimed at stopping a million pairs of running shoes from being thrown away.
Operator Everyone Active has joined forces with the ‘JogOn’ initiative, so people can leave their unwanted trainers in special collection bins at Harborough Leisure Centre and Lutterworth Sports Centre.
They are then sent to people around the world who are most in need of footwear.
Pic: Everyone Active
Matthew Hopkin, Everyone Active’s contract manager, said: “We are delighted to partner with JogOn for this hugely positive initiative, which means the local community can make a real difference.
“We would encourage people of all ages to donate their unwanted running shoes so that they can experience a second life, rather than simply going to landfill.
“It’s just a matter of dropping the shoes into collection bins at our centres and Everyone Active and JogOn will do the rest.”
JogOn estimates that every year in the UK alone, more than 30million pairs of shoes end up in landfill, while elsewhere in the world around three million people suffer from sole diseases.
It is hoped the nationwide partnership with Everyone Active will make a valuable contribution to drastically improving those statistics.
