Choose A Charity
Fundraising is at the heart of the Cardiff Half – with many runners choosing to raise money for good causes and over 100 official charities associated with the event. Running for a good cause will give a huge boost to the satisfaction you’ll feel on finishing the race – and keep you motivated during your training.
Once general entries in the race have sold out, only the remaining spaces reserved via our official charities will be available if you are looking to gain an entry to take part.
Many will have free or discounted rate spaces available, just get in touch with them for more details. They can give you official sponsorship forms, details on how you can fundraise with Enthuse and offer specialist help and support.
Visit our Fundraising Hub to set up your fundraising page, top tips and creative fundraising ideas.
2025 registration is now closed. See our 2026 Charity Partners below – more will be added when registration opens.
If you are a charity interested in purchasing a fundraising bundle, please email [email protected] or click here to learn more.
Lead Charity
Run for NSPCC
*An admin fee will be charged on top of race entry by our online registration platform provider. This fee is non-refundable.
The NSPCC are delighted to be the lead charity partner of the Oysho Cardiff Half Marathon.
We are leading the fight against child abuse in Wales, and across the UK and Channel Islands. We help children who’ve been abused to rebuild their lives, we protect children at risk, and we find the best ways of preventing child abuse from ever happening.
Stand with us. Run for us. Together, we can change children’s lives.
Why Join #TeamNSPCC?
Registration for 2025 has now closed. Check back soon for details on the Cardiff Half 2026!
Below are some of the fantastic reasons to join Team NSPCC that will add to your incredible experience at the Cardiff Half:
- Personalised training plan for each NSPCC runner based on your experience, fitness and goals
- A breathable NSPCC running top with iron on letters
- A Facebook community to share training tips and experiences with all your teammates
- Expert fundraising support
- Knowing you’re part of a 800+ team on race day all running to help us in our fight for every childhood
- The support of cheer points around the course on race day to cheer you to the finish
- Family focused post race reception with food and refreshments.
A child contacts Childline every 45 seconds. And it costs £4 to answer their call. By raising £300 you could pay for up to 75 children to get the help and support they need from our Childline counsellors.
Fundraiser Gold Card Benefits
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
Already have a space in the Osyho Cardiff Half?
You can still join Team NSPCC with no fundraising target, we just ask you raise as much as you can to support the NSPCC and services.
Click here to let us know you’d like to join the team!
Associate Charity Partners
MIND
We’re Mind. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
By joining #TeamMind for the 2026 Cardiff Half Marathon, you’ll be joining the fight for mental health.
Enter for £10 when pledging to fundraise £250 and receive the following:
- Lots of brilliant fundraising advice and support
- Regular e-newsletter updates
- Access to personalised training plans
- A Mind running vest with your name in iron-on letters
- A post-race reception with refreshments and celebrations
- A dedicated and experienced fundraising officer to help you along the way
Any questions? Contact [email protected].
Already have a space in the Cardiff Half Marathon? Excellent! We would be thrilled to have you join our team. There is no minimum sponsorship target, we would just love it if you could raise as much as you can to support Mind’s work. Register as an own place runner here.
Fundraiser Gold Card Benefits
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. It affects us all.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we know the steps it will take to create a future where dementia no longer devastates lives. And we’re leading the way, with people from all the spheres of life dementia touches.
Only together can we beat dementia – by giving vital support to those who need it; funding groundbreaking research; and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
It will take a society to beat dementia. Alzheimer’s Society.
Join Team Alzheimer’s Society to take on the Cardiff Half Marathon and, as part of our team you’ll receive:
- An Alzheimer’s Society running top plus iron letters of your choice
- Training plan and support from our expert running coaches
- Regular fundraising support from our experienced Events Team with tips on how to smash your target
- Pre and post-race reception in the charity village with refreshments and snacks
- Cheer point along route
- Access to the Alzheimer’s Society Facebook running group where you can share tips with other runners and our running coaches
Entry Fee: £15
Fundraising Target: £250
Contact: [email protected]
Already have a space in the Cardiff Half Marathon? Join Team Alzheimer’s Society and with your sweat and determination we’ll get one step closer to a world without dementia. Since you have your own place there’s no fundraising target. Simply set your own goal and we’ll work with you to turn your training runs into life-changing research and your finish line thrill into hope for future generations. Join our team today.
Fundraiser Gold Card Benefits
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonCANCER RESEARCH WALES
Join #TeamCRW today and help change the future for the cancer patients of tomorrow in Wales. Rest assured we will be with you every step of the way. Each participant will need to commit to raising a minimum of £300 in sponsorship for this event. Shortly after registering you will be given a dedicated contact here at Cancer Research Wales, who will support you through every step of this exciting journey.
By joining TeamCRW for just £10 and pledging to raise a minimum of £300, you will receive:
- Branded Cancer Research Wales TeamCRW running t-shirt – made from recycled plastic bottles
- Bespoke fundraising pack and regular event updates
- Training support from our #TeamCRW Running Club
- Information on Cancer Research Wales and our latest research projects
- Race day cheering stations and post-race celebration
- Commemorative medal and finishers T-shirt
- An opportunity to create a brighter future for cancer patients in Wales and their families
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Target: £300
Contact: Click Here
Fundraiser Gold Card Benefits
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonTŶ HAFAN CHILDREN’S HOSPICE
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Pledge: £250
When a child’s life will be short, Tŷ Hafan will walk alongside their family every step of the way – through life, death and beyond.
