HOW TO JOIN
SELF FUND OR
SUPPORT A CHARITY
Do it for yourself & Self Fund OR do it in support of a Charity of your choice (with 3 levels of fundraising to choose from & Reg Fee DISCOUNTS for Official Partner Charities). You can join as an Individual and opt in to our Solo Challenger Start Time if you like, or you can set up a Team and get friends, family, and work colleagues involved.
The simple steps you need to follow are set out below – and you can register online by heading to the ‘Sign Up Now’ page for your chosen event (or scroll down for the links to the events).
Sign Up Online...
Sign up online & pay your registration fee. You'll get a confirmation email with access to our app to help you prepare. If you choose one of the fundraising options & select a charity to support (there's 600 or so involved), we'll share your details with the charity. You just need to set up a fundraising page on JustGiving, and the charity will contact you in due course. If you plan to 'Self Fund' and want to do 3 or more events in 2025, look at our Multi Deals for up to 25% OFF. For Under 21s it's 20% OFF Self Fund prices (21 or under - subject to min age rules / distance)
Choose how you want to join the Challenge and register via that option and its associated online form. Then enter your personal details.
- Option 1 – Self Funding
- Option 2 – Full Sponsorship for Charity
- Option 3 – Mixed Funding for Charity
- Option 4 – Own Place Charity Fundraising
Choose Full Sponsorship for Charity (Option 2) and it’s up to 50% OFF the Reg Fee if you choose one of our Official Partner Charities.
*A platform booking fee of 3% is applied to all event registrations.
Confirm the challenge distance you’ll take on (5km up to 100km) and then select a provisional start time slot.
Actual start times are confirmed 4 weeks prior to the event, and for teams it will be as per the Team Captain’s choice).
Everyone has to register as we require personal details & declarations. Within the registration form you can choose to ‘Create’ or ‘Join’ a Team. Teams can be of any size, and can mix distances, fundraising options or charities.
Create a Team – If you’re the first of your group registering, you’ll create a team and become the Team Captain. You’ll create a team name, and a password for others to use to join. Then invite friends & family to join you!
Join a Team – As other members of your group register, they can search for the Team Name & using the Password will be able to enter the team.
You’ll need to select a charity to support if you’re fundraising. 3 categories of charities are involved.
- Official Partners – Long term Series & Challenge partner charities. With the Full Sponsorship for Charity option it’s 50% OFF the normal Reg Fee.
- Associate Partners – 50 or so charities promoting the Series, and it’s 25% OFF normal Reg Fees for these charities on the Full Sponsorship for Charity option.
- Listed Charities – 300 or so other charities involved – and the ‘normal‘ Reg Fee applies for them.
Follow the right link to choose your charity & pay the associated Reg Fee. Be careful to tick the right box in some cases, and make the correct selection from a drop down list of charities. Your confirmation email details how to set up an online JustGiving page for donations.
All sponsorship goes directly to the charity via your online JustGiving page.
If 50% of your ‘fundraising target’ is raised 3 weeks prior to the challenge, the charity will sponsor your place (they will pay a fee similar to the self-fund cost – or if you’re mixed funding, half of that).
Failure to meet this target & deadline may result in cancellation of your place by your charity.
The remaining 50%, and any extra, should be with your Charity by 4 weeks after the Challenge.
Multi Deals are the BEST value if you’re up for 3 or more challenges in 2025 and plan to ‘Self Fund’.
There’s also the ‘Payment Plan’ option if you sign up before 19th January to help spread the load, stay active and do more Ultra Challenges!
For those aged 21 or under there’s the Young Persons Deal. It’s 20% OFF normal adult Self Funding prices – subject to minimum age rules / distance (ie participant must be at least 18 for 100km / 16 for 50km / 14 for 25km / 8 for 10km – and those under 18 need to be accompanied by an adult participant).
CHRISTMAS Deal
PAYMENT PLAN OPTION
+ FREE Tech T Shirt worth £20
+ FREE New Year Virtual Challenge
+ SAVE up to 75% OFF Reg Fee!
+ FREE Iceland Challenge Prize Draw
ENDS MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY
Excludes: Winter & Halloween Walks, & 10K/mile events
PAYMENT PLAN
Available if you sign up by midnight Christmas Day!
