Event information for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2025
When? Sunday 12 October 2025
Where? Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois
Fundraising target? £2000
Registration fee? £49 (refundable if hit target)
Why join #TeamMencap?
Take on the unmissable and high in demand Bank of America Chicago Marathon, one of the World Marathon Majors. Run through this magnificent windy city and enjoy a fast and flat route.
Take on this exciting event and raise vital funds to support people with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
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If you can't find what you are looking for on our event page please contact our Events team who would be happy to help.
Our fundraising ideas page carries a downloadable resource which holds lots of inspiration for fundraising.
JustGiving pages are the easiest way to start fundraising, as you can set them up quickly, share them across social media immediately, and all money comes directly to us.
JustGiving also takes care of all Gift Aid!
You can get started by reading our guide to setting up your JustGiving page and then sign up to JustGiving.
If you prefer we also have a handy sponsorship form which you can download to collect your fundraising.
We have a secure Mencap
website
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which helps you easily pay in your fundraising.
Take a look at our stories pages to find out what it's like to fundraise for Mencap.
Mencap support the 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability and the money you raise will go towards fulfilling our vision for a world where all people are listened to, valued and included, and not discriminated against because of their learning disability.
Our dedicated Events team are always on hand to help advise you about our events or your fundraising goals.