Official Charities
Run for one of our Official Charity Partners in 2025:
Many people choose to use their marathon challenge to fundraise for a good cause. We have four amazing official charities for 2025, and by choosing to run for any of them you get some great benefits too:
- Exclusive entry window before the public (right now!)
- Discounted entry
- Support from your chosen charity right through to event day
You can click on the charity logos below to find out more about their work, and details of how to run for them.
Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity, providing information and support, improving care, funding research and creating lasting change for people affected by dementia.
We fund around £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases. Stroke. Vascular dementia. Diabetes. They’re all connected, and they’re all under our microscope.
Cancer Research UK are the world’s leading independent cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, influence and information.
The Christie charity exists to ensure cancer patients at The Christie receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and equipment.