Virgin London Marathon Charity Listings
If you would like to run for charity in the 2010 race, you can register your interest with the charities now. The charities listed below would love to hear from you so please click on their logos for more information.
Greenpeace
Contact Issy Griffin on 020 7865 8236
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Greenpeace Environmental Trust is the charitable arm of Greenpeace in the UK. It works closely with Greenpeace Ltd, the campaigning organisation, to protect our environment by funding education, scientific research and investigative projects in world ecology.
Alzheimer's Society
contact Lucy Toller on 0207 423 3650
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Our vision is of a radically improved world for people with dementia
Bowel Cancer UK
Contact Jocelyn on 020 7381 9711.
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Bowel Cancer UK is a leading charity dedicated to raising awareness of bowel cancer, improving the quality of life of those affected by the disease, and, ultimately, reducing deaths from the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, affecting men and women equally.
Multiple Sclerosis Society
contact MS Running Team on 0870 241 3565
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The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - about 85,000 people in the UK.
The Shooting Star Children's Hospice
Contact Karen Peffer on 020 8481 8192
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We provide care for children with a life-limiting condition and offer invaluable support to their families, sharing the smiles on good days, giving help and comfort through the more difficult times.
Alzheimer Scotland
contact Moira Lawrance on 0845 2600 789
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We believe that no-one should go through dementia alone. Alzheimer Scotland’s 24 hour helpline provides information and emotional support to those coping with dementia. Call us on 0808 808 3000.
The Lord’s Taverners
Contact the Events Team on 020 7821 2828
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One of the UK’s leading youth sports and disability charities and the official charity of recreational cricket. Sport and recreation are essential for young people and our mission is to give a "sporting chance" to those in need.
Make a Wish
Contact the Running Team on 01276 405089
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By running the Virgin London Marathon for Runs Make-A-Wish Foundation UK, you will be helping to grant magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses.
Starlight
Contact the Marathon team on 020 7262 2881
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Create hope for seriously and terminally ill children by granting them a magical wish. Lift the spirits of all sick children in hospitals and hospices. Join Starlight’s Team.
CLIC Sargent - Caring for Children with Cancer
Contact the Running Team on 0845 121 1925
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Every day, 10 families in the UK will be told their child has cancer.Make a real difference and help CLIC Sargent be there for children, young people and their families, every step of the way.
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Contact Paul on 01372 220016
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Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness.
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Contact London Events on 08700 340 040
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Marie Curie Cancer Care provides free nursing care, every year, to around 25,000 terminally ill cancer patients in the community and in our hospices.
St Christopher's Hospice
contact Louisa Hitchen on 020 8768 457
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St Christopher's exists to promote and provide skilled and compassionate palliative care of the highest quality.
International Medical Corps
Contact Emma Littledike on 0207 553 4069
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International Medical Corps make a long-term difference to the health of the world’s most vulnerable people by training local healthcare workers and working with local health systems to help restore self-reliance.
NSPCC
Contact Running Events Team on 0207 825 2621
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The NSPCC is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.
CALM, campaign against living miserably
Contact Kim or Jane on 0207 431 4314
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CALM aims to bring down the suicide rate among men aged 15-35. We challenge the stigma surrounding male depression. We offer practical support via a website and telephone helpline.
Children's Trust
Contact Bryony on 01737 365018
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The Trust provides care, therapy, education and rehabilitation for children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs from all over the UK
The Stroke Association
Contact The Events Team on 020 7566 0311
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The Stroke Association are working for a world where there are fewer strokes and all those touched by stroke get the help they need.
CHASE hospice care for children
Contact Tina Aston on 01483 454213
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CHASE hospice care for children provides specialist nursing, practical and emotional support to families with life-limited children across South West London, Surrey and Sussex.
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Contact Ruth Scammell – 01252 729446
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Caring for adults and their families affected by life limiting illnesses throughout West Surrey and North-East Hampshire. Join our marathon team and help us deliver specialist care both now and in the future.
