Community Entries

Community Entries aim to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in mass participation events. Eligible groups must have a core mission that aligns with this. 

Please note you are ineligible for community entries if you are part of a charity that operates nationally or internationally.

Group leaders should apply via Let's Do This. The application will then be reviewed within 10 working days. Please note that if we require further information, we will contact you.

Please read this handy step-by-step guide that covers everything from logging in for the first time to applying. It also covers how to claim your entries if your application is successful. 

If you have a question not covered, please email Let's Do This.

 

We want The Big Half to be open and accessible to everyone. Please email us if you are keen to participate but cannot afford the entry price, or receive Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker’s Allowance or any other state support.

The current maximum is set at 100 entries per group, but this is assessed on a case-by-case basis. If you would like to apply for more than 100 places and are confident about filling them, please email us.

No, community entries are distributed to a group and its members. The groups do not have to be formal organisations, as per the definition (above).

Community entries are hugely popular and we have to manage the interest as best we can, which sometimes means allocating groups a smaller number of places, so we can distribute places fairly. 

If you are keen for more, please fill your current allocation and then submit another request. We will then assess this according to the availability of places.
 

If you paid for the places upfront (‘Community group to pay’), you are able to cancel and re-allocate places in Let's Do This, read about this in the step-by-step guide.

However, if a runner has paid for their place, you won't be able to re-allocate it. In this instance, please ask them to email us.

If you would like to increase your allocation due to cancellations, please make another application for places, detailing this as the reason.