CHARITIES

We work closely with a number of the UK’s leading charities who use our Travel Partner places as a way of securing guaranteed places in the ING New York City Marathon®. It is not compulsory to run for charity to secure a place – you can simply buy a package and run for fun – but we encourage runners to make good use of the high profile nature of their marathon place to raise funds for a charity.

Most of the charities listed below are working closely with 2:09 Events and have supporting ‘Marathon Programmes’ with training plans, social activities and fund raising ideas to help you in your preparation. You can run for your personal charity if it is not listed and simply contact them once you have boooked and have a confirmed place.

Barnardos

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/

We believe in the potential in every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. We will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child.

Breast Cancer Campaign

http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/how/events_runs

Breast Cancer Campaign's mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure. We believe that research is the start of the solution: building a brighter future for people with breast cancer.

Breat Cancer Care

http://events.breastcancercare.org.uk

Breast Cancer Care is here for anyone affected by breast cancer. We bring people together, provide information and support, and campaign for improved standards of care. We use our understanding of people's experience of breast cancer and our clinical expertise in everything we do. Visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk or call our free helpline on 0845 092 0804 sporting@breastcancercare.org.uk.

British Heart Foundation

http://www.bhf.org.uk/newyorkmarathon

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives every day through pioneering research, caring for patients and families, campaigning for change and providing vital information.

Some of the most ground-breaking and important achievements in heart health research over the past 47 years have been made thanks to work supported by the British Heart Foundation. Currently, we fund 27 BHF Professors and over 1,400 research projects. In 2008-09 alone BHF Heart Nurses helped and supported over 80,000 heart patients.

British Lung Foundation

http://www.lunguk.org/getinvolved/fundraisingevents/running/new-york-marathon

We are the only UK charity that helps people with any lung condition. There are 8 million people in this country with lung disease – whether it’s pneumonia, asthma, COPD or lung cancer we are striving to be there for them and their loved ones.

Cancer Research UK

http://running.cancerresearchuk.org/events/new-york-city-marathon

Join our team when you sign up for the New York City Marathon and help fund groundbreaking research that saves lives. When you decide to support Cancer Research UK, we’ll support you every step of the way with training and fundraising advice and a running vest to wear on the day.

Be part of a unique team dedicated to finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Every two minutes in the UK someone’s life is devastated by a cancer diagnosis. Our aim is to reduce the number of people who get cancer and make sure more survive the disease.

Visit our website, email sportsteam@cancer.org.uk or call our hotline number 0871 641 2403 for more information.

Diabetes UK

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Raising_funds/Running/

Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.

We have over 170,000 members. We work for people with diabetes, their carers, family and friends. We represent the interests of all people with diabetes by lobbying the government for better standards of care and the best quality of life.

Great Ormond Street Hospital

http://www.gosh.org/get-involved/challenge-events/run/marathon/ing-new-york-city-marathon/

Great Ormond Street Hospital is currently battling with buildings that are nearing the end of their useful lives and must urgently be replaced. Help us to raise vital funds towards our redevelopment and then we can keep the magic alive for thousands of children who need our help every year.

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/running

Around 28,500 people are diagnosed with a blood cancer in the UK every year. We are looking for New York Marathon entrants to take part whilst raising money towards helping us to 'beat blood cancers'.

Marie Curie

http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/

Marie Curie Cancer Care will care for you from start to finish - join our Daffodil Team and receive a free NIKE Dri Fit running vest, and much more. Join today and help us provide free nursing care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes.

National Autistic Society

http://www.autism.org.uk/running

The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people affected by autism.

Over 500,000 people in the UK have autism.

Together with their families they make up over two million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day. Despite this, autism is still relatively unknown and misunderstood. Which means that many of these two million people get nothing like the level of help, support and understanding they need.

Together, we are going to change this.

Rainforest Foundation

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/Events_home

Deforestation and the destruction of rainforests are major contributing factors in the build-up of CO₂ emissions and the warming of our planet. The main focus of the work of the Rainforest Foundation UK is to protect and save the rainforests by working with those who know the forest best – indigenous peoples and traditional forest dwellers. By supporting them, we're taking a major step forward in the battle to combat climate change and ensure the protection of rainforests for years to come.

Contact: matildef@rainforestuk.org

The Children's Trust

http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk

The Children's Trust is a national charity for children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs. We have the largest provision for children who have received brain injuries as a result of an accident of illness. We need your help to reach more children and get them back on their feet. Take a challenge with us and as well as having fun you will help to change a life.

Whizz Kidz

http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/getinvolved/events

Whizz-Kidz changes disabled children's lives - literally overnight. By providing them with customised mobility equipment, training and advice, we actually give them something much more important. We give them the independence to live a life of freedom at home, at school and at play; the independence to be themselves.

EveryClick - Raising Money for Charity

http://www.everyclick.com/using-everyclick/sponsorship

2:09 Events has linked up with Everyclick to help make the fund raising process easier for those running for charity. Visit www.everyclick.com to see how you can set up a donation page that all of your friends and colleagues can go to and make donations. You can set up a page for any registered charity and the money goes straight to your charity.