AJ Bell Great North Run

The AJ Bell Great North Run is the world’s largest half marathon, held annually in September between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields. 

Attracting over 60,000 runners of all abilities, the event is a celebration of personal achievement, community spirit, and charitable giving.

To secure your charity place, you'll need to pay an entry registration fee of £40 and commit to raising a fundraising target of £400 (excluding Gift Aid).

We’ll be here to support you from the moment you register until you cross that finish line.

Benefits of joining Team Terry:

• Free Terrence Higgins Trust running vest.
• Committed support with your training and fundraising from a member of our team.
• Opportunity to meet and make friends with like-minded people united behind the same good cause.
• Regular news and updates to keep you informed about our work, campaigns and services.

Got a question about our challenge events or fundraising for Terrence Higgins Trust? Take a look at our FAQs.

We ask everyone to please refer to our Term and Conditions before signing up.

Your support and fundraising help fund vital services including our one-of-a-kind sexual health helpline, HIV testing, counselling, and peer support programmes.

We are working to ensure that there will be no new HIV cases in the UK by 2030. Everyone living with HIV will be diagnosed, in treatment and care, free from stigma and able to take advantage of life’s opportunities.

Thanks to the incredible support of our fundraisers — including our challenge event runners — last year we were able to:

• Respond to 12,591 enquiries through our free THT Direct helpline
• Distribute over 5,700 HIV self-test kits at no cost to those who needed them most
• Cover the cost for 500 people living with HIV to access My Community, our secure online space
• Win the case to extend opt-out HIV testing to 89 hospitals across England
• Deliver over 278 Positive Voices sessions, reaching more than 21,100 people with powerful

Our dedicated fundraising team at Terrence Higgins Trust is here to support you every step of the way. Whether you're new to fundraising or looking to maximise your impact, we can advise you on the best fundraising platform for the event.

We ask that you consider whether you're confident in reaching the £400 target before signing up.

If sponsorship targets aren't reached, it can impact our ability to continue our vital work at Terrence Higgins Trust. It can even leave us out of pocket, as we pay a certain amount for each event space. 

If you have any concerns about fundraising at any point, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We’re always happy to help!

By joining us you'll know that you're helping improve the lives of people affected by HIV. Click the REGISTER button now!

If you're lucky enough to secure your own place, we’d love for you to join our team and fundraise to help end new cases of HIV in the UK by 2030.

There’s no minimum fundraising commitment – we simply ask you to raise what you can. Whether you join via a charity place or the public ballot, you'll receive the same amazing support from our dedicated team. Let us know you have a place.

If you have any questions about the 2026 AJ Bell Great North Run, please get in touch - we'd love to hear from you!

Contact our Fundraising team.