If you would like to run the Manchester Half Marathon for one of our fantastic Associate Charities, please contact them directly using their links below.

*Additional charities will be added to the below list in due course

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.

 

Bury Hospice opened its doors in June 1991 and the charity has helped thousands of people through some of the most difficult times in their lives with specialist, compassionate and palliative end-of-life care. It costs us £4.5m to run our services with a 13% contribution from the NHS. The remainder is raised via our income generation streams which includes fundraising, retail and lottery.

      

DofE helps young people build lifelong belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when they prove to themselves that they're ready for anything, nothing can hold them back.

Be part of something special and join our 2025 Manchester Half Marathon team! Your support ensures our family of ten NHS hospitals, clinical services and local care organisations can go above and beyond for our patients. With your help we enable the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for diagnosis and treatment, fund pioneering medical research to improve our understanding of illnesses and how best to treat them, and create welcoming, friendly environments that allow patients, and their families, to feel at ease during their time of care.

The Matthew22 Fund was established in October 2023 in memory of Matthew Ben Hollingworth, who passed away due to bone cancer in February 2022. Initially created as a "Special Fund" for the Bone Cancer Research Trust, our aim is to broaden our impact and assist a wider community. We raise funds to support selected charitable organisations dedicated to aiding individuals affected by disease and their families.

 

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.

Mental Health Matters (MHM) is a national charity with over 40 years of experience in delivering high-quality mental health services. We support 15,000 people every month to achieve their recovery goals, and we are always seeking to develop and expand our services to reach more people in need.

Mustard Tree Combats Poverty and prevents homelessness across greater Manchester, with your help. We provide a foundation of food, clothing, furniture, support work and community, alongside courses, classes and accredited training. All in the same space. We now do this for over 10,000 people every month.

Nordoff and Robbins is the UK's largest music therapy charity, with a unique approach shaped by more than 60 years of practice.

We help Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Foundation Trust deliver outstanding care across their four hospitals and community services in Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford, by funding innovative equipment, education, research and wellbeing activities. Through your generous fundraising and donations, we are able to go above and beyond the scope of the NHS, supporting NHS staff to deliver the best care possible for over a million patients and their families every year.

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.

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the leading UK lung cancer charity. We support everyone affected by lung cancer – from diagnosis, through treatment, living with the disease and end of life care. We raise awareness, prevent future generations from getting it and challenge the misconceptions of lung cancer. We do all this so those diagnosed can live well with lung cancer for as long as possible.

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!

Home is a human right. It's our foundation and it's where we thrive. But today in England, 150,000 children are waking up without a safe place to call home. We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. By joining up with #TeamShelter at the Manchester Half Marathon, every step you take through the streets of Manchester will bring us closer to beating the housing emergency 🏠

We’re the leading UK charity stopping the heartbreak and devastation of baby loss and making pregnancy and birth safe – for everyone. We fund world-leading research to grow the evidence and find new tests and treatments to reduce miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. We provide free evidence-based information to support people throughout their pregnancy journeys, including those facing complications or baby loss. And we mobilise a powerful community to raise awareness and drive change.

Wellbeing of Women is the health charity saving and changing the lives of women, girls and babies. It is the only UK charity working across all of women’s gynaecological and reproductive health. Led by women's voices, we improve health and wellbeing through research, education and advocacy. We imagine a world in which women's lives are not limited by their gynaecological and reproductive health. Help us make this a reality. For more on Wellbeing of Women, please visit: www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk