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TTG would like to thank Hannah Jakeman (Head of Stage) and her colleagues for their incredible fundraising activities and achievements. We are so grateful for their support of the charity and Hannah writes here about her motivation and purpose ;

The Technical Team at Malvern Theatres and I decided to take on the Worcester City Runs 10k. We decided to do this not only for a team building/bonding experience but also to take on the physical challenge, improving our fitness and mental wellbeing as a result. As someone who has always been physically active, I am continuously surprised by the lack of conversation and focus on maintaining and building fitness in a job that requires so much physical strength and endurance (specifically as a theatre technician). And it is true that the older you get the longer it takes to recover – I definitely cannot bounce back from a two-show day and a 6 hour get out as quickly as I used too. Maintaining and building fitness is so important in reducing injury and aiding recovery, especially when a lot of us rely on working get outs to supplement our salaries. There is also a noticeable difference in mood and dealing with fatigue, which I have only seen improve in the team since taking on this challenge.

Doing an event outside of work also makes a difference to team moral and cohesion – so, choosing the 10k Worcester Run helped us work on our fitness, improve our mental wellbeing, and developed our relationship as a team. I also think that using the event to raise money for The Theatrical Guild gave everyone a boost in training and to attend the event, knowing that we were raising awareness and money for a charity that could help us, all if we needed it in the future.

On the day of the race everyone was in good spirits, and all managed to complete the goals we had set ourselves – all being of varying abilities, experience, physical builds & ages – and we were all happy with our results. I personally am super-proud of the team, because it was a big event and for some, their first ever running challenge.

Thanks to Cass, Amanda & Amy, at The Theatrical Guild, for supporting us through the event. We had such a great time, and we are already looking for a new challenge for 2027 !

In the meantime, Hannah will also be doing TTG’s ‘Climb the O2 Arena’ Challenge on Friday 25th September – what a star !