Challenge events 2025 - 2026
How do you fancy taking on a new challenge and raising money for the National Literacy Trust at the same time?
Whether you want to run, hike, abseil or try something a little more unusual to raise money for our work, we've got a charity challenge for you! From family-friendly fun runs dressed as Where's Wally to the ultimate test of endurance on an Ultra Challenge or a chance to dangle above the rolling hills of the Peak District on an abseil - there is a life-changing, fundraising challenge ready for you to test your limits, have fun and raise money for the National Literacy Trust.
Join Team Literacy and help give children across the UK a route out of poverty through the power of literacy.
Running events
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Sign up to our 2025 Where's Wally? Fun Run now.Sign up now
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Applications are now closed for this event, check back for 2026!Applications are closed
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Run the 2026 London Marathon in aid of the National Literacy Trust and change lives through literacy.Apply now
Walking and trekking events
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Join us on an adventure to the heart of Arctic Lapland, a land of vast wilderness and home to the extraordinary Aurora Borealis, herds of reindeer and endless forest.Apply now
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The magical Cotswold Way provides a stunning setting for a testing challenge - with some fantastic views en route and tough hills in between!Sign up here
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Take in the best of the Surrey hills, the North Downs Way, and the surrounding countryside. A route with real variety and some wonderful scenery – and easily accessible...Sign up here
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Heading off from the Bakewell basecamp, the full 100km challenge heads out past the beautiful Chatsworth House, and on through varied terrain with a few testing climbs, and...Sign up here
Abseil events
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Experience the beauty of the peak district with an abseil down the Millers Dale Viaduct, whilst raising vital funds to give people living in the most disadvantaged areas of...Learn more
Use your own challenge event place to raise money for us
One of our fantastic supporters, Carl Gridley, signed up to the Birmingham Tough Mudder with a few friends and kindly decided to support us, and raised £250.
Whether you were lucky enough to secure a place in next year's London Marathon or are taking part in a local event, we would be thrilled if you'd consider supporting us.
