# Two new charity running events for 2016 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/31/two-new-charity-running-events-2016/ - Published: 2016-05-31T12:00:01+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Alzheimer’s Research UK and Cancer Research UK are both launching new running challenge events this year to raise funds. Here are the details:**   #### Running Down Dementia   ## Advertisement [Alzheimer’s Research UK](http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/) and [parkrun](http://www.parkrun.org.uk/)’ s new challenge for 2016 Running Down Dementia challenges people to run or walk 100km over the summer months and raise £100 for dementia research. Participants are invited to sign up online and connect their tracking app, and can then complete the challenge to suit them, such as running 20km a week, or running 5km parkruns. Participants have five months to raise the money and achieve their 100km, and are invited to post their runs to social media using the hashtag #runningdowndementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK was parkrun’s first charity partner.   **Editor’s note:** _the video previously embedded here (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=n-q0bzEVBFw) is no longer available._       #### Tough 10   [Cancer Research UK](http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/‎) is launching Tough 10: a new series of physically challenging 10k runs that take place on some of the UK’s toughest terrain. There are three levels of toughness, and 10 events to choose from including a forest in Roundhay, Leeds, Box Hill in Surrey, the Peak District, and Pentland Hills in Edinburgh. People can choose their challenge at [http://cruk.org/tough10](http://cruk.org/tough10).   * **[One man juggling challenge for cancer research](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/13/one-man-juggling-challenge-cancer-research/)**( 13 June 2016) * **[Review of ‘Knickers Model’s Own’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/27/review-knickers-models/)**( 27 June 2016) * **[Slimming World raises £2.1 million with 2016 Clothes Throw](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/20/slimming-world-raises-2-1m-2016-clothes-throw/)**( 20 July 2016) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)