TB Alert only gets a Silver Bond Charity place for the London Marathon every 4-5 years, so if you are planning to apply for a ballot place for this year's marathon, please run for us! We don't attract the interest that the big charities do so your help could make a real difference.

We can supply you with a Runners packs full of useful information, plus of course sponsorship forms. You will also receive one of our lovely TB Alert running vests (see left). We are always on the look-out for great news stories so if you have run marathons before and want to set yourself a new challenge, why not be our first costume runner?

Email if you can run for us in the 2009 Marathon.

Scotland's premier 10km road running event the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run is expected to welcome over 10,000 runners of all abilities to Edinburgh on Sunday 3rd May 2009.

The city centre course takes in some of Edinburgh's most stunning scenary and famous landmarks including Edinburgh Castle, The Scott Monument, The Royal Mile, Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament Building. In a change to previous years the course will take participants down the Mound giving runners ample time to admire the fantastic views of Edinburgh's historic New Town, the Firth of Forth and beyond to The Kingdom of Fife.

You can now enter the 2009 event, just click here.

If you have a place and would like to run for us we can supply you with a Runners packs full of useful information, plus of course sponsorship forms (email us to request a pack).  You will also receive one of our lovely TB Alert running vests (see top 3 pics on this page), and if you pledge to raise £100 or more we'll send you a water bottle too!

The British 10k is a fantastic route around central London – taking in many of its most famous sights.

2008 run is now full - if you would like to register interest for 2009 click here

If you have a place for 2008 and would like to run for us we can supply you with a Runners packs full of useful information, plus of course sponsorship forms (email us to request a pack).  You will also receive one of our lovely TB Alert running vests (see top 3 pics on this page), and if you pledge to raise £100 or more we'll send you a water bottle too!

This race takes place in London, Birmingham and Liverpool. The London race is so popular that entries sometimes close early – so if you want to enter for this year you need to do it early (March/April)! Click here to check if entries are open. You will need to enter TB Alert as your charity to ensure we get a £5 donation from your entry fee - then just raise as much as you can for us!

Runners packs and sponsorship forms available. You will also receive one of our lovely TB Alert running vests (see top 3 pics on this page), and if you pledge to raise £100 or more we'll send you a water bottle too! This is a great race for a beginner running their first 5k.

The world’s biggest and most prestigious half marathon.

Well done to all our runners!

If you would like a place for 2009 please contact us in March/April.

Entries are now closed. Check this page early in 2009 for entries for the 2009 race.

TB Alert works with Charity Challenge - one of the best and most respected overseas challenge companies in the business. If you want to undertake an adventure which will challenge you physically, and challenge your fundraising skills, click here to find out more

Physical activities are not for everyone. But there are lots of other ways you could use your skills, imagination and determination to raise money for TB Alert.

• If you are known as a bit of a talker – why not get your friends to sponsor you to be totally silent for a day?
• How much would your friends pay to see you give up one of your vices for a week? Try chocolate, cigarettes, fattening foods, alcohol or whatever people will pay you to forgo. You could also donate the money you save!
• Or if you are looking to lose weight, why not help yourself along by raising money for every pound or kilo you lose?
• Don’t want to give anything up? Sponsored Pub Crawls are always popular (even if they don’t always get finished!) and mean you don’t have to feel guilty about a night out with your friends having the odd drink or 5!
• Got young children or grandchildren? Kids love a challenge – how about a toddlathon? You could get together with the other mums or grandparents to arrange a walk with your toddlers around a local park.
• Live by the sea? Set yourself a challenge of building sandcastles and get people to sponsor you (you should be able to build a few hundred in an hour!)

TB Alert can provide sponsorship forms, a T-shirt, and plenty of information to tell your friends about the great cause you are fundraising for.

Often this can be the hardest part of the challenge. But there are ways to make it easier:

• Check if your company will match gifts to charities – many companies will match your sponsorship – thus instantly doubling what you have raised!
• Find a good “lead gift” – choose the right person to make the first gift and other sponsors will usually follow their lead and give the same amount.
• Ask for the money up-front when they sign the form – that saves you having to ask again.
• Ask TB Alert for more ideas – we can help! Call 0845 223 5293 or email helping@tbalert.org

Your time and effort to put yourself through a new challenge is a fantastic gift to TB Alert. All we want is your assurance that what you do is safe and legal, and that you will raise as much money as you can to help us in our work. But if you are really proud of your achievement (and you should be!) – why not send us some pictures and a few words for us to put on our website or in our newsletter, and help us persuade other supporters to take up a sponsored challenge too.