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Team Red Cross: Great North Run 2026

Helen Wood is raising money for The British Red Cross Society

Great North Run 2026 · 13 September 2026 · Start fundraising for this event

The British Red Cross: Great North Run 2026
Campaign by The British Red Cross Society (RCN 220949 (England & Wales), SC037738, 0752, 430)
Join #TeamRedCross at the 2026 Great North Run and help us to ensure that we can help anyone, anywhere in the UK and around the world, get the support they need if crisis strikes.

Story

I have joined #TeamRedCross in memory of my Dad who sadly passed away on the 9 September 2025.

This was a charity close to his heart as they looked after his Dad, my Grandad who was a prisoner of war in WW2.

Unfortunately I never got to meet my Grandad as he passed before I was born.

This was the charity we also donated to at his furneral and this now gives me the opportunity to give something back in his memory. I have also recently turned 40 and this run has been on my list for the last couple of years.

What your donations will mean.

Every pound donated will make a huge difference to help those affected by crisis:

£5 could provide a community in Bangladesh with training on water sanitation and hygiene, helping people keep themselves healthy after a disaster.

£12 could buy a hygiene pack for a refugee or person seeking asylum in the UK, giving them access to some of the basics no one should go without.

£20 could give a parent in the UK the essential items they need to care for a newborn baby, when they have lost everything due to flooding.

£50 could help a family in Nigeria prepare for when severe flooding hits again.

£75 could keep 150 survivors of a fire at a block of flats in the UK warm, while we support them to find emergency accommodation for the night.

Any donation you can give would be much appreciated!

Donation summary

Total
£405.00
+ £98.75 Gift Aid
Online
£405.00
Offline
£0.00

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