Tŷ Hafan’s ambition is that when a child’s life will be short, no family in Wales should have to live it on their own. Too many families in Wales are struggling alone through the fear, exhaustion and uncertainty that comes with caring for a child whose life will be short. When every day could be their child’s last, families should be making memories together instead of facing each one with dread.
Tŷ Hafan are proud to be a charity partner at the Cardiff Half Marathon and would like to say a big thank you to all those who register to run for us, you’re amazing!
When you choose to run with Team Tŷ Hafan you will get:
- A discounted space at only £10
- A free running vest when you hit £100 in sponsorship
- Fundraising materials and support throughout your journey
- A running community – join our Facebook group and group run to meet fellow runners
- An invitation to visit the hospice
- A post-race celebration
If you’ve already secured your place then please contact [email protected] who will be able to support you every step of the way.
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonCharity Partners
VELINDRE CHARITY
With your support, we can help our exceptional nurses, doctors, and researchers across Wales deliver the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, benefiting patients here at home and far beyond.
From funding cutting-edge equipment and pioneering research, to creating warm, welcoming environments for patients and their families, we’re proud to support cancer care that goes above and beyond what the NHS alone can provide. Every donation makes a real difference here in Wales.
Together, we will achieve victory over cancer.
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Target: £300
Contact: Click Here
Already have a place in the Cardiff Half? Click here to learn more about using your space to fundraise for us.
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonTHE NOAH’S ARK CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHARITY
Children and families are at the heart of everything we do at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity.
We ensure that treatment and outcomes for children can continue to improve by funding new and innovative medical equipment and facilities. We support children and families in the here and now through our emotional support service and the much loved play specialist team and we invest in the future by providing technology that helps train the bright clinicians of tomorrow. We also strive to make the hospital a less frightening and more familiar place for children by sprinkling a little fun and happiness into hospital days.
As a charity that relies entirely on gifts and donations – this is all made possible thanks to people like you.
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Target: £300
Contact: Click Here
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonMOTOR NEURONE DISEASE (MND) ASSOCIATION
The MND Association is the leading charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland focused on funding research, improving access to care and campaigning for people living with or affected by MND.
We have over 13,000 members forming a powerful network that provides information and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding, treatments and brings us closer to a cure.
We campaign and raise awareness so the needs of people with MND are recognised and addressed by wider society.
People with MND, their families and carers are at the heart of everything we do.
Entry Fee: £20
Fundraising Target: £250
Contact: Click Here
Already got a place in the Cardiff Half? Click here to learn more about using it to fundraise for us.
Fundraiser Gold Card Benefits
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonTENOVUS CANCER CARE (HELPING PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER IN WALES)
Tenovus Cancer Care is a Wales-based charity giving help, hope, and a voice to everyone affected by cancer.
Your support will help us keep our vital services running for everyone who needs them.
Our experienced nurses are here 365 days a year to answer any questions about cancer. Our benefits advisors help with money worries and our counsellors provide a safe space to talk about the emotional impact of a diagnosis. The funds raised from the Cardiff Half Marathon will help us to be there for even more people affected by cancer.
As well as a #TeamTenovus running top, all our participants will receive support from our dedicated team of fundraisers in the lead up to the event. On the day itself, we will be with you from start to finish with our large and loud cheer stations along the route and you’ll be invited to celebrate at our post-race reception.
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Target: £250
Contact: Click Here
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonWALES AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
Wales Air Ambulance Charity relies entirely on charitable donations to raise £11.2 million every year to keep the helicopters in the air and rapid response vehicles on the roads across Wales. We operate some of the most advanced air ambulances in the UK, saving precious time and lives – all thanks to people like you!
Entry Fee: Free
Fundraising Target: £225
Contact: Click Here
2026 Entry Opening SoonBRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
Every three minutes someone loses their life to cardiovascular disease in the UK.
Far too many of us have felt the pain of losing someone we love to cardiovascular disease, the world’s biggest killer. With your support, British Heart Foundation (BHF) powers groundbreaking research to save and improve lives.
As the UK’s largest independent funder of cardiovascular disease research, we can find better ways to prevent, treat, and even cure conditions that rob so many of us of our loved ones. But we can’t do it alone. Your support is vital.
Join Team BHF today by signing up for one of our charity places for just £10 – we just ask that you fundraise a minimum of £250 to help support our lifesaving research.
As a Team BHF runner, you’ll receive:
What’s included?
- a red BHF running top
- a fundraising pack and regular emails to keep you on track
- a bespoke training plan and support from our expert running coaches
- access to our Team BHF Facebook community to meet your fellow runners
- the best cheer squad on route and post-race celebrations and refreshments
- a friendly team here to support you every step of the way.
So, dust off your running shoes and make your miles matter to help keep hearts beating. Together, we can make the impossible possible.
Entry Fee: £10
Fundraising Target: £250
Already have a place at the Cardiff Half Marathon? Join Team BHF as an Own Place runner – you will receive all the benefits of a Charity Place participant, except you won’t have a fundraising target; we simply ask that you raise as much as you can! Click here for more info.
Gold Card Fundraiser benefits are available exclusively to runners raising money for our Lead, Associate & Chosen Charity partners. Celebrate in style with fantastic food and drink offers and other benefits that will ensure you have a race weekend experience you’ll never forget!
2026 Entry Opening SoonOfficial Charities
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!
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