JustGiving announced as Official Online Giving Partner for HIV charity’s largest annual fundraiser.
The owners of The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon, Brighton based HIV charity The Sussex Beacon, have announced JustGiving as the Official Online Giving Partner for the 2017 race which will take place on Sunday, February 26.
As both organiser of the race and the headline charity, The Sussex Beacon recognises JustGiving as a perfect match for The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon, given its impressive track record in helping charity partners at events to achieve significantly higher levels of fundraising.
With a 27-year legacy as one of the longest established and most popular city centre road racing events in the UK, The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon has always been an important platform for charity fundraising.
In 2016 alone, over 3,000 charity place runners raised over £1 million for 50 different charity partners.
With a record number of places on sale for the 2017 race, The Brighton Half Marathon sold out at the end of September. Runners wishing to take part can only access the race now through one of the official charity partners.
David Hill, Vitality Brighton Half Marathon Event Manager, said: “We are delighted to have partnered with the world’s leading online fundraising platform, JustGiving, for the 2017 Vitality Brighton Half Marathon. We both have a shared ambition to maximise overall charity fundraising, and to increase the proportion of reserved charity places at our event.
“As a charity ourselves, our charity partners are always at the heart of this event and with JustGiving’ s help we hope to smash all previous fundraising records for the 2017 race.”
Keith Williams, General Manager at JustGiving, added: “JustGiving is delighted to be partnering with the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon to guarantee it raises even more for good causes in 2017. We look forward to maximizing fundraising opportunities for all runners by providing a raft of resources, such as fundraising guides, event tips and encouragement as they progress towards the big day together. JustGiving is committed to using the best the web has to offer to help all good causes raise even more money and change more lives.”
JustGiving launched in February 2001 to help people support the causes they care about more easily. Fifteen years on, more than £3 billion has been raised for good causes on JustGiving, £1.5 billion of which has been in the last four years.
The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon starts from Brighton seafront between Brighton Pier and Brighton Marina. The race attracts massive crowd support each year to its iconic fast, flat course which is ideal for beginners and charity runners as well as athletes looking for a PB. Each year the race welcomes a strong British elite field and many celebrities who are attracted by the stunning setting, fantastic crowd support and the promise of a fast finishing time.