FAQs

RBC Race for the Kids is our annual flagship mass participation event, which raises money for the children and families at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). The event is a family festival and 2k or 5k fun run, taking place in London’s Hyde Park on Saturday 11 October 2025. Thousands of people of all abilities and ages will join the race to help beat childhood cancer by running, walking, wheeling or scooting their way to the finish line. It will be a fun-filled day of music, games, face painting, and much more.

If you’re taking part in RBC Race for the Kids, you can choose to take on 2k or 5k your way. 

Yes, you can take part as a team or individually in RBC Race for the Kids. Entering as a team is a fun way to get involved. Why not get some friendly competition going? Kids go free, but please make sure that all children, including babies, are registered.

Our family festival and charity fun run is the perfect adventure for all ages and abilities. From babies in pushchairs to grandparents, wheelchair users and dog walkers, everyone is welcome to run, walk, wheel or scoot their way around the RBC Race for the Kids course.

You need to be 16 years or over on event day to register as an individual or a team. Children aged 15 or under must be registered by an adult taking part in the event, and they must have consent from their parent or guardian.

Adult registration ranges from £15 to £20 for the 2k, and from £18 to £25 for the 5k, depending on when you sign up. Children under 16 go free, but all children must be registered to take part on the day.

Included in your registration fee is your race pack (including a race day t-shirt if requested), a special RBC Race for the Kids wooden medal and all the fun entertainment and activities in the festival village. Any donations for the activities are very welcome!

Yes, even though kids go free, all children (including babies) taking part in the event must be registered so we can send them a race number and wristband to enter their responsible adult's contact details. This is a health and safety requirement for them to be able to take part in the event. 

Registration fees are non-refundable.

If the event is delayed or cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control, such as adverse weather conditions, we will make every effort to reschedule. However, we cannot guarantee this will happen. No registration fees are refundable under these circumstances.

The RBC Race for the Kids event village opens at 8.30am. The charity fun run starts at 10am, and all the exciting entertainment will continue until 2pm.

Unless the forecast shows extreme weather conditions, this year's RBC Race for the Kids will still take place come rain or shine! We will ensure it is as accessible as possible and take all the necessary steps to ensure it is safe and enjoyable – whatever the weather. Please do dress appropriately; wearing layers under your race t-shirts if you think you will be cold. Water taps will be supplied to fill up your water bottles, as well as first aiders along the route to ensure the race is safe, accessible and enjoyable for all. 

Yes, your four-legged friends are very welcome to come along to RBC Race for the Kids!

The RBC Race for the Kids route has been specially designed to be accessible to all and will take you through London’s iconic Hyde Park on its paved pathways. Please note that some of the post-race entertainment will take place on the grass areas of the park.

There will be plenty of free family friendly activities and entertainment on the day, including stage entertainment, face painting, and more.

Food and refreshments will be available to purchase throughout the day at RBC Race for the Kids. Water will also be provided at the finish line.

Want to be more environmentally friendly? All water at the finish line is provided in cans, to avoid single-use plastic. But you can also play a part by bringing your own refillable water bottles. There will be water points within the festival village where you can refill your bottles.

Planning ahead? Take a look at the menus from our food traders here.

We will provide baggage storage for our participants in the festival village. Please note all items are left at the owner’s own risk. 

There are no changing facilities so please come ready to race! Baby changing facilities are available in the accessible toilets. 

Unfortunately, bikes are not allowed. Scooters or balance bikes are fine, provided the rider is always accompanied by a parent or guardian. Any bikes that are needed for accessibility are also fine.
Motorised vehicles including e-scooters are not permitted.

Yes, as you cross the finish line, you’ll be given a wooden medal.

To prevent waste at this year’s event, an official RBC Race for the Kids t-shirt will not automatically be included in your race entry packs. For anyone who has taken part in RBC Race for the Kids before, we would love to see as many people as possible reusing their old t-shirts, however you can still request a new t-shirt for this year’s event if you would like one.

Yes. You might find that you'll be able to raise a lot more money if you wear your company's t-shirt or even fancy dress. If it helps to raise more funds, and it's safe to run in it, then please feel free.

