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 Reading Half Marathon

Reading Half Marathon

If you're interested in running the 2012 race for charity, the charities below would love to hear from you so please click on their logos for more information about how you can get involved.

  • Mesothelioma UK Charitable Trust

    Contact Jill Lemon Fundraising & Marketing Manager on 0116 2583290

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  • Teenage Cancer Trust

    Contact The Challenges Team on 020 7612 0370

    Teenage Cancer Trust exists to improve the quality of life and chances of survival for young people with cancer by establishing specialist units in NHS hospitals.

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  • Guide Dogs

    Contact the Events Team on 0845 600 6787

    Providing thousands of blind and partially-sighted people with the freedom, mobility and independence a guide dog gives for 75 years.

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  • Berkshire East and South Bucks Women's Aid

    Contact Caroline Holton on 01753 549865

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  • Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

    Contact the sports team on 020 7269 9001

    Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

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  • Tommy's, the baby charity

    Contact Jane Brewin on 0207 398 3450

    Run for Tommy’s and you’ll help save babies’ lives. We’ll support you every step of the way with regular updates and we’ll be there to cheer you on the day

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  • Alzheimer's Society

    Contact Alzheimer's Society running team on 0870 417 0192

    Dementia affects over 750,000 people in the UK. Alzheimer's Society is the UK 's leading support and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers. Our vision is of a radically improved world for people with dementia. A world, ultimately, where dementia can be defeated. Join us and help us continue to lead the fight against dementia

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  • Great Ormond Street

    Contact the Challenge Events Team on 020 7239 3164

    Join our team and help keep the magic alive for the thousands of children who need our help every year. For more details please contact us at challenges@gosh.org or call 020 7239 3164

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  • Sue Ryder

    Contact The Events Team on 020 7554 5960

    Sue Ryder supports people with specialist palliative, end of life and long-term neurological care needs.

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  • Against Breast Cancer

    Contact 01235 534211 on Gill Kemp

    Against Breast Cancer funds unique research into the secondary spread of breast cancer. Our aim is to find vital information to increase survival after diagnosis and ultimately to discover a vaccine against breast cancer.

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  • Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity

    Contact Anna Thomas on 01372 220022

    Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness.

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  • Naomi House Children’s Hospice

    Contact Yvonne Campbell on 01962 843513

    Supporting life-limited children and their families for 12 years in Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Surrey, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Join our Reading Half Marathon team and help us continue to support the families who need us most.

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  • Autistica

    Contact Lynn Hart on 01491 411569

    Autistica raises vital funds for medical research that will improve diagnosis, advance new treatments and discover the causes of autism. Autistica believes that this research will ultimately bring real benefits to people with autism and their families.

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  • CHILDREN with CANCER

    Contact Ben and Claire on 020 7404 0808

    CHILDREN with CANCER is the leading national charity dedicated to the fight against childhood cancer. Our aim is to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer. CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA was the former working name of CHILDREN with CANCER.

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  • Royal Berkshire Hospital

    Contact us on 0118 322 8860

    We provide acute medical and surgical services to Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services to a wider population across Berkshire and its borders

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  • CLIC Sargent

    Contact the Running Events Team on 0845 602 4770

    Every day ten children hear "it’s cancer". Only one charity cares every step of the way: CLIC Sargent. Today we can only help two out of three families who need us. That’s why we need you to run for us.

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  • The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

    Contact Dan Halliday on 0151 254 7217

    The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the only charity in the UK wholly dedicated to defeating lung cancer, the biggest cancer killer, claiming 34,000 lives a year. Early diagnosis does save lives, which is why we need your support to continue our important work.

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  • Cystic Fibrosis Trust

    Contact Events Team on 0300 373 1100

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  • Oxfam

    Contact Sarah Taylor on 0300 200 1244

    Running for Oxfam is a life-changing experience, not only for you but for the people living in poverty who will benefit from the money that you raise. Join our team today!

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  • Cancer Research UK

    Contact The Events Team on 0870 162 1622

    Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to research on the causes, treatment and prevention of cancer.

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  • UNICEF UK

    Contact the Running Team on 020 7375 6109

    UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working to protect the rights of children in over 190 countries. Help us make a difference, run for their rights – Join Team UNICEF today.

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  • WWF-UK

    Contact Supporter Care on 01483 426 333

    Please run to help us create solutions to the world’s most serious environmental challenges facing our planet, for a future where people and nature thrive.

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  • Macmillan Cancer Support

    Contact The Events Team on 01264 343811

    Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us all. We can all help. We are Macmillan.

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  • British Heart Foundation

    Contact the Heart Runners Support Team on 0844 477 1181

    Beating heart disease together. Join the Heart Runners team and help the BHF to win the race against the UK's biggest killer.

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  • Swings and Smiles

    Contact Tor Sandars on 07786 517144

    Swings & Smiles, based in West Berkshire, was founded in 2007 to raise sufficient money to build, equip and run an indoor and outdoor recreational facility for children with special needs and their families.

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  • Pancreatic Cancer UK

    Contact Kait, Fundraising Officer on 020 3177 1686

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  • Multiple Sclerosis Society

    Contact the MS Running Team on 0845 481 1577

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  • Bliss

    Contact The Events Team on 020 7378 5746

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  • Bowel & Cancer Research

    Contact us on 020 7882 8749

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  • Greater London Fund for the Blind

    Contact Katherine Payne on 020 7620 2066

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  • Shooting Star CHASE hospice care for children and teenagers

    Contact The Events Team on 0208 4818192 or 01483 454213

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  • Kidney Research UK

    Contact The Events Team on 08456 12 12 26

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  • Action for M.E.

    Contact Georgia Bridgwood on 0117 930 7293

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  • Tree Aid

    Contact Bryony Thorpe on 0117 909 6363

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  • Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group

    Contact Peter Wilkie or Karen Napier on 0116 2494460

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  • Breast Cancer Care

    Contact The Events Team on 0845 092 0804

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  • Movement Centre for Cerebral Palsy

    Contact the Fundraising Team on 01691 404 248

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  • The Blue Cross

    Contact Heather Collin on 01993 825567

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  • Scope

    Contact The Events Team on 020 7619 7272

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  • Parkinson’s UK

    Contact the Events Team on 020 7932 1342

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  • Spinal Research

    Contact The Team on 01483 898 786

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  • Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance

    Contact Katie Whelpdale on 0300 9990135

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  • Everyman

    Contact Mia Patterson on 020 7153 5375

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  • The Institute of Cancer Research

    Contact Mia Patterson on 020 7153 5375

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  • Daisy's Dream

    Contact Vickie Randall on 0118 934 2604

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  • Build Africa

    Contact Katharine Clark on 01892 519619

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  • brainstrust

    Contact Tessa Watson on 07948 400329

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  • Teach First

    Contact Wanda Pearce on 0203 117 2376

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  • Brain Tumour Research

    Contact Karen on 01296 733011

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  • Oxfam

    Contact the running events team on 0300 200 1244

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  • International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research Challenge Fund

    Contact Mark Lodge on 01865 339 512

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  • Berkshire Phab

    Contact Andy Smy on 01189 168412

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  • The Rainbow Centre

    Contact Events Team on 01329 289500

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  • Rainbow Trust Children's Charity

    Contact Paul on 01372 220016

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