'A record-breaking event': Wolverhampton Best Foot Forward's fantastic day raised vital cash for good causes

"It's been a fantastic day and a fabulous record-breaking event", says the organisers of Wolverhampton's Best Foot Forward charity event.

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WOLVERHAMPTON COPYRIGHT NATIONAL WORLD TIM STURGESS 28/06/25Best foot forward, WV Active, Wolverhampton.\u00a0Best Foot Forward\u00a0is a community initiative, devised to\u00a0raise funds for charities and is organised by the Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton.

This year's fundraising day saw runners and walkers including families, children and dogs turn out in force at WV Active's Aldersley Stadium  for the annual evemtg

 Some wore fancy dress and some even brought pets in buggies to complete laps in aid of good causes and get some exercise at the same time.

Scorching temperatures brought runners out in their droves and the £16,000 in the charity pot was easily unlocked by the amount of people doing laps of the 400m track.

Wolverhampton's Best Foot Forward at Aldersley Stadium
Wolverhampton's Best Foot Forward at Aldersley Stadium

Mike Boyce, of the organising team at Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton, said: "It was a fantastic day and a fabulous record-breaking event in terms of the number of people who turned up and the number of laps completed overall which was a quite incredible 19, 421.

 President Lorraine McCarthy and Geoff Lowndes
President Lorraine McCarthy and Geoff Lowndes
Todd and Kellie Green
Todd and Kellie Green