If you would like to change your t-shirt size, please bring your unworn t-shirt to the race pack collection tent on the morning of the event where we will exchange it for a different size. Please note that the race pack collection tent will be very busy on event day so please allow extra time to do this.

Yes, all participants including children can have a t-shirt in their race pack. Please select the relevant t-shirt sizes at registration. Please note that our children's t-shirt sizes begin at age three to four. 

Race packs will be sent weekly from 1 September 2025 via second class post. Please allow up to 14 days from the time of registration for your pack to arrive.

For registrations on or after Wednesday 1 October, race packs will be sent via first class post to offer the best chance possible of your pack arriving in time for the event. 

Please note: If you sign up for the Hyde Park event between Monday 6 October – Thursday 9 October, you will need to collect your pack on event day.

• Members of the general public: pick up your packs from Race Pack Collection in the Event Village 
• Team RBC: pick up your packs from the RBC Marquee 
• Team Premier Inn & Restaurants: pick up your pack from the Team Premier Inn & Restaurants Marquee  

If you sign up for RBC Race for the Kids At Home between Monday 6 – Thursday 9 October, please note you may not receive your pack in time for the weekend due to postage timelines, however, you will still receive it. All packs will be posted out on Thursday 9 October.  

We do not set any minimum fundraising targets, but we would love you to raise as much as you can for GOSH Charity. Your registration fee contributes towards the cost of holding the event, but by fundraising on top, you will be joining the race to help beat childhood cancer. We suggest working towards a £150 fundraising target. 

The money raised from RBC Race for the Kids will help build the Children's Cancer Centre at GOSH. 

Research and treatments have dramatically improved survival, but cancer is still the biggest killer of children aged one to 14 in the UK. 

GOSH already cares for children with the hardest to treat cancers, and new treatments are giving hope to children and their families. But these advances have outstripped GOSH’s current cancer facilities. 

We need a new home for breakthrough treatments and pioneering research, so we can save more children’s lives. And because cancer shouldn't get to steal anyone's childhood, we need a place that's more than a hospital – a place that's a school, a playground, a garden, and so much more. 

That’s why we’re building a world-leading, child-focused Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH, where more children can have the best chance and the best childhood possible. 

A place where kids have access to play and education alongside pioneering treatments. Where families can stay together through some of the hardest moments. Where access to outdoor space is a priority, and a focus on nutrition helps fuel recovery. 

GOSH has a team of dedicated doctors, nurses and researchers who are specialists in the most complex childhood cancers. And there are architects and builders who can make our vision a reality. 

Now we just need people like you. 

Join RBC Race for the Kids and 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. 

Yes. From Green Park tube (Jubilee & Victoria Lines – with step free access from the Victoria Line) follow Piccadilly west towards Hyde Park Corner. Enter the park through Apsley Gate and turn left down South Carriage Drive to the event village. (15 min walk or push).  

From Victoria tube (Victoria & District & Circle Lines) and mainline station – with step free access – exit onto Victoria Street and follow Grosvenor Gardens and Grosvenor Place to Hyde Park Corner. Enter the park through Apsley Gate and turn left down South Carriage Drive to the event village (25 min walk or push). 

For drop offs, Exhibition Road to the south of Hyde Park is recommended. Please note road closures in the Westminster area from 07:00. 

All entrances to the event village are accessible and step free. 

• Self-propelled day chairs are permitted on the event route.
• Scooters or balance bikes are fine for children to take part, provided the rider is always accompanied by a parent or guardian, and any bikes that are needed for accessibility are also permitted.
• Handcycles, racing wheelchairs and any motorised wheelchairs are not permitted to take part in the event.
• Motorised vehicles including e-scooters are not permitted
• Note to spectators: Getting around to support participants in the event is relatively easy given the weaving route around the parks. However, please note that crossing grass surfaces will be necessary. 

• Cheer point 1: Eastern end of South Carriage Drive.
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• Cheer point 2: Serpentine Road opposite the Hyde Park bandstand.
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  There is an accessible parks toilet at this location 

• The Bandstand Toilets (What3Words location: ///chair.palace.merit) 
• The Reservoir Toilets (What3Words location: ///vows.toward.steps) 
• Note: park toilets cost 20p to enter