Take your place on a Great Run start line with a series of 10K and Half Marathons in May and October 2025. These popular, well-supported events on closed roads take place in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow, and are ideal for new and experienced runners alike.
We would be thrilled for you to represent Team ACF at one of the events in this year’s Great Run Series.
CHALLENGE HIGHLIGHTS:
African Children’s Fund technical t-shirt
Chip timing
Post-race goody bag
Finishers’ T-Shirt OR opt out to plant a tree instead
Full African Children’s Fund fundraising support
FUNDRAISING TARGETS:
10K - £35 registration fee + £175 minimum sponsorship
Half Marathon - £50 registration fee + £200 minimum sponsorship
why rUN FOR aFRICAN CHILDREN’S fUND?
The funds you raise during your sponsored challenge will reduce school absence and improve long-term outcomes for children, leading to better opportunities for a future free from poverty. Donations from your supporters make a big collective difference:
£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 any of the Great Run events by clicking on this link, choosing your date & event, 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 Team ACF. 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.