GOSH Charity named official partner for the 2023 London Marathon

The official charity partner of the TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) London Marathon in 2023 has been named as the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity).

The children’s hospital charity takes over from the British Heart Foundation, which was charity partner for this year’s event.

GOSH Charity aims to raise £3.5m through the partnership. It has also launched a promotional campaign around the link up called Run it. Beat it, to support its work to tackle childhood cancer.

“The TCS London Marathon is one of the world’s most iconic events, and we are so proud to be the official Charity of the Year for 2023,” said GOSH Charity chief executive Louise Parkes.

“It takes cutting-edge medical technology, pioneering research, child-focused environments and essential family support services to tackle serious childhood illnesses and rare conditions like childhood cancer, and with the support of our TeamGOSH runners, we’ll be able to make a transformational difference to some of the UK’s most seriously ill children.”

We're incredibly proud to announce that Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity will be Charity of the Year for the 2023 TCS London Marathon. 💜#LondonMarathon
— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) October 5, 2022

TCS London Marathon event director Hugh Brasher added: “We welcome GOSH Charity as our Charity of the Year for the 2023 TCS London Marathon.

“We all know of the amazing work Great Ormond Street Hospital does for children across the UK and we wish GOSH Charity all the very best in its efforts to raise crucial funds to tackle such a heart-breaking disease in childhood cancer.”

Next year’s event will take place on 23 April. The public ballot to take part closes shortly, on October 7, with the results announced later this month.

This year’s event took place on October 2 and raised £37.1m via JustGiving, up 43% on last year’s post event tally of £25.9m.

On the day of the race £2m was raised and more than 1,700 charities are benefitting from the event through the online fundraising platform.