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
Contact The Events Team 020 7803 4800
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We are the leading UK charity focusing on all muscle disease. We are dedicated to improving the lives of the 60,000 babies, children and adults affected.
Cancer Research UK
Contact The Events Team on 0870 162 1622
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Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to research on the causes, treatment and prevention of cancer.
British Heart Foundation
Contact the Heart Runners Support Team on 020 7487 9430
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Beating heart disease together. Join the Heart Runners team and help the BHF to win the race against the UK's biggest killer.
Breast Cancer Care
Contact events team on 0845 092 0804
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Breast Cancer Care is here for anyone affected by breast cancer. We bring people together, provide information and support, and campaign for improved standards of care. Join our team!
Orchid – fighting male cancer
contact the Events Team on 020 7600 1155
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dedicated to funding research into diagnosis, prevention and treatment of prostate and testicular cancer as well as promoting awareness of these previously neglected diseases.
The Anthony Nolan Trust
Contact The Events Team on 020 7284 8284
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We take back lives from leukaemia by providing life saving bone marrow donors for patients in need of transplants.
CAFOD
Catherine Leeson on 020 7095 5536
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CAFOD works with local communities in 60 countries across the world - responding to emergencies, promoting long-term development and raising public awareness of the causes of poverty.
Friends United Network (FUN)
Contact Amy Marland on 0207 485 0900 or 07740340954
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Linking children from chaotic single parent homes in London, with adult volunteer mentors who provide long term support for the child through weekly outings. A simple idea but life changing.
STOP (Save the Orphans Please) International
contact Kish Poddar on 01923 673987
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STOP International provides relief of poverty, sickness and distress of orphans and abandoned children, to educate them up to the age of 16 and provide vocational training opportunities for these children over 16.
Army Benevolent Fund
Contact Sarah Coleman-Meyer, Events Co-ordinator on 0845 241 4831
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The Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) is the Army's national charity. For over sixty years the charity has worked tirelessly to provide financial and practical support to soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of need.
British HIV Association (BHIVA)
Contact Philippa Ward on 020 8369 5380
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BHIVA has become the leading UK charity representing health care professionals in HIV services and is committed to providing excellence in the care of those living with and affected by HIV.
Mercy Ships
Contact Jane Palmer on 01438 347481
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Imagine a ship crewed by surgeons, doctors, nurses, water engineers and other specialists. Now imagine their services offered free of charge to the world's poorest people. That is Mercy Ships.
CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA
Contact Caroline or Ben on 020 7404 0808
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We are dedicated to conquering Britain's most common childhood cancer through pioneering research, new treatments and support for leukaemic children and their families.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Emma Cornish on 020 7025 2483
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Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a pioneering charity dedicated to saving lives and changing futures, through research, campaigning and education - removing the fear of breast cancer for good.
Breast Cancer Campaign
Contact The Events Team on 020 7749 3700
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The aim of Breast Cancer Campaign is to research the cure. We aim to do this by funding research, which looks at improving diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
Whizz Kidz
Contact Jess Leigh on 0207 7233 9696
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Whizz-Kidz gives disabled children the independence to enjoy an active childhood at home, at school and at play. Use the most active day of your life to get a disabled child moving!
Children's Liver Disease Foundation
Contact the running team on 0121 212 6022
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Today, another two children will be diagnosed with a life threatening liver disease – please help us to make a difference
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
Contact the sports team on 020 7269 9001
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Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
AICR (Association for International Cancer Research)
Contact Suzanne Shaw on 01334 477 910
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AICR (Association for International Cancer Research) – the pioneering cancer research charity. Join the team that’s dedicated to the world wide fight against cancer.
Teenage Cancer Trust
Contact Jane Ashton on 020 7612 0370
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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.
African Revival
Contact the Events Team on 020 8939 3190
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African Revival provides support through sustainable development projects in East Africa where there is extreme poverty. As our UK administration costs are sponsored, all donations go to Africa.
