The charity listings below were for the 2009 race. For the 2010 Virgin London Marathon, please click here.
If you would like to run for charity in the 2009 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. If you would like to run for charity then you should think about setting up an online sponsorship page with justgiving.com, which will make a huge difference in your fundraising efforts. It's easy to get started and you'll soon see the benefits.
We take back lives from leukaemia by providing life saving bone marrow donors for patients in need of transplants.
Leukaemia CARE is committed to providing vital care and support to everybody whose lives have been affected by blood cancers.
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.
Visually Impaired Children Taking Action is a charity providing support for blind and partially sighted children and their families.
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.
The Trust provides care, therapy, education and rehabilitation for children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs from all over the UK
Action for Children helps the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK break through injustice, deprivation and inequality, so they can achieve their full potential.
Every day another 100 people will start to lose their sight. Your support helps us rebuild lives devastated by sight loss. Join Team RNIB today!
Phab is a national charity dedicated to the integration of people with and without physical disabilities in the community.
Run for the RNLI to help save lives at sea.
The Stroke Association are working for a world where there are fewer strokes and all those touched by stroke get the help they need.
Beating heart disease together. Join the Heart Runners team and help the BHF to win the race against the UK's biggest killer.
The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.
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!
One man in the UK dies every hour from prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer in men. Please help us to raise awareness, encourage early detection and save men's lives.
Shelter believes everyone should have a home. We help people find and keep a home. We campaign for decent housing for all.
Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Run for Oxfam and make a lasting difference to the lives of some of the world's poorest people.
H.E.A.R.T UK – The Cholesterol Charity - is committed to preventing premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
The National Society for Epilepsy is the leading national epilepsy medical charity working for everyone affected by epilepsy, through our cutting edge research, awareness campaigns and expert care.
We are dedicated to conquering Britain's most common childhood cancer through pioneering research, new treatments and support for leukaemic children and their families.
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.
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.
By running for Guide Dogs you'll be helping provide mobility and independence to thousands of blind and partially-sighted people
If 95% of what we learn comes through our sight and hearing, can you imagine the life of a child who is deaf AND blind? Help Sense help a deafblind child - Gold Bond places still available
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to research on the causes, treatment and prevention of cancer.
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.
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.
Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone.