Run a half marathon for charity
Welcome to our list of charity half marathons, where your passion for running meets the power of giving back. 🏃♀️🏃♂️ Running a half marathon for charity is a great way to blend personal achievement with social impact and meet other runners motivated by the desire to challenge themselves while supporting meaningful causes. We've got a huge range of options including:
- Charities supporting diverse causes ranging from health & medical to homelessness and pets
- UK & European locations with events from Birmingham to Barcelona
- Charity places in major events like the Great North Run for runners who missed out in the ballot
Whether you're aiming to beat your personal best or taking on your first 13.1 miles, help contribute to positive change in the world and join a charity team today!
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Half marathons with charity places in 2025/2026
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- Sun 17 Aug
- 7 charities
Scottish Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Scottish Half Marathon today. Run for charity in one of the best half marathons in Scotland while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running + 57 m ascent
- Sun 7 Sep
The Big Half charity places
Secure your charity place in The Big Half today. Run for charity in a landmark-packed route around London while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 14 Sep
- 1 charity
Richmond RUNFEST Half Marathon charity places
London's flattest half marathon through its greenest borough exploring the beauties and history of Richmond. Start inside the Kew Gardens with family fun music festival to finish!
- 13.1 miles road running + 91 ft ascent
- Sun 28 Sep
- 1 charity
Ealing Half Marathon charity places
Get the #EalingFeeling at the triple Gold award winning UK No1 Half Marathon.
- 13.1 miles road running + 250 ft ascent
- Sun 5 Oct
- 8 charities
Great Scottish Run Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in this 13.1 mile celebration of everything that is great about Glasgow while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running + 389 ft ascent
- Sun 12 Oct
- 8 charities
Royal Parks Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Royal Parks Half today. Run for charity through London's parks and on closed roads while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 12 Oct
- 14 charities
Manchester Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Manchester Half today. Run a flat and fast 13.1 miles on fully closed roads while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 12 Oct
- 1 charity
AEPG Great Eastern Run | Half Marathon charity places
Thousands of runners of all abilities and ages will be welcomed back to the streets of Peterborough City Centre, for the return of the Great Eastern Run!
- 13.1 miles road running + 65 m ascent
- Sun 12 Oct
- 17 charities
Bournemouth Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the half marathon at this weekend festival of running on the South Coast while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running + 101 m ascent
- Sun 19 Oct
- 3 charities
Amsterdam Mizuno Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Mizuno Half Marathon today. Run for charity in the biggest half marathon in the Netherlands while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 1 Mar 2026
- 3 charities
Altra Brighton Half Marathon charity places
Join the UK's Happiest Half - a fast, flat race with a buzzing Brighton atmosphere. An early season major half and one of the most popular races in the UK!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 8 Mar 2026
- 7 charities
HOKA Paris Half Marathon charity places
An early-season opener and chance to get back in the swing as spring approaches. Speed, timing, motivation, performance: this race will set the pace for your athletic challenges in the year to come.
- 21.1 km road running
- Sun 8 Mar 2026
- 3 charities
TTP Cambridge Half Marathon charity places
Experience one of the UK’s most iconic races in the heart of historic Cambridge. The TTP Cambridge Half Marathon takes you past world-famous colleges, along scenic Cambridgeshire roads,...
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 15 Mar 2026
- 6 charities
Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon charity places
Experience an unforgettable half marathon through the regal grounds of Hampton Court Palace.
- 13.1 miles multi terrain running
- Sun 15 Mar 2026
- 15 charities
GetPRO Bath Half charity places
Secure your charity place in the Bath Half Marathon today. Run for charity in this award winning event while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running + 239 ft ascent
- Sun 22 Mar 2026
- 1 charity
Green Park Reading Half Marathon charity places
Take in the highlights of the centre of Reading and the beautiful grounds of the University campus while experiencing huge crowd support as you're cheered into the Olympic stadium and over the finish!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 29 Mar 2026
- 1 charity
Kew Gardens Half Marathon charity places
The Kew Half Marathon starts inside Kew Gardens and every runner will receive a fantastic medal, a technical running t-shirt (male and female cut) and free entry into the gardens!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 12 Apr 2026
- 26 charities
London Landmarks Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in London Landmarks Half Marathon today. Run for charity in this lively landmark-packed event while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 3 May 2026
- 1 charity
Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Midlands' biggest and best running event while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 3 May 2026
- 1 charity
ABP Southampton Half Marathon charity places
A single lap of the marathon course which offers a spectacular route including green parks, shoreline and riverside views, starting and finishing at the iconic Southampton Guildhall.
- 13.1 miles road running + 152 m ascent
- Sun 3 May 2026
Worthing RUNFEST Half Marathon charity places
Enjoy a fully closed road race, on flat coastal roads with a spectacular seafront finish. Chance to take home a PB along with the finishers' t-shirt and medal.
