The Dover Fun Run was born out of a long-standing desire to give back to the community, in thanks for the wonderful support for the Skinner family in their time of need. 

This Isn’t Just a Fun Run. It’s a Thank You. A Promise. A Commitment to Impact
In 2015, our world changed forever.

Our daughter Annabelle was just 17 months old when she suffered a traumatic head injury in a freak accident.
We were rushed to the Royal Hobart Hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, and for weeks, we lived every parent’s nightmare—machines, monitors, sleepless nights, and moments we can’t even put into words. But in that darkness, there was hope.

The doctors. The nurses. The quiet strength of the PICU team who never gave up on her.
Unfortunately unlike the NICU, the PICU was under funded given it supported families, North and South. Equipment failed, the room was small, one bed, staff went above and beyond, we are beyond grateful for them fighting for Annabelle.

And the community—our family, our neighbours, strangers who became lifelines, with meals, a kind word, hugs, little ways they found to help.

Thanks to that care, Annabelle survived. She healed. She’s now a thriving, determined 12-year-old.

Each year as a family we donated to the PICU personally, but we always found ourselves asking:
“How do you say thank you for something like that?”

In 2019, we stopped just talking about giving back—and started running, the Dover Fun Run was born


What began as a small event in a tight-knit town has now grown into a sought after event focussed on family, fun, impact, and always; gratitude.

This event has now raised over $123,179.96 for the Royal Hobart Paediatric ICU— including more than $48,376 last year alone.
But this year?
We want to do more.