R4W CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Pledge: £250
R4W (organiser of events including the Cardiff Half Marathon) is a passionate advocate of the power of sport. As a not-for-profit, surpluses generated by R4W events are invested into the R4W Charitable Foundation, which supports and awards funding to grassroots sport and other community projects.
Since being founded, it has allocated £1 million to schemes and initiatives that look to improve the health and wellbeing of those living in Wales:
- The Welsh Schools Athletics Association, to create District, National and International Competition opportunities for school-age athletes.
- Run Wales, Welsh Athletics’ social running programme which aims to inspire, encourage and support ever adult in Wales to run, leading to the establishment of over 100 social running groups.
- The 100 Club, providing free race entries for over 1,000 first time runners from diverse groups at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Cardiff Half Marathon and Newport Marathon Festival
- The Daily Mile, a scheme which looks to improve the physical, social and mental health and wellbeing of children, encouraging schools to get their pupils outside for 15 minutes each day to run, jog or walk a mile in the fresh air.
- Starting Blocs, a program aimed at introducing children into athletics, teaching them key movement skills to learn the foundations of running, jumping and throwing.
- Mwslima Running Club (Wales’ first women’s Muslim run club), facilitating track sessions for training and enabling members to secure run leader qualifications.
By running the Cardiff Half Marathon for the R4W Charitable Foundation, you can help to inspire activity in children/young people and socially disadvantaged groups. In return, you’ll receive a free race entry, a free 2 week trial with run coach app Cooaph and a technical R4WCF Fundraising Vest to wear on race day (if you raise £75 by 8 August 2026).
Click here or below to apply for a place, or if you’ve already secured your place and would like to fundraise for us, please contact [email protected] to join the team!
