Devastating the lives of 250,000 people in the UK, M.E. is a disabling and chronic illness. Action for M.E. provides support and information for those touched by M.E., and campaigns for better services and invests in research to ultimately find a cure. (The £39 registration fee is a returnable deposit.) (1036419)
Category: Medical & health - other conditions

Help keep the magic alive for thousands of children. Every year we need to raise over £50 million to help replace cramped, outdated wards with new modern facilities, provide essential equipment and fund essential research to find treatments and cures for complex and difficult illnesses. Amazing things happen at Great Ormond Street Hospital every day. With your help we can keep the magic alive for the thousands of children and their families who need our help. (235825)
Category: Medical & health - children

The Reading Half Marathon is a great event, whether you're a beginner or seasoned runner. Guide Dogs had a fantastic turnout of runners for the Reading Half 2011, and were cheered throughout the course by our great volunteers! (209617)
Category: Animals - helping

Join our Run for Wishes team and help grant magical wishes! With its finish in the impressive Madejski Stadium, home to Reading FC, this superb half marathon, sponsored by Mizuno, is the fastest course in the UK and will see 17,000 runners taking to the streets of Reading. (295672/SC037479)
Category: Children's - welfare

In developing countries fewer than one in 10 children with cancer are diagnosed, treated or given pain relief. World Child Cancer improves cancer care for some of the world’s poorest children by creating international twinning partnerships between medics, hospitals and parent support groups. (1120321)
Category: Children's - health