Emancipated Run Crew

ERC WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Another week, another opportunity to move, connect and run free.

Here’s what’s happening with Emancipated Run Crew this week:

📅 BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
ERC Ladies – Reclaim The Streets
📍 South Norwood & Lewisham
🚨 No session this Monday — we’re back next week!

⛰️ FRIDAY – ERC AdHoc Hills Session
📍 Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Ledrington Rd, London SE19 2BB (Car Park)
⏰ Meet: 6:45am
🏃🏾‍♀️ Start: 7:00am

🏅 SUNDAY – THE BIG HALF
ERC Pre-Race Meeting
📍 London Bridge Mainline Station
Entrance/Exit 2, Tooley Street
⏰ Meet: 7:45am
🚶🏾‍♀️ Departure: 8:15am

Come and put in the work, support your crew and enjoy the week ahead.

ERC Built by community. Powered by movement.

🖤💛

ERC WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Another week, another opportunity to Run Free!

Here’s what’s happening with ERC this week 👇🏾

🚶🏾‍♀️ MONDAY — ERC Ladies: Reclaim The Streets
📍 Costa Coffee, 251–253 Selhurst Rd, SE25 6SX
🕡 Meet: 6:45pm | Depart: 7:00pm sharp
WALKING ONLY

🚶🏾‍♀️ MONDAY — ERC Ladies: Reclaim The Streets
📍 Alex Yee Arena (Ladywell Arena Track), Silvermere Rd, SE6 4QX
🕖 Meet: 7:00pm | Depart: 7:15pm sharp
WALKING ONLY

🏃🏾 THURSDAY — ERC AdHoc Tempo Session
📍 South Norwood Recreation Ground, Tennison Rd, SE25 5SD
🕣 Meet: 8:45am | Start: 9:00am sharp

🏃🏾 SUNDAY — ERC Long Run
📍 Costa Coffee, 251–253 Selhurst Rd, SE25 6SX
📏 6 miles
🕗 Meet: 7:45am | Depart: 8:00am sharp

Whether you’re walking, running, building your fitness or simply looking for community, there’s a place for you at ERC.

Come as you are. Move at your own pace. Find your people.

WE RUN. WE WALK. WE EMPOWER. WE ARE ERC.

🖤🖤 PROFESSOR JASON ARDAY 🖤🖤

ERC FAMILY — MONDAY, WE SHOW UP. 🙏🏾

Following the devastating news of the passing of Professor Jason Arday, ERC will be coming together this Monday to attend the vigil at Trafalgar Square at 6pm.

This is a call to our whole ERC community — runners, walkers, members, friends and supporters.

If you’re able to be there, we’d love for you to join us as we come together, stand in solidarity and show our support.

Our usual Monday Reclaim the Streets women’s walk will be replaced this week by our collective attendance at the vigil.

If you can, please come.

Let’s show up for Jason.
Let’s show up for each other.
Let’s show up as ERC. 🖤

ERC TOGETHER.

📍 Trafalgar Square
🕕 6pm
📅 Monday

RSVP via our events page.

ERC WEEKLY SCHEDULE 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️

Week commencing 17 August 2026

Another week of movement, community and connection with ERC!

Here’s what we have coming up:

MONDAY – ERC Ladies Reclaim The Streets 👟
📍 South Norwood / Lewisham
🕠 Meet: 5:30pm
📍 Charing Cross Station
Professor Jason Ardy – Vigil at Trafalgar Square
🕕 Vigil starts at 6pm
ALL WELCOMED

TUESDAY – ERC AdHoc 4KM Tempo Session ⚡
📍 South Norwood Recreation Ground
Tennison Rd, SE25 5SD
🕣 Time: 8:45am
🏃🏾 Departure: 9:00am

FRIDAY – ERC AdHoc Hill Repeats ⛰️
📍 Crystal Palace National Stadium
Ledrington Rd, London SE19 2BB
🕥 Time: 10:30am
⏱️ 1-hour session

SATURDAY – ERC Long Run: 10 MILES 🏃🏾‍♂️
Including the Beckenham Parkrun sandwich!
📍 Costa Coffee, 251–253 Selhurst Rd, London SE25 6SX
🕗 Meet: 7:45am
🏃🏾 Departure: 8:00am SHARP

SUNDAY – ERC 7TH CARNIVAL RUN
📍 Venture Community Centre
Faraday House, 103a Wornington Rd, W10 5YB
🕐 1pm–5pm
🎟️ Tickets available in bio

At ERC, we’re building more than runners, we’re building a community that empowers people of Black and Brown heritage through movement, connection, and wellbeing.

Come and join us, whether you’re walking, running, returning after a break or simply looking to connect with the community.

Everyone is welcome bring a friend

RUN. WALK. CONNECT.
WE ARE ERC.

ERC WEEKLY SCHEDULE | 10–16 AUGUST

Team ERC, here’s what we’ve got coming up this week!

MONDAY – LADIES RECLAIM THE STREETS | SOUTH NORWOOD
📍 Costa Coffee, 251–253 Selhurst Rd, SE25 6SX
🕕 Meet 6:45pm | Depart 7:00pm
WALKING ONLY 🚶🏾‍♀️

MONDAY – LADIES RECLAIM THE STREETS | LEWISHAM
📍 Alex Yee Arena (Ladywell Arena Track), Silvermere Rd, SE6 4QX
🕖 Meet 7:00pm | Depart 7:15pm
WALKING ONLY 🚶🏾‍♀️

SUNDAY – ERC SUNDAY LONG RUN | 8 MILES
📍 Costa Coffee, 251–253 Selhurst Rd, SE25 6SX
🕗 Meet 7:45am | Depart 8:00am

Come and join us, whether you’re walking, running, returning after a break or simply looking to connect with the community.

Everyone is welcome bring a friend

RUN. WALK. CONNECT.
WE ARE ERC.

Calling All Photographers & Videographers!

Do you have a passion for capturing unforgettable moments? We’d love your help at this year’s ERC Carnival Run on Sunday 23 August 2026!

The ERC Carnival Run is more than just a run. It’s a vibrant celebration of running, culture, community and connection, bringing together hundreds of runners, walkers and supporters for a day filled with energy, colour and joy through the streets of Notting Hill during Carnival weekend.

We’re looking for volunteer photographers and videographers who can help us tell the story of the day by capturing:
📷 The smiles
🏃🏾 The movement
🤝 The friendships
🎭 The carnival atmosphere
❤️ The moments that make our community so special

Whether you’re an experienced creative or building your portfolio, this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your talent while supporting a community-led event that celebrates representation, inclusion and belonging.

📅 Event Date: Sunday 23 August 2026

If you’d like to volunteer your skills, or know someone who would, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a DM or get in touch and help us capture the spirit of ERC’s Carnival Run together!

Let’s create memories that will inspire our community for years to come. ❤️💛💚

Seven years. ❤️🖤💚

Today, we celebrate 7 years of Emancipated Run Crew.

What started as an idea between three friends has grown into a movement dedicated to breaking down barriers and creating spaces where Black and Brown communities feel welcomed, represented and empowered through running and walking.

ERC was never created simply to organise runs. It was created with a different purpose.

Over the past seven years, we’ve watched people take their first walk, complete their first 5K, marathon and ultra, build lifelong friendships, grow in confidence, and discover the power of community through movement.

Together, we’ve created programmes, events and safe spaces that continue to increase participation and celebrate our culture, including our annual ERC Carnival Run, which returns for its seventh edition later this month.

To every member, volunteer, run leader, partner and supporter, THANK YOU. Everything ERC has become is because of you.

Our mission remains the same as it was on day one: to break down barriers, increase participation, and ensure Black and Brown communities are visible, valued, celebrated and leading the way in running.

There is still more to do. More people to reach. More lives to change.

Here’s to the next chapter.

Run. Walk. Make Change.

Happy 7th Birthday, ERC. ❤️🖤💚

Running Free since 2019.