Former Dublin footballer takes over from Graham Clifford, who is now developing the organisation internationally
Former Dublin footballer Michael Darragh MacAuley has been named as the new chief executive of Sanctuary Runners, the not-for-profit sporting movement which focuses on community integration. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Macauley takes over the position from Graham Clifford, who founded Sanctuary Runners back in 2018 as a solidarity-through-sport initiative which uses running, jogging and walking to bring together asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and all Irish residents. Retired from Dublin since the start of 2021, Macauley has worked with North East Inner City Dublin over many years. Among numerous projects, he helped create the NEIC Trojans basketball team, which welcomes young people of all different cultural backgrounds.
Sanctuary Runners now has 40 groups across Ireland with plans to build more. It brings together locals, migrants, refugees and those seeking international protection to run, jog and walk in that message of solidarity, typically engaging with the Saturday morning 5km parkrun at venues around the country.Anna Pringle, chair of the board of Sanctuary Runners said Macauley’s appointment comes at a time of great growth for the movement: “Sanctuary Runners has gone from strength to strength.
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