Dublin City Marathon with Irish Life

Feeling active? Why not run the Dublin Marathon while fundraising for ChildVision.

You can run the marathon in your local area with your time and distance recorded on the Irish Life Dublin Marathon app. It’ll even track your progress against the route.

Choose to run the full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km or 4 Mile routes over the October bank holiday weekend.

It’s happening the 25th October 2026

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VHI Women’s Mini Marathon

Join our team for the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon 2026!

Walk, jog or run on May 31st to help raise vital funds for our services and experience the magic of this special event.

Taking place on Sunday 31st of May 2026. You can take part in the half marathon your way!

You can register via the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon website.

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Hell and Back

It may sound scary – but what is Hell & Back?

Hell & Back is an off-road obstacle course challenge, featuring man-made and naturally-occurring challenges over a variety of terrain, on courses that vary length and difficulties depending on the option you chose.

You can register to do Hell & Back and raise funds for us here at ChildVision while doing it!

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Other Fundraising Event Ideas

  • Gaming for good. – Be the hero from your favourite video game by playing online to raise funds for ChildVision
  • Sky dive for charity https://www.skydiveclub.ie
  • Take on a challenge (Run 10k, do 1000 burpees/pushups, cycle from Dublin to Cork, cycling 10k)
  • Donate money while celebrating, create a Birthday Fundraiser on Facebook
  • Sponsored Walk/Marathon in a month – 100k over a month
  • Swim across the bay. A sea swim a day for a whole month.
  • Virtual classes –Dance/Zumba, yoga, workouts, stretching, art classes, makeup classes online (collaborate with professionals/influencers)
  • Check out adventure.ie for incredibly exciting ideas to fundraise as a team of 10 or 100!
  • Find full list of running events for the year on Running Calendar Ireland , ranging from 5K to Triathlons and Ultra Marathons!
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