Les Relais Givrés

How about this year adding to our new year's resolutions a helping hand to the environment ? Maybe as from today we can make our sporting event durable and ecological ?

Conscious of the ecological impact of our race, we the organisers would like to introduce some changes this year to reduce this impact.

1) Promotion of Eco-friendly transport to reach the event.

1. We invite you to use public transport where possible. You can reach the Relais Givrés site via the bus route 47 ( stop "Ramier" ). The tramlines 3 and 7 serve this bus route from the stop Heembeek.
2. We remind you that due to the limited number of parking places, car sharing is strongly recommended !
3. Why not arrive on bicycle ?
1. A "Villo" station is situated at Place Peter Benoit, 400 metres away from the start of the race
2. If you come on your own two wheels, two bike parks will be available for your use : the first on the Mandela stadium parking (Rue de Ransbeek, 227, 1120 Neder-Over-Heembeek) and the second Rue du Chemin Vert, both these being 100 metres away from the start of the race.

2) Waste Reduction.

The bar will be using earthenware plates and reusable plastic cups. These will have a one token (1€) deposit applied. The deposit can be recovered at the bar or left in a collection urn for the profit of the charity which we are supporting tis year : the Fondation I See.

Otherwise you are welcome to bring your own plates and cups and so avoid paying a deposit.

3) Waste Sorting.

We will make available bins with coloured bin-liners according to the type of rubbish. Please use these appropriately. The blue bags are for drink cans and plastic bottles. The orange bags are for fruit peelings and other biodegradable waste. Lastly the white bags are for other types of waste

4) Ecological Prizes.

This year, we have decided to also make our prizes eco-friendly 

Reusable fabric will be used for our "goody bags". These will in turn contain healthy food.

We hope you appreciate these first steps towards making our event durable from an ecological standpoint and that you will contribute to a Relais Givrés that respects the environment.

We thank you in advance for your attention to this subject and say to you : rendez-vous at the Relais Givrés !

The Relais Givrés are pleased to announce their support this year of the Fondation I See.

The I See Foundation was founded in 2009. Its aim is to promote the independence and integration of visually impaired people but also to support them in their complete development in our society.

We promote their mobility by providing them a free guide dog. It brings safety and confidence in the travels, but it is also an excellent relational vector.

The I See Foundation also wants to give a new perspective (positive, dynamic and sometimes surprising) on the visual impairment. We encourage visually impaired people to cope with their disability, especially young people, but we also foster those around them and the general public to become aware of their potential (rather than their limitations) and to exploit it.

To this end, we develop different activities for :

• Developing autonomy by learning new technologies or with specially developed activities for visually impaired people.
• Improving mobility through good management/awareness of oneself and one's space.
• Improving self-confidence by participating to overtaking activities and especially by constituting a network of sighted people.

We also regularly participate in sensitization. It is by answering each person's questions without taboo and by creating participatory sensitization that we contribute to train citizens to be open to the difference.

For more information, visit the Fondation I See website.

It is also possible to make a donation directly to the Fondation I See. You will find all the informations about the procedure here: donate to Fondation I See.

A new running challenge was created in 2015 - the « Run in Brussels Challenge ».

For more information and for subscription to the challenge, please visit their website or Facebook page.

This saturday 18 january 2020 the 33th edition of the Relais Givrés will be taking place, organised by the jogging and triathlon club "Les Lendemains De La Veille".

This competition aims to be :

• an event where team spirit takes precedence over individual performance,
• an event to meet amongst joggers, friends or colleagues,
• an event undertaken in winter conditions.

The concept has the following original features :

• five runners, consisting of one lady and one veteran relaying around a hilly countryside course in the Brussels area
• each runner in turn running 8 km solo before completing a final grouped lap of 4 km, making the total team distance of 44 km.

A similar concept over shorter distances is offered for children.

The event attracts some 1500 runners and over 1500 spectators.