# JustGiving helps match runners to charities with London Marathon places

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/28/justgiving-helps-match-runners-charities-london-marathon-places/
- Published: 2012-09-28T06:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Online giving site JustGiving has created an online clearing house to help match
would-be London Marathon runners with charities who already have a guaranteed number
of places.**

By today over 100,000 runners will have found out that they do not have a ballot
place on the 2013 London marathon. More than 130,000 have already applied through
the marathon ballot but only around 12,000 of these will be lucky enough to secure
a place.

By using the site, marathon hopefuls can try to secure a place allocated to a charity,
although they will need to commit to raising a certain level of sponsorship.

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According to research commissioned by JustGiving, the London Olympics have inspired
more people to engage in distance running: 13% of adult Britons are apparently planning
to run a marathon, with 2% saying that they are hoping to secure one of the 36,000
places for April 2013.

Charities have already responded by increasing fundraising targets: the average 
is currently £1,800 per runner, up from £992 for the 2012 marathon.

www.marathonclearing.co.uk

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