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Right To Play


Help us celebrate ten years of working with disadvantaged children through sports, by running with us on the 10.10.10 at the Royal Parks Half Marathon. We still have spaces available for this popular Half Marathon which starts and ends in Hyde Park. The course takes you past some of London's most iconic and historic landmarks including...

Buckingham Palace

The Houses of Parliament

The London Eye

The unrivalled scenery of London’s Royal Parks

Joining our 2010 Royal Parks team means you will receive training advice, fundraising support, a running vest/t-shirt and goody bag. On the day we’ll host you and your supporters in our marquee with post race food and drinks. For those feeling the strain free massages will also be available. To sign up or for more info email redballclub@righttoplay.com or visit our website



  Leonard Cheshire Disability

Leonard Cheshire Disability still has a limited number of places for the 2010 Royal Parks Half Marathon. Join Team Runability and receive a host of benefits including:

fundraising and training support pack

a free pre-race training advice evening

free gait analysis

10% discount off all clothes and shoes at Up & Running stores across the UK.

Team up and run with your friends and you will all be eligible for a discounted entry fee of £30, as well as free entry to a prize draw for goodies from Up & Running stores!

To enter, go to www.lcdisability.org/royalparks, call 0870 420 4301, email events@lcdisability.org or text RUN and your name to 80878




Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity


Join the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity team in one of our many running events. Whether its a 5k fun run or a Marathon, we have something for everyone so sign up today and make a difference! Visit our website or e-mail the challenges team at challenges@gosh.org


 
  WaterAid

Join the WaterAid team and help us provide clean water and sanitation to some of the world’s poorest people.  We have places available for the following events in 2011:  

Brighton Half Marathon
Virgin London Marathon
Brighton Marathon
Bupa London 10,000
Great North Run
Run to the Beat
Kielder Marathon

In return for your dedication and commitment WaterAid will support you every step of the way with fundraising and training advice and huge cheers on the day!    Visit our website at www.wateraid.org/run   Contact the team at events@wateraid.org or 020 7793 2232.

  St Dunstan's




Support our Blind Heroes, get fit and have fun!  We have places in the below events and would love to welcome you to the team.

Royal Parks Half Marathon 2010 - find out more
Brighton Marathon 2011 - find out more



Call us on 020 7616 7965, email us at fundraising@st-dunstans.org.uk or visit us at www.st-dunstans.org.uk/running




  Orchid Cancer



Take on the ultimate challenge for Orchid & help us to see the back of male cancer. Whether it’s a marathon or a 5k run you’ll be raising vital funds & ultimately helping to save men’s lives. Sign up for any run or apply for one of our guaranteed places & we’ll support you every step of the way. Contact Ann on 0207 601 8486 or click here to visit our website











  The Stroke Association




Run for The Stroke Association, the only UK wide charity solely concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages. We have places in the following major events and provide excellent training support!

Bath Half Marathon - find out more

Kilomathon England - find out more

Kilomathon Scotland - find out more

BUPA Great Manchester Run - find out more

Edinburgh Marathon - find out more

Great North Run - find out more

Great South Run - find out more

Contact our events team on 020 7566 0311 or email events@stroke.org.uk






  I CAN




I CAN now has places in the following events:

2010 Women's Challenge 5k London - find out more
2011 Virgin London Marathon - find out more
2011 BUPA London 10000 - find out more




To sign up or find out more call Claire on 0207 843 2555, email cjames@ican.org.uk or visit our website




  Elephant Family

 

Fancy getting fit for the summer & securing a future for the Asian elephants at the same time? Join our herd and stampede across London in the 2010 Royal Park’s Half Marathon! If you'd like to get sweaty with us & feel really good about yourself, contact Marie (marie@elephantfamily.org - 0207 580 3184) or click here.







 AICR - Association for International Cancer Research




Are you up to the physical demands of running and at the same time make an important contribution to the fight against cancer? For more information visit www.aicr.org.uk, email enquiries@aicr.org.uk Geraldine or Helen on 01334 477910.







