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We are thrilled to announce that we have opened our charity place applications to run the 2025 TCS London Marathon on Sunday 26 April 2026.
If you would like to join our 2026 team, please complete a Charity Place Application Form below. All applications received will go through a review process and we hope to be able to confirm places over the coming months.
Please consider the following when applying:
If we are able to offer you one of our charity places, we will ask for the following:
If you have secured your own place directly through the organisers, we would love you to join our team. Please complete the own place form below to join our team. You will receive the same support; all we ask is that you raise as much as you can.
2026 Public Ballot
The ballot for the 2026 TCS London Marathon will open from Friday 25 April and will close on Friday 2 May and results will be released later this year. To apply for the public ballot, visit: https://www.londonmarathonevents.co.uk/london-marathon/enter-ballot
Regardless of the place you hold, we promise to support you all the way and get you to the finish line. We’ll provide training and fundraising advice, cheering packs for your friends and family, and a dedicated team ready to answer any last-minute questions.
As part of our team, you will receive the following;
Applying for a Charity Place doesn’t guarantee you a place in the 2025 TCS London Marathon. Complete the application below and the Sports Team will be in touch soon. We will require the following:
Registration Fee: £100 plus VAT
Fundraising Target: £2,250
Once the ballot places have been allocated, if you managed to secure your own place and wish to run for the team, then we’d love to have you. Please fill out the form below should you get your own place and the team will be in touch.
Complete the application below and the Sports Team will be in touch soon. We will require the following:
Registration Fee: £100 plus VAT
Fundraising Target: £2,250
After the ballot results have been announced, If you manage to secure your own place in the TCS London Marathon already, we would love to have you on our team. Please complete the form below.
Registration Fee: £0
Fundraising Target: As much as possible
Complete the application below and the Sports Team will be in touch soon. We will require the following:
Registration Fee: £100 plus VAT
Fundraising Target: £2,250
After the ballot results have been announced, If you manage to secure your own place in the TCS London Marathon already, we would love to have you on our team. Please complete the form below.
Registration Fee: £0
Fundraising Target: As much as possible
Are you interested in raising funds and awareness of childhood cancer with your colleagues? Becoming an official charity partner could open exciting opportunities, including access to a wide range of prestigious sporting events, such as the TCS London Marathon and many more. Find out how this would benefit your organisation and help us to achieve our mission.
This video captures so many of the special moments of the London Marathon day and we hope it’ll inspire next year’s runners to take part and run for this fantastic cause. Your support helps us to improve survival rates and the quality of survival in young cancer patients and to find ways to prevent cancer in the future.
We would like to congratulate all of our 2024 TCS London Marathon team for completing the 26.2 miles around London on Sunday 21 April. It was an amazing day and incredible to see the team back on the iconic route once again. We can’t thank our team enough for all of the effort they have shown this past year and are so incredibly grateful for the support and dedication towards Children with Cancer UK.
Introducing Charlie, a cancer survivor turned marathon runner. Diagnosed with cancer in 2017, Charlie decided to tackle the London Marathon in 2018, despite facing his own health battles. Since then, he’s run every marathon except one, raising over £10,000 for Children with Cancer UK along the way. He shares the emotional highs and lows, and his commitment to helping others whilst supporting Children with Cancer UK.
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