Run for charity
Make every step count
We are proud to work with a number of charities and organisations doing incredible work out in the community. When taking part in Run Leicester, we would ask that you please consider running for one of our charity partners below.
Each charity’s offer is different but often you will be able to run for free if you pledge to raise between £100 – £200 as part of your run.
Simply choose a charity below that you’re passionate about and get in touch!
LOROS Hospice
LOROS is a local charity and every year we care for over 2,500 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We deliver high-quality, compassionate care and support to terminally ill patients, their family and carers. We deliver care that is special and unique...
Charity Link
Charity Link helps individuals and families in desperate need across Leicestershire, Rutland, and Northamptonshire to have the essential items we all deserve for a decent standard of living. Charity Link works to ensure that people in financial hardship are warm, safe...
Freeva
Freeva is a local charity that operates across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our goal is to aspire to live in a society where everyone is free from violence and abuse. We do this by empowering and supporting those that are experiencing, or have experienced,...
Open Hands
Open Hands Trust is a Leicester based charity that has been supporting the emergency needs of the local community for the past 18 years. We help a broad range of different people including low-income families, people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers and...
RSPCA
RSPCA Leicestershire, Peterborough and Rutland, based at Woodside Animal Centre, is one of the biggest RSPCA branches in the UK and for over 143 years, we have been rescuing and caring for injured, or abandoned animals, neglected or mistreated pets throughout...
Children’s Hospital Pyjamas
We collect brand new pairs of pyjamas for children and young people, aged between new-born and 18 years old. The pyjamas are distributed to hospitals, hospices and women's refuges throughout the UK. They are then given to children who are poorly or disadvantaged. To...
The Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation
The Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation exists to celebrate and support people to experience the transformative power of music. We are here to remember Sarah through the power of music: by bringing happiness and spreading joy to people across the city. From funding...
Curve Theatre
Great theatre provides intrinsic value to society and through our work we increase knowledge, open minds to new possibilities, provide shared experience and reduce social exclusion and isolation helping our community to be happier and healthier. Through performances,...
Heart Link
Heart Link is a charity that is committed to enhancing care for children with heart conditions by funding projects such as new facilities and quality medical equipment. We have raised over £6 million since 1981, thanks to the wonderful support and generosity of our...
Mind (Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland)
We are your local, independent, mental health charity within the national Mind network. Our focus is on improving the mental health and wellbeing of people from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We provide a range of support and community mental wellbeing...
HBA Support
Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support (HBA Support) is the UK's first patient-centred organisation to provide information and support for people affected by hereditary brain aneurysms and their families. We support people affected by hereditary brain aneurysms, building a...
Islamic Relief
Since 1984 we have saved and transformed the lives of over 120 million people. By responding to disasters, rebuilding lives and preparing people in case disaster strikes – we save lives before they are lost. In addition to providing disaster and emergency response, we...
Menphys
Menphys is a local charity that provides a range of specialist services to support children and young adults with additional needs and disabilities and their families. It has been supporting families across Leicester and Leicestershire for 50 years, striving to give...
One Roof Leicester
One Roof Leicester provides accommodation and support to single adults in Leicester, including British Nationals, EU migrants and asylum seekers and refugees. We work in partnership with other agencies in Leicester and raise awareness about homelessness issues within...
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
We work in all four countries of the UK and globally to tackle the nature and climate emergency. Our vision is to deliver a world richer in nature for both wildlife and people. As well as working locally within communities to help birds and other wildlife, we seek to...
RAF Benevolent Fund
For more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting members of our RAF Family through thick and thin providing practical, emotional, and financial support whenever they need us. We provide lifelong support to serving and ex-serving RAF personnel and...
British Heart Foundation
Heart and circulatory diseases are the world’s biggest killers. That’s why the British Heart Foundation exists. By funding research, we can help find treatments and cures that could save lives. With your donations and the awe-inspiring science we fund, we make science...
The Migraine Trust
The Migraine Trust is dedicated to helping people affected by migraine. We are the only UK migraine charity providing information and support, campaigning for awareness and change, and funding and promoting research. One in seven people in the UK live with migraine,...
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
We are an international development charity who reach out to people living in poverty with practical help, whatever their religion or culture. CAFOD is the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and part of Caritas International. For more...
Leicester Animal Aid
Leicester Animal Aid is a rehoming centre for cats anddogs. Every year, we care for more than 300 cats and dogswho are lost, abandoned, neglected, unwanted orrelinquished because their owners can no longer look after them. Every animal is assessed by our experienced...
Fight Bladder Cancer
Founded by those directly affected, Fight Bladder Cancer is a charity that supports patients and carers, raising awareness and advocating for change. We build an informed and empowered community, fostering support and shared understanding. We offer resources, advice...
Freedom4Girls
Freedom4Girls are a UK-registered charity fighting against period poverty. We have recently expanded to Leicester and work to support those who menstruate by challenging the stigmas, taboos and gender inequalities associated with menstruation. We are passionate about...
The Well Kibworth
A welcoming place of community, friendship, and support for everyone situated in the heart of Kibworth. Our café serves freshly ground coffees, teas, snacks, light lunches, and delicious homemade cakes. We have a peaceful outside space too. In our charity shop, you’ll...
Raising Health
Raising Health is the registered charity of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT). We raise funds to support LPT’s excellent care initiatives, equipment and innovations which go above and beyond core NHS provision, to enhance the experience of patients, service...
The Laura Centre
The Laura Centre is a well-established charity, situated in Leicester and recognised nationally for its cutting edge approach and clinical excellence in the field of family bereavement. The Laura Centre is the sole project of the charity COPE, which was founded by...
Leicester City in the Community
Formed in 2007, Leicester City in the Community are one of the official charities of Leicester City Football Club. Funded by the Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF), the Premier League Professional Footballers’ Association Community Fund (PL PFA) and other local and...
Blue Light Card Foundation
By supporting the Blue Light Card Foundation, you can give back to those who often put their lives and wellbeing on the line for us. Borne out of Blue Light Card, the Foundation deliver granting programmes to charities and organisations that support the wellbeing of...
Cancer Active Recovery Support (C.A.R.S.)
For many facing a cancer diagnosis, learning to live with and to manage their condition beyond treatment can be a daunting and challenging prospect. C.A.R.S. based in Measham, Leicestershire aims to provide alternative means to connect with others challenged by...
Dove Cottage
Dove Cottage is a day care hospice, and guests usually come to us for one day each week. We do our very best to make our hospice a home away from home. It is set in beautiful countryside with a lovely lounge, dining room, and places where our guests can enjoy games,...
The Bodie Hodges Foundation
The Bodie Hodges Foundation is a local Leicestershire based charity that supports families who have been bereaved of a child. The charity was established in 2013 by Nick and Donna Hodges after the death of their ten-month-old son Bodie. They wanted to offer support to...
Little Beam Foundation
Little Beam Foundation is a Leicestershire-based charity that supports children from 3 - 18 with their mental health and wellbeing. If you would like more information or want to run with a charity place from the Little Beam Foundation, please contact Kerry Hearsey at...