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Birmingham Running Festival May 2025 | 5K, 10K & Half Marathon

  • Sutton Park Park Road Sutton Coldfield, England United Kingdom (map)

Run for us at the Birmingham Running Festival. Take this opportunity to run a chip-timed 5K, 10K or Half Marathon through Sutton Park nature reserve. There’s even a Junior Race if your youngsters would like to get involved!

The course is all tarmac, on roads and paths. Perfect for a PB.

Whether you’re an experienced runner or a novice looking for a new challenge, we would love you to represent #TeamACF at the Birmingham Running Festival.

Sutton Park is the home of the National Road Relays, so you will be running on the paths once pounded by Sir Mo Farah and many more Team GB greats!

CHALLENGE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • African Children’s Fund technical t-shirt

  • Chip timing

  • Unique themed medal & post-race goodies

  • Free official race photos

  • Full African Children’s Fund fundraising support

FUNDRAISING TARGETS:

£20 registration fee + 5K - £100 minimum sponsorship; 10K - £150 minimum sponsorship; £30 registration fee + Half Marathon - £150 minimum sponsorship

Why Run for African Children’s Fund?

Seemingly small donations enable our partners to minimise school absence and improve outcomes for children, leading to improved opportunities into adulthood: 

  • £12 provides a girl in Tanzania with reusable sanitary towels and access to social education forums so she won't miss one week in four of her schooling; 

  • £20 covers the cost of a care pack for an orphaned family in Zimbabwe so they children concentrate on learning rather than working;

  • £90 pays for a mug of porridge for 1,000 children in Kenya, reducing the need for working, scavenging or begging for food;

  • £250 supports a social worker in Uganda, to resettle a child rescued from the streets with a family.

Yes please, i’d love to take part!

You can register to take part in the May 2025 Birmingham Running Festival for African Children’s Fund by clicking on this link, choosing your distance and filling in all the required information.

I’VE ALREADY GOT A PLACE. CAN I STILL RAISE MONEY FOR AFRICAN CHILDREN’S FUND?

Yes! We’d love you to join #TeamACF. Please drop us an email so we can send you further information and the all-important African Children’s Fund t-shirt.

Questions or queries

Please don’t hesitate to contact us by email or fill in the contact form below if you have any questions or queries before registering for the event.