Santa in the City 2025

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Santa in the City 2025

Santa in the City is the perfect way to start your festive season! A fun run like no other, it is suitable for all abilities and ages, with a 4km route that you can run or walk.

Starting and finishing by St Paul’s Cathedral, and going past and taking in some of London’s most famous landmarks like the Millennium Bridge and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, this is a magical way to see the city after dark while raising funds to support Shaftesbury’s vital work.

Your registration cost includes:

  • 5-piece Santa suit
  • Finishers medal
  • Shaftesbury t-shirt
  • Fundraising pack
  • Individual fundraising support
  • Discounted registration fee

Santa in the City is a nearly flat route, perfect to take part in as a team – whether that’s with colleagues or the whole family, and under 18s can run for free when accompanied by an adult.

Money you fundraise will go towards helping children, young people and adults with disabilities live a life that adds up for them. So put on your Santa hat, your white beard, and your running shoes and join us at the starting line!

Santa in the City is also taking place in Tunbridge Wells! More info here.

About Shaftesbury:

Shaftesbury is the disability charity that’s committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them. 

What makes life livable is never down to just one thing – it’s the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from thrill-seeking to thriving – it all adds up to Shaftesbury.

Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services, we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.

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