30 August

Rat Race, Newcastle

The Urban Adventure Race comes to Newcastle – see www.ratraceadventure.com

31 August

The Matt Wood Festival of Speed, 10th Anniversary

This all - day scalextric racing cars’ event for all the family is on Sunday 31 August to raise money for Brain Tumour UK. Being held in memory of Matthew Wood, the event is in the garden of Gill and Chris Wood at Pickhurst Lane, Hayes. Teams of four are invited to take part in the event or you can just attend and enjoy the spectacle with a bbq lunch, raffle and other fun activities.

Email Chris if you would like to attend. Read more here  

7 September

Great Scottish Run

10k and Half Marathon races running through Glasgow. See www.runglasgow.org

7 September

BUPA Great Yorkshire Run

7 September

Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon Events

Events include a Marathon, Half Marathon (including wheelchairs), Half Marathon Relay Challenge and 15k Cycle Challenge.

7 September

Adidas Women’s 5k Challenge

Taking place in Hyde Park, London; around Birmingham’s city centre; and in Sefton Park, Liverpool - see www.womenschallenge.co.uk

13 September

Bristol Mile Races

Mile-long races around College Green, Bristol www.bristolhalfmarathon.com

14 September

The Bristol Half-Marathon

Entries open 14 February – see www.bristolhalfmarathon.com for more details.

14 September

London Duathlon

Fancy running and cycling around beautiful Richmond Park? Or having a picnic and cheering on more active people?! See www.thelondonduathlon.com for more details.

14 September

The Experian Robin Hood Full and Half-Marathon, Nottingham

Are you up to the Robin Hood Challenge? See www.robinhoodmarathon.co.uk for more details or telephone 020 8939 3215.

5 October

Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running

A monster race! See www.lochnessmarathon.com

5 October

BUPA Great North Run

Taking place in Newcastle - see www.greatrun.org

5 October

Run to the Beat Half Marathon, London

This is a new running event with live music around the route. Enjoy the music and cheer on our runners, Alison Cooke and Neil Kelman. No more entries are being accepted - if you have a place, please run for Brain Tumour UK. See www.runtothebeat.co.uk/ for more details

19 October

Cardiff Half Marathon

Sign up now! www.cardiffmarathon.org

26 October

BUPA Great South Run

26 October

David Bailey concert, Amersham on the Hill, Bucks

Following last year's highly acclaimed European Tour, Amercian singer/song writer David Bailey will be performing at St Michael and All Angels Church at 6pm. Diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme and given six months to live twelve years ago.

David, then 30 years old with a wife and two small children, left his corporate job and returned to his first love of song writing and performing. Since then David has been delighting and inspiring audiences in America and overseas with his music, passion, beliefs, humour and message of hope to the brain tumour community. 

Tickets and information from kiki.connor@braintumouruk.org.uk

Brain Tumour UK would like to thank International Brain Tumour Alliance for putting us in touch with David, whose website can be visited at www.davidbailey.com

1 November

Chilterns Country Sponsored Walk

22 February 09

Sweden Arctic Open Charity Challenge

1 April 09

Flora London Marathon 2009

We need as many of our running supporters as possible to apply direct to Flora London Marathon as this is the only way we can increase our small but determined team. To apply for the 2009 marathon, enter the online ballot as soon as it opens on 13 April 2008 – see www.london-marathon.co.uk.

It will close once 120,000 applications have been received or on 5 September 2008. The ‘Accepted/Rejected’ applications will be known by 1 October. Please apply in this ballot; contact Trudy to apply for our 2009 Gold Bond places, should you be unsuccessful.