About Us

The Great Run Company is the UKs biggest mass participation sport business. Every year we inspire over 250,000 people take part in events and campaigns that we develop and operate.
Come join us…

What we do

We operate:

12 events, each
With a supporting children’s event, in
8 major conurbation cities, with a total of
250,000 participants, cheered on by
650,000 supporters and watched Live on TV by an audience of
6 million+ viewers

Our events help to facilitate £24m in fundraising for a huge range of charities, big and small.

Become a charity partner

A nationwide series of mass participation running events in Newcastle-Gateshead, Glasgow, Stirling, Aberdeen, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London & Portsmouth.

Mass participation open water swimming events in Windermere, Lake District & Alton Water, Suffolk.

Our partners have always shared our vision and passion. They are vital to the transformations we spark, in bodies, minds, streets and communities. And by joining us, they have shared the glow of success and enjoyed the rewards of a long lasting and emotional engagement with our runners, our cities and our audience.

Brendan Foster (CBE)
Chairman

Partners

Our partners are vital to our on-going development and we enable them to meet their brand objectives and to tell their individual stories through our broad range of communication channels.

Talk to us about becoming a partner

We have a wide range of opportunities on a national, regional or event by event basis.. please get in touch and we will call you to discuss your objectives commercial@thegreatruncompany.com.

FILMNOVA

FilmNova is the TV production arm of the Great Run Company. We produce programmes and events for clients including BBC Sport, Channel 4, UEFA, Olympic Broadcasting Services, IAAF, European Athletics and British Triathlon.

Careers

We are always on the lookout for other talented and ambitious individuals to come and join our team.

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