Established in 1986, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides vital practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a terminal illness. Regional Family Support Workers provide care in the families’ own homes through diagnosis, treatment and beyond bereavement. Families can also take a much needed respite break at one of our two Rainbow Houses in Surrey and Northumberland. We aim to maintain a sense of normality and keep families together through traumatic times with no time limit and we rely on voluntary donations to raise £2.3million each year.

The world's biggest half marathon, the BUPA Great North Run, celebrated its 27th anniversary in 2007 and is a point-to-point course that starts in Newcastle and finishes in South Shields. We would love you to join our team and raise funds to help families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness.

You can really make a difference.