  Together Trust




The 2011 BUPA Great Manchester Run is Britain’s premier 10k mass participation road running event. Get your running shoes on to support one of the North West’s oldest charities.  Contact 0161 283 4822, email fundraising@togethertrust.org.uk or click here







  Asthma UK




Run for Asthma UK at one of this year’s top events! We have guaranteed places for the:

Great North Run 2010 - find out more
Royal Parks Half Marathon 2010 - find out more

New York Marathon 2010 - find out more


For more details on how you can take part call the Events Team on 0800 121 62 55 or click here.







 Macmillan Cancer Support

 

Team Macmillan has guaranteed places available in many of this year's top UK and International running events – but they’re going fast, so contact us now! We’d love to have to you on our team where you’ll make a real difference to people living with cancer.  To find out more visit www.macmillan.org.uk/running.






 Breakthrough Breast Cancer




Whether it's the BUPA London 10000 or the Brighton Marathon, Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s runners will take on any distance to raise funds for our vital research, campaigning and education work. For more information contact the running team on 020 7025 2422.





 Breast Cancer Campaign




Breast Cancer Campaign has places available now in:


BUPA Great South Run - find out more

Bank of America Chicago Marathon - find out more

Brighton Marathon - find out more





To sign up today or find out more call 020 7749 3700 or email runners@breastcancercampaign.org






 Right To Play




Tackling the Effects of War, Poverty and Disease through the Power of Sport and Play. We design and deliver sport and play programs for children in developing countries to teach them important lessons about health, disease and conflict prevention. Support our projects by signing up to one of our challenge events and runs this year. We cuyrrently have places for:

Royal Parks Half Marathon - find out more
Brighton Marathon 2011 - find out more




To find out more email redballclub@righttoplay.com or visit our website.










 Brooke Hospital for Animals






Join the Brooke’s running team and help to improve the lives of horses and donkeys working hard in some of the world’s poorest communities. Whether you have your own place in an event, or want one of our guaranteed places in the Bupa Great South Run 24 Oct or Brighton Marathon 10 Apr 2011, we would love you to run for the Brooke! Email community@thebrooke.org call 020 7653 5812 or visit www.thebrooke.org/running for more details, and we’ll provide a special running vest and support you every step of the way.

 







 RNLI

 

Sprint into Summer with the RNLI Summer Sprint series of 10K and 5K runs in aid of RNLI lifeguards:

Swansea beach, South Wales- 29 July
Snetterton motor racing circuit - 30 July
Crosby beach, Liverpool - 31 July
Gwithian beach, Cornwall - 5 August
Skegness beach, Lincolnshire - 7 August
 

Click here to enter now!






 

  Elizabeth Finn Care

 

Elizabeth Finn Care have guaranteed places available in the Birmingham and Edinburgh 5Ks in September, and 2010 The Royal Parks Half Marathon in October. Email: running@elizabethfinn.org.uk or call Duncan on 020 7396 6695 for more info.








  Shelter



Join the Shelter 2011 London Marathon team & get fantastic support - training plan from top coach with personal email support, free adidas vest and cheerer’s t-shirts, fundraising advice & support, massive after race party with showers & massages. Apply today. www.shelter.org.uk/marathon or call Emily on 0844 515 1190.










 Rainbow Trust Children's Charity


Help us to support families in your area that have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness.  We have guaranteed places in the top UK running events this year including:

BUPA Great Manchester Run - find out more

ASICS British 10k London Run - find out more

Sony Ericsson Run to the Beat Half Marathon - find out more

Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon - find out more
BUPA Great North Run - find out more

Contact us now for more information on 01372 220022 or email anna.thomas@rainbowtrust.org.uk



  Orchid Cancer



Take on the ultimate challenge for Orchid & help us to see the back of male cancer. Whether it’s a marathon or a 5k run you’ll be raising vital funds & ultimately helping to save men’s lives. Sign up for any run or apply for one of our guaranteed places & we’ll support you every step of the way. www.orchid-cancer.org.uk









 Merlin





Merlin specialises in health, saving lives in times of crisis and helping to rebuild shattered health systems. Every year our teams directly help more than 5.5 million vulnerable people affected by natural disasters, conflict, disease outbreaks and health system collapse in countries throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East.


