We're pleased to be supporting the following charities through our events. If you'd like to run for one of these charities, and help us to raise as much money as possible for these worthy causes, then select your charity of choice and contact them via the button that takes you to their website.
Already have a place and want to Run for Charity?
You can create a fundraising page via JustGiving on the button below. We’d love for you to consider one of our three official charities listed below - or alternatively, you can support one of the other hundreds of fantastic causes that might be close to your heart?
Official Charity Places
The charities below are fantastic local charities that are offering entry in exchange for minimum sponsorship pledges. You may be asked to pay a registration fee to secure your place.
BIG C
As a local cancer charity, Big C is here to support anyone affected by cancer in Norfolk and North Suffolk, whether that is someone with a cancer diagnosis or their loved ones. The charity provides outstanding holistic care, aiming to improve lives through services at Big C’s warm and welcoming Cancer Support Centres and Hubs. Alternatively, support is also offered online or by telephone through Big C’s Virtual Support Centre. All Big C services are free of charge, including person-centred counselling, complementary treatments, group support, exercise and nutrition programmes and bereavement support. A friendly welcome and listening ear are guaranteed at Big C.
THE BENJAMIN FOUNDATION
The Benjamin Foundation is a local charity which supports over 3,000 children, young people and families. Through a range of different services focusing on housing, wellbeing, youth work and childcare, the support provided by The Benjamin Foundation helps young people on their journey to independence. Providing over 200 safe nights a day to those at risk of homelessness, and delivering over 11,000 wellbeing sessions across Norfolk and Suffolk, you can learn more about the positive outcomes achieved by the charity by visiting here: https://benjaminfoundation.co.uk/about/
Break
At Break we give vulnerable children, young people and families the time, support, and care they need to achieve their full potential. Whatever a child’s start in life, we believe that with the right support there is no limit to what they can achieve.
EAST ANGLIA’S CHILDREN’S HOSPICES
We offer care and support for children and young people with life-threatening conditions and support families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. We offer families flexibility and control over where they receive their care and support, including where their child dies; at home, in hospital or at one of three hospices at Milton (Cambridge), The Nook (Norfolk) and The Treehouse (Ipswich).
VISION Norfolk
Run for Vision Norfolk and support local people with sight loss! Vision Norfolk is one of the oldest sight loss charities in the UK. We have been the ‘one stop shop’ for local people with sight loss for over 215 years. We provide accommodation, befriending, equipment advice, a program of activities for all ages, and more. From our centres in Norwich, King’s Lynn and Great Yarmouth, we have a countywide reach into the rural parts of Norfolk. There are 35,000 people living with sight loss in Norfolk, please help us to help them!
NORFOLK AND WAVENEY MIND
We’re Norfolk and Waveney Mind, the mental health charity that believes no one should have to face a mental health problem alone.
We work to reduce the stigma associated with mental health, support people in their recovery and champion better services for all.
We believe that with the right support and resources everybody can create a life that feels meaningful irrespective of the presence of symptoms.
RNLI
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We provide, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service around the UK and Ireland, and a seasonal lifeguard service. We’re taking action to prevent coastal drownings in the UK through our water safety campaigns and aim to tackle the global drowning epidemic through our International programmes.
As a charity, we rely on voluntary donations to fund our work, and have saved over 140,000 lives since we launched in 1824.
ALZHEIMER’s RESEARCH UK
Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to making life-changing breakthroughs in diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure.
Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.