CAFOD is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales

Run to the Beat - London Half Marathon

CAFOD runner Paul Anthony Jones completes Run to the Beat 2009
CAFOD runner Paul Anthony Jones completes Run to the Beat 2009

Join Team CAFOD on September 26th, 2010 and Run to the Beat in London's famous Docklands

"Run to the rhythm, run to the beat, keep your feet moving, and pound that street” - all while helping communities living in poverty across the world.

Beginning and ending in the shadow of London's famous O2 arena in Docklands, the half-marathon course is lined with musicians playing to keep you on the move.

People of all ages are encouraged to take part. If you want to join Team CAFOD, we are asking people to commit to raising £200 minimum sponsorship that will go towards supporting our work with some of the world’s poorest communities.

You can also apply for your own place in the run by entering the ballot - if you are successful you can still join the CAFOD team making us even bigger and better.

When completing your own place application please select CAFOD as your charity of choice – this way, if you secure a place in the run your name will automatically be passed on to us.

Whether you have your own place in the run or would like a CAFOD charity place, we will provide:

  • A CAFOD running vest
  • Training schedules and top tips
  • A fundraising pack, sponsorship forms and your own fundraising web page
  • Team CAFOD e-newsletters

Do something amazing.


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Kids at the Our Lady’s RC Junior School dressed in their pyjamas for the day to raise money for World Gifts [CAFOD]

Ideas for your own event

You don't have to use one of our fundraising schemes - hundreds of people raise money for us in many other ways. We have loads of suggestions here for events, and recipes for fabulous fundraising food from around the world

set up your fundraising page

It only takes a few minutes to create a Just Giving sponsorship page - making it so much easier for your friends and family to sponsor you, and add messages of support.

Louise Weaver, Steve Carrivick and Noel Sainsbury are tired but elated at the end of the Westminster bike ride [CAFOD]

Getting sponsored the easy way

Read our top tips for sponsorship - everything you need to make your fundraising a success

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Published on 19/03/2008, last updated on 08/01/2010
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