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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This extraordinary route brushes past London's most famous landmarks, including the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace, all on closed roads.Sign up now
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Join us for a spectacular running celebration in the heart of Manchester with the AJ Bell Great Manchester Run.Sign up now
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Find out how you can raise money for the National Literacy Trust whilst you take on a 5k, 10k or half marathon challenge in Nottingham.Sign up now
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Choose between 5k, 10k or Half Marathon distances for this brilliant event, located only 6 miles outside Birmingham.Sign up now
Hiking and trekking events
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Join 3,000 adventurers of all experience levels and ages and walk, jog or run the spectacular Jurassic Coast - a World Heritage Site.Learn more
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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...Learn more
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Join us in the Lake District Challenge and take on England's finest countryside at your pace.Learn more
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.
