Great North Run 2026

Beat the ballot and sign up for your place in the St Oswald’s Hospice dream team!

Sunday 6th September 2026 (TBC)

Beat the ballot and guarantee your place on the start line of the 2026 Great North Run!

As part of our St Oswald’s Hospice team of runners, you’ll be joining hundreds of other brilliant people in making a difference to North East families who rely on our services.

Your 13.1 miles will help our patients to enjoy trips to the seaside, relax with complementary therapies and spend quality time with their families. It will also support those who have been bereaved, give a hand to hold on the darkest of days and ensure that people are not alone at what might be the toughest time of their lives.

We’d love for you to join our dream team in making a difference in 2026.

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Why should I run for team St Oswald’s Hospice?

  • Signing up today takes away the stress of waiting for the ballot results, guaranteeing your place on the start line of this iconic half marathon
  • You’ll get your very own St Oswald’s Hospice running vest, helping you look the part
  • You’ll be sent a fundraising pack with fundraising ideas and more to help you reach your target
  • You’ll receive our regular newsletter updates full of inspiration, encouragement and information
  • Our fundraising team will be available to support you all the way to the finish line and into our tent in the charity village to celebrate your achievement
  • You’ll be supporting the vital work of St Oswald’s Hospice, helping to keep our doors open for those who need us across the North East
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Your Fundraising Pledge

We ask that all of our runners aim to raise £300 each (which has been frozen for three years) through fundraising and sponsorship. This is because each runner’s place costs the hospice around £150 based on the package we buy from Great North Run, to ensure the best possible experience to greet all of our supporters at the end of the event. Everything you raise beyond that will directly support the patients we care for.

We’ll send you a fundraising pack containing lots of advice and information, a sponsor form and regular email updates to support you. We are always at the end of the phone if you need us. The sooner you sign up, the more time you have to fundraise. Spreading your target over several months takes the pressure off – aiming for £30 per month over the next 10 months is a much easier way to reach your goal, plus you have much longer to train too!

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Already got your own place? We’d love to welcome you to the team!

If you already have a Great North Run place secured for this year, why not give yourself even more motivation for completing the challenge, by joining our team of runners? We’ll support you all the way and send you a team vest to wear with pride, fundraising pack, regular email updates packed full of tips and advice and support form now until the finish line.

Please note: If you have secured your place through the Great North Run ballot or through the membership scheme and selected us as your chosen charity already, you don’t need to do anything – you are already in and should have received a link to your automatically generated Enthuse fundraising page, this can be edited by you to include your personal story, photos and your own fundraising target.

If you have a place already but haven’t chosen a charity team yet and would like to be part of ours, please complete the short form below so we can set up a fundraising page for you, send you key information, your fundraising pack and vest.

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Terms and Conditions

Please read our Great North Run 2026 Terms and Conditions below.

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