We still have places left in:


Blenheim Triathlon - find out more
London Triathlon - find out more
Run to the Beat Half Marathon - find out more
Royal Parks Half Marathon - find out more



If you would like to race for Merlin in one of these events then please email us at challengingyou@merlin.org.uk or call us on 020 7014 1706.





 Action Against Hunger




Join the Action Against Hunger running team and help save the lives of millions of children in over 40 of the world's poorest countries. We have guaranteed places for the:

BUPA 10000 10k 2010 - find out more
British 10k 2010 - find out more
London's Twin Peak Challenge - find out more
Superhero run London - find out more

To apply for one of our places call Aimee on 0208 293 6138 or visit our website








  Whizz-Kidz



Whizz-Kidz has NO FUNDRAISING TARGET for the New York Marathon 2010 - just raise what you can and you can run with us! Plus we offer great runner support here and in New York and a generous reimbursement scheme: raise £2000 and we'll refund you £800.Visit New York Marathon for Whizz-Kidz or call 020 7233 9696 now.




 The Meningitis Trust




We’ve got guaranteed places in the Berlin and Chicago Marathons 2010! Not your thing? Why not celebrate the 30th Great North Run with the Meningitis Trust! Call 0845 120 4530 or email events@meningitis-trust.org to sign up now.







 Saint Francis Hospice




Help our patients in their daily challenge by taking part in an event for us. Whether it is a half marathon or a trek in the desert we have a challenge for you.For further details contact elizabethpalfreman@sfh.org.uk or visit www.sfh.org.uk to see all the challenges we have available this year.









 Marie Curie Cancer Care

We’ve got something for everyone, at home and abroad. If you’re looking to take on a 5k fun run, 10k race or run in on of the world’s greatest marathons – Join the Daffodil Team.

 

  Leukaemia Research Fund

 

Leukaemia Research has places for the 2010 Great Manchester Run and Great North Run. Call Katharine 020 7269 9096 or email ktinker@lrf.org.uk to join the Banana Army in our famous bright yellow t-shirts!

 

 

 Royal National Institute for the Blind

 

Join Team RNIB! We are looking for runners to support us at the 2010 London Marathon. Contact 0845 345 0054 or email fundraising@rnib.org.uk.

 

 

  WaterAid

 

Join the WaterAid team! We are looking for runners who have their own places to join us for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon. Email events@wateraid.org or call 0845 6000 433, www.wateraid.org/events







   Arthritis Research UK




We are Arthritis Research UK – leading the fight against arthritis (formerly Arthritis Research Campaign, arc). We have guaranteed places for the:

BUPA Great Manchester Run - find out more
BUPA Great North Run - find out more

We are the charity leading the fight against arthritis. We’re working to take the pain away for sufferers of all forms of arthritis and helping people to remain active.



 Diabetes UK




Diabetes UK are looking for runners to take part in the:

 

Bupa Great Manchester Run - Find out more


Bupa Great North Run - Find out more




Why not take on the challenge of participating in one of these events while making a difference by raising money? These funds will go towards research to help find a cure for diabetes and help the 2.6 million people in the UK who currently live with the condition.








  Alzheimer Scotland


We have assured places at several top Scottish running events. Come and join our team at the Dunfermline Half Marathon, Aberdeen 10k, Glasgow Women’s 10k, Dundee Half Marathon and Loch Ness Marathon. Call 0845 2600 789 or enter here. 

 





 Royal National Institute for the Blind

 

Join Team RNIB! We are looking for runners to support us at the 2011 London Marathon. Contact 0845 345 0054 or email fundraising@rnib.org.uk.

 

 


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  • Brook, the young peoples sexual health charity, also have places available please email

    events@brook.org.uk

    Thanks