***A massive thank you to our TCS London Marathon runners in this year’s race. You did Addenbrooke’s proud, raising an incredible ÂŁ90,000! If you’re feeling inspired, apply below for an ACT charity place for next year’s race.***
Apply to join #TeamAddenbrooke’s!
- We have five charity spots available for the 2027 marathon.
- Applications will be scored anonymously, so please give us as much information as possible about why you want to run for Addenbrooke’s and how you’ll maximise your fundraising.
- Application costs ÂŁ30 and you will commit to raise a minimum of ÂŁ3,000 to help make our hospitals even better!
- Closing date for applications is Monday 15th June 2026.
- Applicants will be shortlisted and contacted by the following week, commencing 22nd June.
- From the shortlist, telephone interviews will be conducted and final runners confirmed by 29th June.
For more information email fundraising@act4addenbrookes.org.uk
Or you can join Team Addenbrooke’s with your own ballot place!
To increase your chances of running in the TCS London Marathon 2027, apply for a ballot place in addition to applying for one of our charity spots.
The official TCS London Marathon ballot will open at 09:00 BST on Friday 24 April 2026 and close at 16:00 BST on Friday 1 May 2026. The official ballot results will be announced by early July.
If you are lucky enough to secure your own place in the general ballot, we’d love for you to join Team Addenbrooke’s and help make your hospital even better. You will benefit from the same support package as our charity runners.
Why join #TeamAddenbrooke’s?
We’ll be with you every step of the way and you will receive dedicated fundraising support from our amazing fundraising team.
Feel inspired?
As well as TCS London Marathon runners, this year, ACT also had four MyWay runners, who opted to run the 26.2 miles in an area of their choice.
Husband and wife team, Linda and Adrian Pepper, completed their MyWay in London – but chose to complete the actual London Marathon course in reverse, setting off at one minute past midnight on Sunday, running through the night.
Linda (pictured right) chose to run for ACT after receiving life-changing surgery at Addenbrooke’s and together, she and Adrian have raised £4,000 for ACT after running in this year’s TTP Cambridge Half, the Paris Marathon as well as London.
Despite a fall at the five-and-a-half-mile mark where she really hurt her knee, Linda said she was determined to carry on. “This was my sixth marathon but also my hardest one. My motto is – she believed she could, so she did. Last night I did!”
The TCS London Marathon is the ultimate bucket-list event where you’ll join 50,000 runners as you take on the UK’s biggest marathon! The world-famous route takes you past many of the capital’s iconic landmarks, old and new!
Your efforts will mean the world to patients & their families
Whether this is your first marathon or you’re a seasoned pro, as part of #TeamAddenbrooke’s, we’ll make sure the London Marathon is a challenge you’ll remember.
“When you’ve been touched as we have by Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie – we’ll owe everything to them forever, quite honestly – it’s an honour to run the marathon for their charity, Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT).” – Jack Sibbons, TCS London Marathon participant 2026.
Alternatively, if the TCS London Marathon isn’t for you, why not check out our other fabulous events and run for #TeamAddenbrooke’s?
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