FAQs

RBC Race for the Kids: Home Heroes is a family-friendly fundraising challenge taking place from 5–11 October 2026. 
 
Choose a 2k, 5k or create your own challenge, then complete it wherever suits you. Whether you’re walking, running, wheeling or scooting, every step you take and every pound you raise will help support seriously ill children treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
 
Take on your challenge in one go or spread it across challenge week—the important thing is having fun, getting active and making a difference together. 

Challenge week runs from Monday 5 October until Sunday 11 October 2026. Complete your challenge in one day or spread it across the week, whatever works best for you.

The more the merrier! Take part with family, friends, colleagues, classmates or enjoy the challenge on your own. Children taking part should always be accompanied by a responsible adult. 

Register online and you'll be ready to get started in just a few minutes. Your fundraising page will be created automatically, so you can personalise it and start sharing it with supporters straight away. 

Taking part is completely free. Instead of paying an entry fee, we simply ask you to raise as much as you can to help support seriously ill children and their families.

Registrations close at 12 noon (BST) on Thursday 1 October 2026.

We'll send you everything you need to get started. Your fundraising page will be ready straight away, and we'll share fundraising ideas, helpful tips and event updates before challenge week. 

Choose a distance that feels right for you or your family. Whether it's 2K, 5k or something completely different, every challenge makes a difference.

Walk, run, wheel, scoot, skip, hike or create your own challenge. However you decide to get moving, we'd love to see how you take on challenge week.

You've got the whole of challenge week to complete your challenge, so you can do it all at once or enjoy a little each day.

The challenge can be completed indoors or outdoors, so you can choose whatever feels right for you. Whether you're using a treadmill, walking laps at home, visiting your local leisure centre or creating your own indoor route, it all counts.

A smartwatch or fitness app can be a great way to track your progress, but you don't need one to take part.

Your personalised fundraising page is created automatically when you register. 
 
Add a profile picture, tell supporters why you're taking on the challenge and choose your challenge distance to make your page your own. As challenge week gets underway, you can share updates and photos, track your progress and unlock digital badges as you reach milestones. 
 
Once you're happy with your page, share it with friends, family and colleagues and ask them to support your challenge.

There's no minimum amount you need to raise to take part, but we encourage you to set your own team goal during registration.

Every donation helps make a difference, and we've introduced fundraising rewards to celebrate some exciting milestones along the way.

Your fundraising page will stay open after challenge week, giving supporters a little longer to make a donation.

If you've collected sponsorship offline, our team can help you pay it in safely. Just get in touch and we'll talk you through the process.

Cancer doesn’t care about childhood. It doesn’t care what seriously ill kids miss out on, like trips to the seaside or playing in the park with their friends. 

But we do.  

Despite great progress in treatments and cures, cancer is still the biggest killer of children aged one to 14 in the UK and around 1,900 children are diagnosed every year.*  

At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we know that when cancer hits, childhood suffers. That's why we're building the new, world-leading Children's Cancer Centre at GOSH. 

With cutting-edge facilities and an environment where pioneering research can thrive, this centre will be a beacon of hope for families facing the unimaginable. And because cancer shouldn’t get to steal anyone’s childhood, it will be more than a hospital building. It will be a school, a playground, a garden and a home-from-home. 

Take on RBC Race for the Kids: Home Heroes and join our team of doctors, builders, nurses, researchers and many more helping to build the Children's Cancer Centre – so we can give more kids with cancer the best chance and the best childhood possible. 

Be part of it 

Run, walk, wheel or scoot to help build the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH and save more lives. Together, we can build it. Together, we can help beat childhood cancer. 

*Source: Cancer Research UK 

• Raise £50 to claim your RBC Race for the Kids  t-shirts for your team.
• Raise £100 to unlock your digital Goodie Bag which will be emailed to you after the challenge week.