
Great Birmingham Run
The Run

The Great Birmingham Run is back on Sunday 7 May 2023 . Secure your place on the start line now and save up to 20% – on your marks, get set, go!
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What Makes It Great?
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£10 Off Your Next Great Run If You Refer A FriendFind Out More
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Free Injury Protection For Peace Of MindFind Out More
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City Centre Route Past Iconic Landmarks
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Bespoke Medal and (Optional) T-Shirt, Finishers' Pack and Runners RewardsFind Out More
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Access to Free Training Plans and Support
2023 Earlybird Saving
The Great Birmingham Run is back on Sunday 7 May 2023, and entries are now open!
Join us at the Midlands’ biggest and best running event and set your sights on a 10k or Half Marathon challenge.
Enter now and get our Earlybird offer saving up to 20% on your entry* (Standard 10k entry £33, HM £41), but hurry, the offer is only valid until Tuesday 28th June at 10am.
Great Birmingham Run entries are open to runners aged 15+ (10k) and 17+ (Half marathon) on the day of the event.
If you have any queries about Great Run events, see our FAQ section here.
*Entry price includes booking fee (£2 per entry).
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The Reward

The greatest reward in taking part is the sense of achievement as you cross the finish line, but by taking your place on the Great Birmingham Run start line, you’re already part of something really special. Great Run events are renowned for being well-organised, safe, and inclusive and the atmosphere and support is always unbelievable.
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What You Get
Obviously you’ll have bragging rights for the forseeable, but you’ll also get…
- A huge round of applause as you cross the finish line
- A shiny new, Great Birmingham Run medal, an exclusive (optional) finishers t-shirt plus a finisher’s bag filled with goodies
- Official event day photos available to view and purchase straight after the event, so smile for the cameras!
- Your official result ready shortly after you cross the finish line
- Runners Rewards – access to special offers for participants, from our partners and sponsors as a well done!
We have made the decision to introduce optional finisher tees to our Great Run events for 2023. You can choose to forgo you finisher tee shirt at the point of entry, and in lieu of this we will make a donation to the National Trust Woodlands Appeal. Find out more here.
We will donate a portion of the fulfilment costs for each runner who chooses this option to the fund and commit that this donation to be a minimum of £20,000 in 2023.
Exclusive Offers
Take advantage of exclusive offers for Great Birmingham Run entrants.


20% discount
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CLIF Bar Prize Draw
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60% off your first box
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Free Swim & Sauna at Aston University
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15% off
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Run For Charity

If you are looking to run to raise money for a charity close to your heart or help to support a good cause there are hundreds of charity running places available to choose from.
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Great Birmingham Run
Charities
You may be able to secure a Great Birmingham Run charity entry by agreeing to raise sponsorship money.

Join forces with the team that will get you to the finish line. We’re the only ones fighting over 200 cancer . Our life-saving work is funded entirely by the generosity of our supporters, so every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound, and every runner. One in two people now survive cancer. Together we’ve achieved so much, but we won’t stop until we’ve beaten it altogether. Join the team today and we will beat cancer.

The Bobby Moore Fund was set up in memory legendary footballer Bobby Moore, who sadly died from bowel cancer aged just 51.To date the Bobby Moore Fund has raised over £20 million. The funds are spent on world class bowel cancer research carried out by leading scientists working across the UK. With your support, bowel cancer stands no chance. Let’s make Bobby proud and help beat it sooner. Join the Bobby Moore Fund team today.

Acorns Children’s Hospice provides care, support, fun and laughter for life limited and life threatened babies, children and young people and support for their families. In the past year Acorns has cared for over 821 children across the West Midlands from its three hospices, within the family home and the community. When a child’s life is limited, family time is precious. Which is why, as well as providing complex medical care, Acorns help families to create lasting memories and make every day count. Acorns relies on people like you in the community to fund its vital care services for local children and families.

Around 2.5 million people are living with cancer in the UK. By 2040, this figure will rise to 5.3 million. With your help we can do more for people living with cancer, giving each person the support they need to look after all that matters and take care of their health, protect personal relationships and deal with work and money worries. We want to help everyone with cancer find their best way through, from the moment of diagnosis, so they’re able to live life as fully as they can. You can be someone who makes that happen. For more details email running@macmillan.org.uk, call 0300 1000 200 or visit our website.

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. We can beat it, but we can’t do it alone.
Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. We need you to run for us. We need your miles, your energy, your determination to help us find a cure. We know that training for a run isn’t easy. But we need you to beat that snooze button, beat the weather, beat the wall – beat everything that stands between you and the finish line.
Run for us and join the race to beat dementia.

The Hospice Charity Partnership, formed from Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices, provide expert palliative and end of life care to people and their families living with life-limiting illnesses. Offering personalised support at home, in local communities or at the hospices, we help people across Birmingham and Sandwell to live well with their illness, right up to the very end of life.
We couldn’t raise vital funds without the generosity of people like you. We look forward to welcoming you to our team! For more information call 0121 472 1191

At Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our sick kids and that’s why we will always strive to do more for our patients and families. Thanks to kind and generous supporters like you, we are able to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospital’s services, offering them the best experience possible.

At Birmingham Women’s Hospital Charity, we are passionate about improving patient experience for all the women and families at our hospital. Thanks to kind and generous supporters like you, we are striving to provide our patients with a service over and above what the hospital alone can deliver.

When you run for the BHF, you run to beat the world’s biggest killers. Conditions like heart diseases, stroke and vascular dementia. You run for the people you love. You run for mums, for dads, for brothers, for sisters, for friends, for loved ones. You run to fund research that helps to keep families together. One life saving breakthrough at a time.
Champions like you have helped get them this far – heart transplants, clot busting drugs, genetic testing and so much more. So join the BHF, and fix your eyes on the finish line. Because together, you can beat heartbreak forever.

St Basils is a charity that works with 16 – 25-year-olds who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Each year we work with over 4000 young people, providing accommodation, advice and support across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
We have long since realised that providing a bed alone is not enough for young people to break the cycle of homelessness and regain the stability to rebuild their lives. We offer our young people access to a Life Skills and Employability programmes to get them back on track to further education or employment.

The Stroke Association are the UK’s leading charity dedicated to conquering stroke. We deliver stroke services across the UK, campaign for better stroke care, invest in research and fundraise to expand our reach to as many stroke survivors as possible. There are over 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK with 100,000 strokes happening in the UK each year. That’s one stroke every five minutes. We believe in life after stroke and rely on your support to change lives and prevent stroke. With your support, together we can conquer stroke. and prevent stroke.

Cancer kills more young people in the UK than any other disease. Right now, for every young person we support, there’s another we can’t. Run with us so that together, we can reach more young people with cancer. We’ll support you with expert training and fundraising advice and lots of support on the day. You’ll love being part of #TeamTeenageCancer so much, you’ll never want to leave.
Other Charities
4Louis
Action Bladder Cancer UK
Aston Villa Foundation
Birmingham Dogs Home
brainstrust
Cerebral Palsy Sport
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust
Crisis UK
Cure Leukaemia
CUREUsher
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
Home Instead Charities UK
Home Start UK
Hospice UK
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Leon’s Legacy
LoveBrum
Marie Curie
Mind
MQ Mental Health Research
Myton Hospice
Neuroendocrine Cancer UK
NICE
Ovacome
PKD Charity
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Sportsaid – The Charity for Sport
St Giles Hospice
St Giles Trust
The Childrens Society
The Mariposa Trust
Tough Enough to Care
The Way Wolverhampton Youth Zone
UK Sepsis Trust Limited