Run Kids Run
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Run Kids Run mainly gives money to state primary schools in underfunded communities, and each school chooses the educational purpose its sponsor money supports, so a school is the natural applicant and a charity that is not a school is unlikely to fit.
- Schools more than 1km from an event venue are not funded, so check the distance first.
- A school registers its interest and location, and the charity contacts it when planning an event in that area.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but where events are oversubscribed, schools go onto a waiting list and rotate, so a school should expect to wait.
- The annual report shows about £259,000 paid out, but the grant range is not stated, so size any request to a specific educational purpose rather than to an assumed amount.
Overview
Run Kids Run is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1196761).
Run Kids Run connects local corporate investors and private donors with schools in their communities, bringing children and parents together and raising funds for schools. It began from a school fundraising run and has expanded to neighbouring schools. It organises running events for primary school children, their parents, carers and friends, and sponsors' donations support an educational purpose chosen by each school. It has raised over £1.4 million, rallied 24,000 children and their families, supported 73 schools across 10 London boroughs, and mobilised over 780 volunteers.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Run Kids Run connects corporate sponsors with local, under-funded primary-school communities and provides financial support to enrich primary school children's educational opportunities. Sponsor donations are used for a specific educational purpose selected by each school and intended to benefit the whole school community; schools report back on the funds' use and impact on pupils. Its approach combines school fundraising with community running events for primary-school children, their parents, carers and friends, bringing schools, families, businesses and community partners together and promoting fitness and wellbeing. The charity focuses on state primary schools in some of the most underfunded and underserved communities, and builds long-lasting partnerships between those communities and corporate supporters.
Themes
- Primary education
Geographic Focus
Wandsworth; Lambeth; Westminster; Camden; Islington; Hackney; Waltham Forest; Newham; Tower Hamlets; Southwark.
What they don't fund
- Schools located more than 1km from the event venue
How to apply
For a new community, a school registers its interest and location. Run Kids Run keeps the details and contacts the school when planning an event in that area.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It prioritises schools in some of the most underfunded and underserved communities.
- Participating schools must be within one kilometre of an event venue.
- When events are oversubscribed, schools are managed through a waiting list and rotation system.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Run Kids Run.
4 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2022 | £105,267 | £90,767 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £201,446 | £198,167 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £388,821 | £329,110 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | — | — | £259,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- runkidsrun.org/our-vision · read on 31 October 2026
- runkidsrun.org · read on 31 October 2026
- runkidsrun.org/how-to-join · read on 31 October 2026
- runkidsrun.org/our-story · read on 31 October 2026
- runkidsrun.org/contact-us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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