Enables you to secure your place on any Ultra Challenge NOW – and spread the cost over 3 payments. Sign up with just a 33% deposit needed, with a 2nd instalment on 28 February, and then a final 30 March ’25 instalment.
- 3 part instalments
- Self Funding & Own Place options
- All distances 100km to 25km
- Choose to enroll at check out
- Not available on Winter Walk
2025 Prices & CHARITY Options
4 Options to choose from:
Option 1
SELF FUNDING
DO IT FOR YOURESLF
Pay for your place in full. Look forward to a great challenge - with no fundraising!
10K CHALLENGE ~10km
£39 Fee paid online
& no fundraising commitment.
1/4 CHALLENGE ~25km
£89 Fee paid online
& no fundraising commitment.
1/2 CHALLENGE ~50km
£139 Fee paid online as &
no fundraising commitment.
3/4 CHALLENGE ~75km
£169 Fee paid online as &
no fundraising commitment.
FULL CHALLENGE ~100km
£199 Fee paid online &
no fundraising commitment.
Option 2
FULL SPONSORSHIP
FOR CHARITY
Pay a small Reg Fee & Fundraise for a chosen Charity (who pay for your place)
10K CHALLENGE ~10km
£20 Reg Fee & at least
£100 fundraising/sponsorship
1/4 CHALLENGE ~25km
£30 Reg Fee & at least
£275 fundraising/sponsorship
1/2 CHALLENGE ~50km
£40 Reg Fee & at least
£375 fundraising/sponsorship
3/4 CHALLENGE ~75km
£45 Reg Fee & at least
£475 fundraising/sponsorship
FULL CHALLENGE ~100km
£50 Reg Fee & at least
£575 fundraising/sponsorship
Option 3
MIXED FUNDING
FOR CHARITY
Pay for half your place cost & fundraise less for Charity (who pay half of your place cost)
10K CHALLENGE ~10km
£22.50 Reg Fee & at least
£70 fundraising/sponsorship
1/4 CHALLENGE ~25km
£50 Reg Fee & at least
£150 fundraising/sponsorship
1/2 CHALLENGE ~50km
£75 Reg Fee & at least
£225 fundraising/sponsorship
3/4 CHALLENGE ~75km
£90 Reg Fee & at least
£270 fundraising/sponsorship
FULL CHALLENGE ~100km
£110 Reg Fee & at least
£330 fundraising/sponsorship
Option 4
OWN PLACE CHARITY
FUNDRAISING
Pay for your place & fundraise whatever you can for a Charity (with a small cost to them)
10K CHALLENGE ~10km
£39 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
1/4 CHALLENGE ~25km
£89 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
1/2 CHALLENGE ~50km
£139 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
3/4 CHALLENGE ~75km
£169 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
FULL CHALLENGE ~100km
£199 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
Best Value 'MULTI DEALS' for 3 events or more. Save up to 25%
Payment Plan Option also Available
OUR OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING PARTNER
Choose your Challenge
To join an Event, visit the event ‘Sign Up Now’ page using the Quick Links below…
BOOKABLE EXTRAS
HELPING YOU PLAN YOUR CHALLENGE
Each Ultra Challenge has optional 'Bookable Extras' to facilitate the planning of how to join, leave, and take on your challenge. Parking at key venues, shuttle bus transfers, and camping packages all need booking in advance, with bag transfer options available on the day too.
You can hire a 'GEO TRACKER', so friends & family can follow you in real time every step of the way !
Click below for details.
Our Charity Partners
We’re proud to work with a range of fantastic charities, which will benefit from the ~£10 million fundraising each year. Our Ultra Challenge Series Partners are some of the UK’s major national charities, and there’re also regional and local charities as Challenge Partners for each event – and a range of Associate Partners. Choose to fundraise for a Charity Partner and you’ll get up to 50% OFF normal Reg Fees – and they’ll provide support to help you reach your target! Set up a JustGiving page – and get started!
