Ready to challenge yourself, experience one of Scotland’s biggest sporting events and make every mile matter?
Join Team Euan MacDonald Centre at Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF) 2027 and turn your miles into money to support vital research into motor neuron disease (MND).
By fundraising for the Euan MacDonald Centre, you can support researchers working to advance understanding of MND, drive progress towards better treatments, and help create a future without MND.
Whether you’re chasing a personal best, taking on your first race or sharing the experience with friends, family or colleagues, there’s a challenge for you. Whatever distance you choose, every step you take can help make a difference.
Ready to take on the challenge?
Join Team Euan MacDonald Centre for EMF 2027 register today via:
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2027 website
Why take part in EMF 2027?
Run in the heart of Edinburgh
Experience Scotland’s beautiful capital city, with Edinburgh Castle providing a spectacular backdrop. Enjoy picturesque routes, an unforgettable atmosphere and the chance to explore Edinburgh over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Find your perfect challenge
From the full marathon and half marathon to relay races and junior events, there’s a distance to suit a range of abilities and ambitions. The marathon and half marathon routes offer great PB potential, whether you’re a seasoned runner or taking on a new challenge.
Make a Bank Holiday weekend of it
EMF is more than a race — it’s a whole weekend of running, celebration and community. Make the most of the Spring Bank Holiday with a trip to Scotland’s beautiful capital. Explore Edinburgh’s iconic sights, soak up the festival atmosphere and celebrate your achievement with friends and family.
Bring your friends, family or colleagues
Take on the challenge together! Enter the relay with friends, your running club or workmates, or get the younger generation involved with one of the junior events. From running together to cheering each other on, there are plenty of ways to be part of the EMF experience.
Choose your challenge
Edinburgh Marathon
Take on the ultimate endurance challenge. Run 26.2 miles through Edinburgh and turn your training, determination and achievement into fundraising for MND research.
Edinburgh Half Marathon
Take on 13.1 miles and experience one of the festival’s flagship races. Whether you’re aiming for a personal best or stepping up to your first half marathon, make every mile count.
Marathon Relay
Share the miles, the memories and the achievement with friends, colleagues or your club. Take on the challenge as a team and fundraise together for a cause that matters.
Junior Races
Inspire the next generation of runners with the festival’s junior events. Get young people moving and make it a memorable experience for the whole family.
Run for research. Fundraise for the future.
By joining Team Euan MacDonald Centre, you’ll be doing more than crossing a finish line. You’ll be helping raise vital funds for research into MND.
Your fundraising will support the Centre’s work to advance understanding of MND and contribute to the ongoing search for better treatments and a future without MND.
You don’t have to be an elite athlete or an experienced fundraiser to make an impact. Whether you’re taking on your first race, tackling the half marathon or going the full 26.2 miles, your effort and fundraising can help make a difference.
Every mile you run is an opportunity to raise awareness. Every donation you raise helps support the Centre’s mission. And every person who joins Team Euan MacDonald Centre helps bring MND research to more people.
Make 2027 the year you take on an incredible challenge for a cause that matters.
Registration
Choose your challenge and fundraise for the Euan MacDonald Centre at Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2027.
Register via the Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2027 website.
Set up your JustGiving page: Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research JustGiving
Every mile matters. Every fundraiser makes a difference. Every step helps support the future of MND research.
We’re here to help
Thank you so much for fundraising in aid of the Euan MacDonald Centre. We’re here to support you every step of the way, whether you need advice on setting up your JustGiving page, fundraising materials to help spread the word, or tailored social media assets to promote your fundraising.
As a thank you for your support, every EMF2027 fundraiser will also receive a free Euan MacDonald Centre running shirt to wear with pride while training and on race day!
Get in touch with us - email Kerry.Mackay@ed.ac.uk and we’ll help you with:
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help setting up your JustGiving page
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fundraising tips and ideas to help you reach your target
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printable sponsorship forms
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promotional assets for your social media channels
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your free Euan MacDonald Centre running shirt!
Whatever running event you chose to take part in, please make sure it is appropriate for your level of fitness. As well as being a challenge, it should also be doable and fun!
The University of Edinburgh Development Trust
The University of Edinburgh Development Trust is a charity registered in Scotland, with registration number SC004307. The Development Trust processes all donations in aid of the Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research. All the money received through your fundraising will directly support research into motor neuron disease and related conditions.
Thank you for your support.
Header image credit: Edinburgh Marathon Festival