AJ Bell Great Manchester Run
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Run for Charity

If you are looking to run to raise money for a charity close to your heart, or help to support a good cause, then there are hundreds of charity running places available to choose from.

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AJ Bell Great Manchester Run
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Alzheimer’s Society has been proudly selected as the official charity of the AJ Bell Great Run Series. Together we’re investing in a world without dementia. Together, we’ve got dementia on the run. As the country’s biggest killer, someone develops dementia every three minutes in the UK.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we know the steps it will take to create a future where dementia no longer devastates lives. By delivering vital support services, funding pioneering research and campaigning relentlessly for change, we’re now so close to lifechanging treatments being available for people who need them most. For the first time, we’ve truly got dementia on the run.

​Hope is on the horizon but to get there, we need everyone on the team. Because it will take a society to beat dementia. The money we raise from the AJ Bell Great Run series will help us get there faster. Join us.

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Join forces with the team that will get you to the finish line. We’re the only ones fighting over 200 cancer . Our life-saving work is funded entirely by the generosity of our supporters, so every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound, and every runner. One in two people now survive cancer. Together we’ve achieved so much, but we won’t stop until we’ve beaten it altogether. Join the team today and we will beat cancer.

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The Bobby Moore Fund was set up in memory legendary footballer Bobby Moore, who sadly died from bowel cancer aged just 51.To date the Bobby Moore Fund has raised over £20 million. The funds are spent on world class bowel cancer research carried out by leading scientists working across the UK. With your support, bowel cancer stands no chance. Let’s make Bobby proud and help beat it sooner. Join the Bobby Moore Fund team today.

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When you run for BHF, you can help us achieve our vision of a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. You run for the people you love. You run to help us fund lifesaving research and support people affected by heart and circulatory diseases. You run to help keep families together for longer.

It’s because of you, BHF-funded research is possible. Together, we can make the impossible possible. Thank you.

 

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Join an army of Team Christie supporters and put your best foot forward at Manchester’s biggest and best day of running!

The Christie is committed to revolutionising the fight against cancer by funding world reaching research, treatment and care, and education. With every step you take around the city centre streets you will be helping us to achieve our ultimate goal of a future without cancer.
Whether it is your first or your fifteenth run, the extra-special atmosphere and Team Christie encouragement will ensure you never forget crossing that famous finish line. Be part of something special; choose The Christie!

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At Macmillan, we give people with cancer everything we’ve got. If you’re diagnosed, your worries are our worries. We will move mountains to help you live life as fully as you can. And we don’t stop there. We’re going all out to find ever better ways to help people with cancer, helping to bring forward the day when everyone gets life-transforming support from day one. We’re doing whatever it takes, but we couldn’t do what we do without you, thank you so much for your support.

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Manchester Foundation Trust Charity supports continuing excellence in treatment, research and care in our family of hospitals across Manchester and Trafford, including Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

As a charity our mission is simple: to support the excellence in treatment, research and care we provide to our patients each and every day.  We want to make a real difference to the people we treat – young and old – by making sure that they continue to receive the very best treatment in the very best facilities. We do this by focussing our fundraising efforts on three key areas – treatment, research and care. 

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We’re Mind. We’re here to fight for mental health. We produce trusted information all about mental health problems. We support people through our helplines and online Side by Side community. We campaign with the government to get a better deal on mental health. And we speak out when something isn’t right, demanding mental health support respects our rights. There’s so much we do – and we couldn’t do it without you, so thank you.

 

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The North West Air Ambulance Charity’s helicopters and HEMS response vehicles operate 365 days a year, with highly skilled specialist doctors and HEMS paramedics on board providing enhanced pre-hospital care and hospital transfers to patients across the entire North West region each year – an area covering 5,500 square miles and over 8 million people. The charity is completely reliant on public and corporate donations to keep the North West Air Ambulance Charity service operational and helping to save lives, needing to raise over £18 million a year to support its lifesaving service. For more information on the North West Air Ambulance Charity or to donate, please visit the website or call 0800 587 4570.

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The NSPCC are the Uk’s leading children’s charity and we are passionate about the work we do. We want to answer every call, reach every child when they need help, and keep adapting to whatever challenge is thrown at us.

Around 90 per cent of our income comes from our supporters – people like you, who decide to take a stand and help protect children. Join the team today and together we can help keep children safe.

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Moya Cole Hospice, formerly known as St Ann’s Hospice, cares for people impacted by life-limiting illnesses right across Greater Manchester. Only third of its funding comes from the NHS – the rest relies on the kind support of people who raise money. Every penny makes a real difference to providing free, outstanding support to patients and families when they need it most.

Run for the hospice and you’ll get great perks, including a post-race drinks reception and massage, a free running vest or t-shirt, training plans, and a friendly team who will support you all the way and cheer you through the race! Make every mile matter. Run for Moya Cole Hospice.

 

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When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. Life changes instantly and recovery is tough. But the brain can adapt. Our specialist support, research and campaigning are only possible with the courage and determination of the stroke community. With more donations and support from you, we can rebuild even more lives. Rebuilding lives after stroke is a team effort and you’re a vital part of it. Join #TeamStroke and help us rebuild lives after stroke.

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We are Alcohol Change UK. We work for a society that is free from the harm caused by alcohol. We are not anti-alcohol; we are for alcohol change. We are for a future in which people drink as a conscious choice, not a default; where the issues which lead to alcohol problems – like poverty, mental health issues, homelessness – are addressed; where those of us who drink too much, and our loved ones, have access to high-quality support whenever we need it, without shame or stigma.

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Other Charities

Action Tutoring
Age UK Cheshire
Alder Hey Children’s Charity
All Aboard Youth Rowing
AMEND
Arthritis UK
Bone Cancer Research Trust
Borneo Orangutan Survival UK
Brainkind (The Disabilities Trust)
Bridging the Gap (Manchester)
Buxton Mountain Rescue
Chasing Rainbows Charity
Child Bereavement UK
Children with Cancer UK
CLEFT
CMV Action
Coeliac UK
Contact Hostel
Cure Leukaemia
Cure Usher
David Lewis
Depaul UK
Destination Florida
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
Diabetes UK
Dogs Trust
Down’s Syndrome Manchester
Emerge 3Rs (Fareshare Greater Manchester)
Environmental Investigation Agency
Fareshare
Forever Manchester
Foundation 92
Francis House Children’s Hospice
Freedom from Torture
Harry’s Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust
Henshaws
HExN
Holly’s Heart
Home-Start HOST
Hospice at Home West Cumbria
IAC-UK
Irish Community Care
Islamic Help
JD Foundation
Kidney Research UK
Kidneys for Life
KnownValuedLoved
Litle Green Sock Project
Live Life Give Life
Liv’s Trust
Manchester Mind
Michael Carrick Foundation
Motor Neurone Disease Association
MPS Society
MS Together
Mustard Tree
My Mito Mission
National Eczema Society
Niamh’s Next Step
Nephrotic Syndrome Trust (NeST)
NorthCare Charity
Northern Cancer Voices
OCD-UK
Olympias Music Foundation
PAPYRUS
Pawpurrs Halfway House
Pendleside Hospice
Pennine Care Charity
Pets Foundation
PoTS UK
Prevent Breast Cancer
Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust
PURPLE HEART WISHES
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Rosemere Cancer Foundation
SafeLives
Sands
Seashell
Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity
SKCIN
Spoons
Springhill Hospice
St John’s Hospice South Lakes and North Lancashire
St Mary’s Hospice
The EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK)
The Ella Dawson Foundation
The Lewy Body Society
The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation
The Noah Jordan Foundation
The Oddballs Foundation
The Scar Free Foundation
The Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Foundation UK
The Wellspring
Together Dementia Support
Tommy’s, The Pregnancy and baby charity
Twins Trust
Unique, Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group
Vasculitis UK
Walking with the Wounded
Wellbeing of Women
Winstons Wish

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