Apply to be charity of the year
Apply for the Charity Ballot
The hugely popular TCS London Marathon Charity Ballot offers 500 charities the chance to win a place!
The Charity Ballot is open only to UK-registered charities that had no places in the 2025 event and do not hold places in the 2026 event.
A total of 500 places are available and these will be allocated through a random ballot. No charity will be eligible for more than one place.
How to apply
The Charity Ballot is open to UK-registered charities
Applications for the 2026 Charity Ballot opened on Monday 2 December 2024 and closed at 23:59 on Friday 13 December. Charities were notified of the results by Friday 20 December.
Details for the 2027 Charity Ballot will be available in late 2026.
