RBC Race for the Kids at School

Monday 5 - Friday 9 October 2026.

Ready, set, race for childhood!

Join our really fun, fun run RBC Race for the Kids at School. From walking and wheeling to running and scooting, take on 2k or 5k for charity your way. Big or small, every step counts.

Raised for RBC Race for the Kids

£8,066 raised

£1,000,000 Goal

£8,066 raised

£1,000,000 Goal

Schools taking part

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How your school can join the fun

Get the whole class – or even the whole school – moving with a 2k or 5k fun run. Zoom through your local park, turn the school field into a track or explore scenic country roads. Wherever you are, you'll help build the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH.

Choose a date between Monday 5 October and Friday 9 October 2026 to host your RBC Race for the Kids at School charity fundraising event.

Who should take part in this school charity fundraiser?

All ages and abilities can join the in the charity fun run. Simply register your school for free, choose the location and set up your fundraising page.

Gather a team of teachers, pupils and parents and come together to help beat childhood cancer.

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How it works

1. Sign up your school today

Register your school today and your fundraising page will automatically be set up for you. We'll then send you fundraising tips and useful resources to help your school fundraising, including lesson plans and an RBC Race for the Kids presentation.

2. Plan your school fundraiser

Get a date in the diary between Monday 5 October and Friday 9 October 2026. Next, secure a venue (it can be in the school field or your local park!). Finally, send out invitations! You can invite students and parents to join the fun.

3. Fun-raise

Your school can kick off the fundraising right away! Share your fundraising page far and wide, using posters around the school, emailing parents, and inspiring students to get involved.

Find a school fun-raiser!

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Donate to a great cause

£12

could go towards the cost of a specialist children's bed on one of our new cancer wards.

£50

could help purchase soft play mats to make spaces safe and more comfortable for children to play on and for therapy sessions.

£75

could help fund comfortable (but hospital-safe) bean bags to relax and play in sensory spaces or play areas.

£100

could help buy a table for a kitchen so that a family can eat together during long hospital stays.

£150

could help fund a warmer for baby feeding bottles to keep the liquid feeds at suitable temperature for the youngest of infants.

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How your support will help children with cancer

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 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.

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All the funds raised will go towards the development of cancer care at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In the event that costs change, or the needs of the hospital or patients change, we reserve the right to redirect funds for use against the hospital’s most urgent needs.