Series Partners
50% OFF charity sponsorship REG FEE
Challenge Partners
UP TO 50% OFF charity sponsorship REG FEE
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
25% ofF charity sponsorship REG FEE
or fundraise for ONE OF 600+ other CHARITIES
OUR OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING PARTNER
FAQs
You must be 18 or over on the day of the challenge if taking on a Full Challenge (~100km) or 3/4 Challenge (~75km); 16+ and accompanied by an adult if taking on a Half Challenge (~50km ), 14+ and accompanied by an adult if taking on a Quarter Challenge (~25km) or Marathon); 12+ and accompanied by an adult if taking on a Half Marathon; and finally 8+ & accompanied by an adult for a 10km/mile Challenge.
Under 18s taking part must be signed up by someone over 18.
You’ll receive a ‘transaction receipt’ (via email) along with a Confirmation Email welcoming you, and detailing any next steps, timelines you need to be aware of, and how & where to find all the info / details you’ll need for your Challenge. (NOTE– If you don’t receive that e mail within 12 hours, please check your spam/junk mail folders)
A discount is available if you have previously taken part in an Ultra Challenge in 2022, 2023 or 2024.
Head to our Deals & Discounts page HERE, to claim your discount.
A Multi Deal allows you to save up to 25% if you plan to enter 3 or more events over the year on a Self Fund basis. The Multi Deal will always be our best deal!
Once you have decided how many events you’d like to enter, visit the ‘Multi Deal’ page on the website – or follow the link HERE>>
On the registration page, you must select all of the events you’d like to enter (and specify the distance). Once you’ve have completed your order, you will need to wait until you have received your multi-deal discount code from the team before you will be able to sign up individually for your events. Placing your order does not constitute entry to the individual events.
When you are attending the events, please ensure you bring ID to collect your event pack so that we can ensure only the original purchaser is participating.
More information on multi-deals is available HERE>>>
If you have already signed up to a Challenge(s) or a multi-deal and now want to take part in another challenge – please complete our application from HERE>>>
All charity sponsorship and mixed funding places close 4 weeks before each challenge, so that you have enough time to fundraise and reach your target. Self funding places close for online registration on the Tuesday before each challenge.
Whilst you are signing up and registering for your challenge, the TEAM INFO section (towards the end of the registration questions), will ask if you would like to ‘Join a team’ or ‘Create a team’.
If selecting to create a team, you will be asked to create a Team Name and Password. Subsequent team members can then register and select to join your team, and will need to provide the team password in order to join it.
We ensure that registered teams are assigned the same start wave (where distance/challenge option allows), and your team name will be printed onto your bib.
There are no restrictions on our regular teams – you can be any mixture of charities / distances / funding types (i.e. Self Funding, Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding), and can have any number of members (even 1!).
Even if you are not fundraising for the same charity, you can still create a challenge team with us.
Yes – as long as you are fundraising for the same charity, you can create a team fundraising page on Just Giving (we recommend letting your charity know this is how you will be fundraising together). However, please be advised that the minimum fundraising targets remain per person (not per team), so you will need to reach the combined total fundraising amount on your page for your group.
If there is a charity you would like to fundraise for that does not appear on our list, we ask that you speak with your preferred Charity about what you would like to, and ask them to register with us via our short contact form which can be found on our website page www.ultrachallenge.com/the-charities/
Once they’ve registered with us, it will take about 5-7 working days to add them onto our registration forms, and you can then sign up to your chosen challenge in aid of them.
Alternatively you can raise for one of the 300+ charities for 2023 challenges we are currently already working with (see our list HERE>>>), or you can Self Fund your place and fundraise for them independently with no fundraising commitment.
Please note: the above is relevant for Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding places only. If you are entering as a Self Funder you can fundraise for any charity of your choice (only if you want to) & we do not need to be informed.
If you are entering on a Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding place then NO – you must select one prime charity for your fundraising, and they must be listed with us HERE>>>. This is because your charity will be paying for a portion of your place on the event (out of the fundraising that you generate). If you wish to also fundraise for another charity, you can do so on your own terms but only as long as you reach the minimum fundraising target your first/prime charity.
If you join as a Self Funder however, you have complete flexibility on who you fundraise for – with no targets or deadlines, and no cost to those charities.
If you have chosen to fundraise for a charity (from our list HERE>>>), we will pass your details over to them and you can expect to hear from them within 14 days. If for some reason you do not hear from your charity after this time, please contact them directly, and please email us at charity@actionchallenge.com & we will follow up with the charity for you.