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1,500 people took part in Cornwall’s brightest fun run on Saturday as RAF St Mawgan once again hosted the Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Rainbow Run, sponsored by Kernow Coatings.

The event returned to Newquay for its 11th year, and has already seen an incredible £100,000 raised, which will help provide care to babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions supported by CHSW’s Little Harbour hospice in St Austell. 

After a morning of entertainment in the event village participants of all ages ran, jogged and walked the 5km route, through 8 coloured paint stations, around the airbase’s training ground and got covered in powder paint of all colours of the rainbow.

Kiley Pearce, Events Fundraiser for CHSW said; “We have had the most wonderful day in the sunshine, it’s truly a joy seeing thousands of people come together from every postcode in Cornwall and Plymouth to have fun and get covered in paint, and all for a special cause.

We couldn’t do this without our main event sponsor Kernow Coatings as well as our other incredible paint station sponsors, the amazing team at RAF St Mawgan and all our suppliers and over 200 volunteers. Thank you also to the wonderful family members from Little Harbour who spoke today and took part, it has been truly special.

Little Harbour supports more than 130 families from across Cornwall and Plymouth through hospice days, hospice stays as well as home visits and virtual support. It costs around £4 million a year to run Little Harbour which relies almost entirely on voluntary donations.

Kernow Coatings celebrated its first year as main event sponsor, and paint station sponsorship was also provided by: Steve Andrews Tyres and Autocare, Biffa, Happy Days Nurseries and Moose Toys, with key support from Thirsty Work, CTC Medical and Speedy Hire.

Entertainment was provided on the day from Below Zero, Absolute Amusements UK, Versatile Fitness Choice and DJ in Cornwall.

The event hopes to return next year on Saturday 20 June 2026, if you’d like to know more about our events portfolio, visit our website.