# Great Run picks Enthuse as online fundraising partner

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/02/17/great-run-picks-enthuse-as-online-fundraising-partner/
- Published: 2022-02-17T11:09:38+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Great Run Company has today announced a new three-year partnership with Enthuse,
which will become the official online fundraising partner across its national series
of events, including the Great North Run.**

The partnership comes just two weeks after Enthuse was confirmed as the [online fundraising partner for the London Marathon](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/02/01/enthuse-becomes-london-marathon-events-official-online-fundraising-partner/).

Enthuse will support each event with a branded fundraising platform. The partnership
will start with the ballot result announcement for the Great North Run later this
month. Successful entrants will receive a link to the new official Great North Run
fundraising platform, powered by Enthuse as part of their registration. Those buying
charity places in the event will be presented with an official fundraising page 
when they redeem their charity tokens through [Great Run](https://www.greatrun.org/)
from March onwards.  

## Advertisement

For all other Great Run events, customer fundraising page creation will be integrated
into the event registration process, without the need to create a separate account.
The pages can be fully branded by the charity, through their own Enthuse account,
which is provided free of any subscription charges.

This account will also allow charities to access insights, analytics and live fundraising
and donations data for their supporters. A series of new features coming during 
the year will include the ability to capture any custom data required as well as
showing the availability of match giving funds to donors.  

Fundraising pages will provide a hub for participants for their fundraising and 
training activity before, during and after the event. Participants can post updates,
images and videos to their page and even livestream their efforts on the day of 
the event to allow supporters to follow their progress. Fundraisers can also have
some friendly competition with other participants through leaderboards for the amount
they’ve raised, their activity levels and finishing times.

Paul Foster, Chief Executive of the Great Run Company said:

> “We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Enthuse at this critical time
> for charity fundraising in the UK.
>  
> “Our events have always been about giving people the opportunity to achieve something
> great. We’re incredibly proud of the tangible difference our runners have made
> through supporting good causes over the last four decades and we’re sure this 
> new partnership will allow many of them to take their fundraising to the next 
> level.”

All Great Run partner charities will be featured on the official fundraising platform
later this month, alongside all other charities that [register with Enthuse before 25 February 2022](https://enthuse.com/the-great-run-company/).

## Online events partnership news

 * **[Enthuse launches registrant fee cover option](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/09/14/enthuse-launches-registrant-fee-cover-option/)(
   14 September 2021)**
 * **[GivePenny chosen by Scope as its London Marathon fundraising platform](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/02/17/scope-selects-givepenny-other-agency-news/)(
   17 February 2022)**
 * **[British Heart Foundation is charity of the year for the 2022 TCS London Marathon](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/10/06/british-heart-foundation-is-charity-of-the-year-for-2022-tcs-london-marathon/)(
   6 October 2021)**