A group of school children running across the playground with smiles on their faces and a hint of competition in their eyes.

Canalathon Kids

Get your children involved in our Canalathon challenge this summer, and raise vital funds to help us protect and care for our 2,000 miles of waterways.

Sign-ups for Canalathon have now closed, if you would like to sign-up for Canalathon as a team please email [email protected]

What is Canalathon Kids?

Whether you’re a school or youth group, getting your kids involved in Canalathon 2024 is easy. This simple and rewarding fundraiser is easy to slot into your school day or weekly club meeting. Just pick a date and set a distance to run, then encourage the kids to ask their parents and friends to sponsor them.

Whether they’re doing laps of the school field during P.E. or racing around your local running track, it’s a great excuse to escape and have some fun in the fresh air – all for a great cause.

With sponsorship forms, free learning activities and certificates ready to go, it couldn’t be easier. And the kids will love to see just how much they can achieve together.

Your impact

Your fundraising will help us create more blue and green spaces in our towns and cities and allow nature to flourish right on our doorstep and will help improve the health and happiness of millions of people.

Your support will also help us protect the important heritage of our canals in the face of climate change.

£100 helps nature flourish

Your fundraising could help plant 18 apple, pear or plum trees which blossom for insects in spring, and go on to produce fruit to feed birds, animals and people in autumn.

Two Canal & River Trust volunteers carry litter pickers and bags full of rubbish along the towpath

£200 keeps canals clean

The money you raise could fund 20 litter pickers, helping to remove the 14 million pieces of plastic that get into our network each year and preserving the natural beauty of the waterways.

On a sunny day, two people laugh at a picnic table in an urban area, with the canal behind them and a moored narrowboat.

£300 makes cities greener

Your donations could help upgrade urban towpaths for walkers, runners and cyclists, providing greener ways to commute and exercise.

Get in touch

If you have a question or would like to chat about joining us for this event, just get in touch – we'll be happy to help! Email us at [email protected].

Last Edited: 21 June 2024