Presenting our fantastic Associate Charities for the 2026 Manchester Half.

If you are a charity interested in becoming an Associate Charity Partner, please email charity@aso-uk.com

Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer, yet just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease. We are the only national charity in the UK focused on finding a cure for all types of brain tumours through campaigning to increase the national investment in brain tumour research to £35 million per year, while fundraising to create a network of seven sustainable Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence across the UK.

 

   

Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. A world where fewer hearts stop without warning and all of us get more time with the people we love. Far too many of us have felt the pain of losing someone we love to a heart or circulatory disease. That’s why the British Heart Foundation exists. With your support, we power ground-breaking research to save and improve lives, bring hope to families, and keep hearts beating across the UK.

Tommy's is the leading baby charity in the UK, where 1 in 2 have experienced baby loss or know someone who has. But it doesn’t need to be this way. With your help, our research is here to change the story.

We are Parkinson’s UK. Powered by people. Funded by you. Improving life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. Together we’ll find a cure.

  

Run for Charity work with thousands of charities all over the UK.  If you have a particular cause you'd like to run for, there is a good chance they are here, and they would love your support!

 

Since 1949, the Mental Health Foundation has been leading the UK in building good mental health. Together, we can help everyone have better mental health.