Race to End Homelessness Edinburgh FAQs

Visit the event page and choose the event (5 or 10k) you would like to take part in and click through to register your details. If you have any problems please contact hanif.abdulmuhit@crisis.org.uk.

Yes. Online registration will close at 5pm on Thursday 17 March 2022, so if you miss this deadline you can register on the day at the registration tent for a £30 entry fee. Please note that preferred t-shirt sizes cannot be guaranteed for on the day registrants.

5K and 10K participants must come to the sign in tent on the day to check in and pick up their chip timing and t-shirt. The sign in tent will be open a few hours before your distance’s wave sets off but don’t worry about that just now, we’ll be in touch with all participants ahead of race day with all of the details.

The suggested minimum sponsorship amount is £80 per person. £80 could help someone gain the skills or qualifications they need to turn their life around. Lack of skills and qualifications can lead people to become and stay homeless, isolated from society, work and independence. Education is at the heart of Crisis – supporting people to build knowledge and skills, grow in confidence and feel more positive about the future.

Yes. This purpose of this event is to help to end homelessness in Scotland. All monies raised will help us to do that policy by policy through our Campaigns and Best Practice Teams whose work impacts people across every local authority across the nation; and person by person through our Crisis Skylight Edinburgh where our dedicated, expert staff work to end people’s homelessness across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Please send an email to hanif.abdulmuhit@crisis.org.uk to inform us.

Distances can be swapped until 5pm on Thursday 17 March 2022, by email. No swaps will be able to be made on the day. Although the 5K and 10K will use the same starting points, once you have your t-shirt and chip timing for the distance you have signed up for you wouldn’t be able to take part in the other distance. For example, if you take on the 5K and are feeling pretty good, you’ll have to wait until next year to tackle the 10K! Sorry!

No, there is no secure facility to store it on the day. It must be sent to Crisis by bank transfer, a cheque or through your online sponsorship page. There is more information about ways to pay in your event sponsorship on our website.

Yes. There will be portaloos at the starting venue and toilets at the finish venue.

Yes, there will be a baggage tent alongside the sign in and registration tents. Only luggage that has been tagged by Crisis staff and volunteers will be able to be left there, and this will all be transported to the finish venue for collection. Although there will be baggage facilities, we advise you to bring as little with you as possible. Full details of how to use the baggage facilities will be sent out by email to participants before the event.

Most certainly! Most of us will have been for a walk or a run in the glorious Scottish spring. If it does rain, please come prepared in suitable clothing. If weather conditions are such that it is deemed unsafe to hold the event, we reserve the right to cancel.

Yes, of course.

Volunteer roles will include: 

Route Marshalling - ensuring the safety of participants 

Site Stewards - signing in and registering participants, managing the baggage area and keeping the place tidy and safe

Cheerers – we will of course encourage participants to bring down family and friends to join us at the cheer points, but there is no such thing as too many cheers!

End Point volunteers – helping to hand out medals, reunite participants with their baggage and make sure everyone gets something to eat and drink. 

If you would like to volunteer, please get in touch: Julie.sutton@crisis.org.uk

Our main priority is to keep runners, staff, volunteers and members of the public safe during our event. In the unlikely event of restrictions being imposed by Government, the in-person event at the location will not take place. However, this year we have decided not cancel the event completely. We will be in touch with runners to notify you of alternative options of DIY activities you can compete to finish your activity and complete your fundraising.

Worst Case: Full Lockdown
In the event of a full Government lockdown we will notify registered runners and guide you to complete your challenge in place of a physical race on the 20th of March in Edinburgh:

• We will give you a choice to cancel or defer to another event or the same event next year; or
• Allow you to choose a DIY activity of your choice. We will give you some ideas as below, however, you will be free to choose and decide on an activity of your own. We will give you a three-week window to complete any activity you choose.

Some ideas:

• Do the run yourself at a time of your choosing from Holyrood Park using our planned route.
• Do a run, walk or cycle in your own or any locality/area of your choice on a date of your choosing and complete the distance in your own time (within the 3-week window we will specify).
• Do any other activity of your choice, e.g. climb a mountain, rowing etc. to cover the distance or equivalent.

• Please check your local government guidelines surrounding coronavirus before taking part in your challenge.
• Please do not take part in the Race to End Homelessness event if you have any coronavirus symptoms listed on the NHS website. Get a test and follow the stay at home guidance. You could always take part in the DIY Icebreaker at a later date.
• Before you take part, consult your GP if you have any underlying health conditions that make you more vulnerable to coronavirus. If you are part of the clinically vulnerable or extremely vulnerable category, please follow the government guidance.
• Please continue to be mindful of social distancing and sanitation practices to help stop the spread of coronavirus. See the government’s coronavirus guidance.
• We will be monitoring government guidance and the news all the way up to the event date for the most up to date information about coronavirus restrictions. In the event of any government imposed lockdowns or restrictions, in order to keep you, our staff & volunteers and members of the public safe, we reserve the right to alter the way we deliver, postpone or cancel the event without notice. We will guide you and provide as much information as possible about all the options available in case we need alter, postpone or cancel the event.