Heads Together to be 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Charity of the Year
Howard Lake | 24 April 2016 | News
A partnership of mental health charities will benefit from next year’s London Marathon after being selected as the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Charity of the Year.
Heads Together is a campaign set up by the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. It aims to raise awareness and funds for mental health charities and their work.
Heads Together charity partners
Heads Together consists of
- Best Beginnings
- CALM
- Contact (military mental health roundtable)
- Place2Be
- The Mix
- local branches of Mind.
Duke and #DuchessofCambridge & #PrinceHarry join CALM in @heads_together for #Marathon2017 https://t.co/es93IkMY0Y pic.twitter.com/Y4D5SlEIbq
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— CALM (@theCALMzone) April 24, 2016
The 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon Charity of the Year has been NSPCC.
Jayne-Anne Gadhia, CEO of Virgin Money, said:
“Virgin Money is delighted to be supporting the new Heads Together campaign to raise awareness and funds for mental health charities. As well as being the official charity partner for the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon, Heads Together will be Virgin Money’s corporate charity partner for the next 12 months”.
HRH Prince William, Princess Katherine and Prince William support Heads Together
A spokesperson for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry said:
“Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank the Virgin Money London Marathon for making Heads Together their 2017 Charity of the Year. They cannot wait to see hundreds of runners hitting the streets of London next April to end the stigma on mental health once and for all.”
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.