Leukaemia CARE
contact Eve Nicky or Clare on 0845 521 3456
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Leukaemia CARE is committed to providing vital care and support to everybody whose lives have been affected by blood cancers.
Children’s Hospices UK
contact Helen Hill on 0117 989 7838
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National charity, Children’s Hospices UK gives voice and support to all children’s hospices. Its vision is for every life-limited child and their family to have access to the highest standards of care close to home.
Barnardo's
Contact Shanaz Ahmed on 020 8498 7341
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Run with us and help the most disadvantaged children in the UK. We believe in the abused, vulnerable, and neglected. Take up our challenge - help turn their lives around.
Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity
Contact the fundraising team on 0845 6520 448
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Sands supports anyone affected by the death of a baby and promotes research to reduce the loss of babies’ lives.
Mental Health Foundation
contact Sarah Kingston on 0207 803 1123
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The Mental Health Foundation works for everyone’s mental health; helping people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems.
Mencap
Contact the Running Events Team on 0845 9777 779
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Our vision is of a world where everyone with a learning disability has an equal right to choice, opportunity and respect.
Refuge
Contact Harriet Gray on 020 7395 7724
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Run for Refuge and help women and children to rebuild their lives free from the fear of domestic violence.
The Lily Foundation
Contact Liz Curtis on 0188362 0175
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The Lily Foundation helps fund research into Mitochondrial Disease and other metabolic disorders, the training of medical teams and support for families who are stricken with metabolic disorders.
WellChild
Contact Karl on 0845 458 8170
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Helps sick children and their families throughout the UK to manage the consequences of serious illness and complex health conditions through our programme of care, support and research.
World Society for the Protection of Animals
contact Jane Rockliffe on 0207 587 5028
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The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) strives to end cruelty to animals by working with hundreds of animal welfare organisations worldwide
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Contact The Events Team on 0845 859 1100
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Cystic Fibrosis is the UK's most common life-threatening inherited disease.
LEPRA Health in Action
Contact The Events Team on 01206 216 799
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LEPRA Health in Action fights diseases of poverty in some of the poorest and most marginalised countries in the world. You can make the world of difference by running for us.
The Legacy Rainbow House
Contact Charlotte Hay (Project Fundraiser) on 01704 823276
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FSID (Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths)
Contact Anna Scalera on 020 7802 3201
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Leonard Cheshire Disability
Contact The Events Team on 0870 420 4301
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Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund
Contact Maggie Blanks on 020 8360 1119
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The Cardiomyopathy Association
Contact Robert Hall on 01494 791224
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Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
Contact Rebecca Zouvani on 01737 363 222
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Bobath Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Contact Sarah Terrazas on 020 8442 2275
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The National Autistic Society
Contact the Running Team on 0845 0509 001
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The Adolescent and Children’s Trust (TACT)
Contact Gemma Reynolds on 020 8695 2314
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Meningitis Research Foundation
Contact Iain Elliott on 01454 281814
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Contact the Challenge Events Team on 020 7713 2037
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Multiple Sclerosis Trust
Contact The Events Team on 01462 476700
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Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
contact Christine Wing on 020 7953 7152
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British Lung Foundation
Contact the Events team on 020 7688 5581
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Royal National Institute of Blind People
Contact Events Team on 0845 345 0054
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National Society for Epilepsy
Contact Rebecca Noble on 01494 601414
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RP Fighting Blindness (BRPS)
contact Michelle Carter on 01280 821334
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CHICKS (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids)
Contact Mick Ryan on 01822 811020
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Army Benevolent Fund
Contact Sarah Coleman-Meyer, Events Co-ordinator on 0845 241 4831
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Ovarian Cancer Action
Contact Hannah Greenshields on 020 8238 7560
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The Connection at St Martin's
Contact Geraldine Ellis on 020 7766 5555
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The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy
Contact The Events Team on 01342 831 245
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The Pituitary Foundation
Contact Menai, Fundraising Manager on 0845 450 0376
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Care for the Wild International
Contact Ewen Logan on 01306 627900.
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