TCS London Marathon – Terms & Conditions

How we may contact you:

If we have to contact you in respect of this event we will do so by phone or by writing to you at the email or postal address you have provided to us. All use of your personal data will be in accordance with our Privacy Policy, including the sharing of your data with the Challenge Organiser if we need to.

Organisation of the race:

The TCS London Marathon will be held on 26 April 2026. This Challenge is being organised and will be run by London Marathon Events.

They can be contacted at: htps://www.tcslondonmarathon.com/help/contact-us

Challenge Terms and Conditions:

You must read and accept the Terms and Conditions issued by the Challenge Organiser and comply with these. You can find the terms on their website here.

Charity Places

1. An application is not a guarantee of a place. Your application will be scored and runners offered a place based on the outcome of their application. All applicants will receive correspondence to let them know whether they have been successful in securing one of our charity places.

2. Successful applicants will be required to pay a registration fee of £100 to secure your charity place (details will be provided when the places are allocated).

3. You are encouraged to also enter the official ballot and let us know as soon as possible if you are successful in receiving a ballot place.

4. You must be at least 18 years of age on the date of your application.

5. You will be sent information to formally register with London Marathon on their Registration Console using a Grand Appeal charity place. You commit to completing this information in a timely manner and by any deadlines set by The Grand Appeal/London Marathon or risk forfeiting your place.

6. You must inform The Grand Appeal, as soon as possible, of any reason you are unable to take part in the TCS London Marathon.

7. By agreeing to these terms and conditions, if you are successful in receiving a place, you are committing to raise a minimum of £2,500 (not including Gift Aid or Match-funding). To show your commitment, we recommend that you register with our recommended online fundraising platform as soon as we send you the information to do so. The minimum fundraising pledge must be raised by the event date (26 April 2026).

8. We will use your contact information to stay in touch about your application and notify you if you’re successful in securing a charity place. We may need to get in touch to ask for some more information before we can make a decision. If you are given one of our charity places, we will use your information to stay in touch about the event, provide fundraising information, and important ‘need to know’ info. This is separate to our marketing opt-in process and a condition of entry to the event.

9. The Grand Appeal reserves the right to remove your name from the London Marathon Registration Console if you do not adhere to our Terms and Conditions, do not respond to communications, or do not start your fundraising in a timely manner. We will communicate with you before we revoke your place.

10. If the Challenge is cancelled (and you don’t transfer to the rescheduled event), you decide not to participate, or your place is revoked due to not adhering to our Terms and Conditions, you are responsible for contacting your sponsors and donors to inform them that you are no longer taking part and for confirming with them whether they are happy for the money they have donated to still be given to The Grand Appeal. If you are using sponsorship forms as part of your fundraising, all sponsorship forms and monies collected should be forwarded to us or returned to your sponsors in accordance with their wishes.

11. You are responsible for reading and agreeing to information provided by London Marathon, particularly their terms and conditions around collection of your running number, event safety and liability. Complaints: Any complaints should be communicated to your Grand Appeal contact, or, if that is not possible, then in writing to hello@grandappeal.org.uk.