# 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon raised record-breaking £66.4 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/26/2019-virgin-money-london-marathon-raised-record-breaking-66-4-million/
- Published: 2019-09-26T09:30:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**2019’s Virgin Money London Marathon raised a record-breaking £66.4 million for
charity, setting a new world record for an annual single-day charity fundraising
event for the thirteenth year running, while charity of the year, Dementia Revolution,
raised a record £4 million.**

The event’s new record was an increase of more than £2.5 million on the previous
record total of £63.7 million raised from the 2018 event, and brings the overall
sum raised for charity since the event was founded in 1981 to more than £1 billion.

Overall, the total raised for charity by the [London Marathon](https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com)
since Virgin became title sponsor in 2010 has now reached more than £565 million.
Donations given through Virgin Money Giving now total more than £198 million.

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Hugh Brasher, Event Director at London Marathon Events, said:

> “Every year, the Virgin Money London Marathon inspires thousands to take on the
> challenge of running the famous 26.2 miles and raise these incredible sums for
> charity. We salute every runner who has contributed to this amazing world record
> total of £66.4 million, a truly incredible sum from a one-day event.”

Jo Barnett, Executive Director at Virgin Money Giving, said:

> “The Virgin Money London Marathon app featured a link to donate through Virgin
> Money Giving and this was a great new way to drive donations on the day. As a 
> result the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon was our best ever with over £28 million
> raised through Virgin Money Giving for thousands of UK charities, an increase 
> of 16% on 2018.”

As well as [Dementia Revolution](https://www.dementiarevolution.org) raising £4 
million, several charities, including Macmillan Cancer Support and Whizz-Kids raised
more than £1 million from the 2019 race, while Shelter raised £470,000.

The 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon takes place on Sunday 26 April. It has already
set its first world record after 457,861 people applied for a place via the public
ballot – again the biggest number of applications for any marathon in the world.
The ballot results will be announced the week commencing Monday 7 October 2019.

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