- 13.1 miles road running + 37 m ascent
- Sun 10 May 2026
Great Bristol Run Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in 'the best in the South West' while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 17 May 2026
- 26 charities
Hackney Half charity places
Secure your charity place in the Hackney Half - one of the capital's favourite events - while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 17 May 2026
- 2 charities
Essar Chester Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Chester Half Marathon today. Run for charity in this highly regarded half marathon while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running + 355 ft ascent
- Sun 24 May 2026
- 4 charities
Edinburgh Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in the Edinburgh Half Marathon today. Run for charity in this festival of running and support top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running + 76 m ascent
- Sun 31 May 2026
- 3 charities
Great Manchester Run Half Marathon charity places
Secure your charity place in Manchester's original and best-loved half marathon while supporting top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sat 6 - Sun 7 Jun 2026
- 3 charities
Endure24 | Reading charity places
The UK’s favourite 24-hour trail race! Epic, Brutal, Relentless. Race against the clock to tackle as many laps of the iconic course as you can. How far can you go in 24 hours?
- 24 hrs multi terrain running
- Sat 27 - Sun 28 Jun 2026
- 3 charities
Endure24 | Leeds charity places
The north's favourite 24-hour trail race! Epic, Brutal, Relentless. Race against the clock to tackle as many laps of the iconic course as you can. How far can you go in 24 hours?
- 24 hrs multi terrain running + 102 m ascent
Running the Great North Run for charity
Your complete guide to getting a place and taking part in the Great North Run.
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Run for charity in the Great North Run
There are a huge range of fantastic charities with places available for this popular half marathon every year - and this is how you can get involved.
- 5 mins read
Race 101: the Great North Run
All your questions about the Great North Run answered in one place, helping you to take the plunge and get involved!
- 10 mins read
13 reasons to enter the biggest half marathon in the world
The Great North Run attracts 57,000 runners each year to the North East, all keen to enjoy its world-famous atmosphere!
Charities with places in half marathons
Featured charities with places in half marathons.
- Sun 17 Aug
- £25 + £150 fundraising
Scottish Half Marathon
Cats Protection
A seriously flat and rapid point-to-point course with a downhill profile along the coast to finish in the final furlong of Scotland's oldest racecourse plus grandstand finish. Come and be part of it!
- Half marathon
- Sun 14 Sep
- £10 + £150 fundraising
The Amazing Northampton Run | Half Marathon
Child Bereavement UK
Come to Britain’s largest town for the Amazing Northampton Run and take on a grand tour of everything great in Northampton including parks, riverside, sporting venues and amazing architecture!
- 13.1 miles road running + 470 ft ascent
- Sun 5 Oct
- £25 + £250 fundraising
Great Scottish Run Half Marathon
Macmillan Cancer Support
With a city centre start and finish, this is a celebration of everything that is great about Glasgow: inspiring urban architecture, green spaces, history, music, strength, spirit and great people.
- 13.1 miles road running + 389 ft ascent
- Sun 12 Oct
- £10 + £200 fundraising
AEPG Great Eastern Run | Half Marathon
Sue Ryder
Thousands of runners of all abilities and ages will be welcomed back to the streets of Peterborough City Centre, for the return of the Great Eastern Run!
- 13.1 miles road running + 65 m ascent
- Sun 12 Oct
- £20 + £450 fundraising
Bournemouth Half Marathon
Cardiomyopathy UK
Sun... Sea... Running as it should be. Run along both Boscombe and Bournemouth piers on a stunning coastal route as part of the Run Bournemouth weekend running festival.
- 13.1 miles road running + 101 m ascent
- Sun 1 Mar 2026
- £35 + £200 fundraising
Altra Brighton Half Marathon
Macmillan Cancer Support
Join the UK's Happiest Half - a fast, flat race with a buzzing Brighton atmosphere. An early season major half and one of the most popular races in the UK!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 29 Mar 2026
- £25 + £330 fundraising
Kew Gardens Half Marathon
SANE
The Kew Half Marathon starts inside Kew Gardens and every runner will receive a fantastic medal, a technical running t-shirt (male and female cut) and free entry into the gardens!
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 3 May 2026
- FREE + £250 fundraising
Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon
Birmingham Hospice
Take on a thrilling run at the Midlands' biggest and best running event! Thousands of Brummies pound the streets every year, from the heart of the city with an incredible atmosphere all the way.
- 13.1 miles road running
- Sun 24 May 2026
- £20 + £250 fundraising
Edinburgh Half Marathon
NSPCC
Just before the Marathon, the Half follows the same fast and flat route from the iconic castle and city sights to the coast for an explosive finish and offers genuine PB potential.
- 13.1 miles road running + 76 m ascent
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