London Marathon Events
When the late Chris Brasher and John Disley founded the London Marathon, they established six founding aims for the organisation. Forty years on, London Marathon Events has built on these to develop its vision, values and aims:
Our vision: Inspiring Activity
Our values: Inspiration, Excellence, Integrity, Together and Fun
Our aims:
- To have fun and provide some happiness and a sense of achievement in a troubled world
- To show humanity that, on occasions, society can be united
- To inspire more people to take up sport
- To maximise revenue for charities
- To improve the overall standard and status of British distance running
- To raise money for the provision of recreational facilities in London, the areas where we organise events and across the UK
- To help London tourism
- To show when it comes to organising events, ‘Britain is best’
- To inspire and deliver innovation in mass participation event sustainability
Each year the surplus from our events is transferred under Gift Aid to the London Marathon Charitable Trust. The Trust awards grants to projects that inspire people to become and remain active in London and across the UK. Read about the work of The Trust at lmct.org.uk.
We organise five other running events:
