The Black Sea Run is not just all fun and games, we’re here to do a little good too. Teams taking part in the Black Sea Run will be raising money for the charities below.
To find out how to raise money and where it goes, see our How it Works page.
Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading independent organization dedicated to cancer research.
In the financial year 2008/09, Cancer Research UK spent £303 million on cancer research, funding the work of over 4,500 researchers, doctors and nurses throughout the UK. It supports over 100 clinical trials and studies cancer and cancer risk in over a million people in the UK. Around 40% of the overall research expenditure goes on basic laboratory research, which is relevant to all types of cancer.
For more info please visit www.cancerresearchuk.org
Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. That’s one in eight of us. charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.
Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable, as their bodies aren’t strong enough to fight diarrhea, dysentery and other illnesses.
For more info please visit www.charitywater.org
For 30 years, in the midst of economic collapse, political transitions, armed conflict, and natural disasters, Mercy Corps has been helping millions of individuals, families and communities turn crises into opportunities for sustainable, positive change.
For more info please visit www.mercycorps.org
Millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. Save the Children’s long-term development work focuses on giving them access to the basics they need to reach their potential.
Save the Children is transforming children’s lives by providing families and communities with the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty.
For more info please visit www.savethechildren.org
Since we’re traveling around a sea we figured it would be great to have a charity on board that helps protect the worlds oceans.
Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Their mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.
For more info please visit www.seashepherd.org