mds terms

Walking With The Wounded Marathon des Sables team 2024 - Fundraiser Registration Form

Walking With The Wounded, registered charity no. 1153497 in England and Wales and no. SC047760 in Scotland (‘WWTW’), has a number of reserved places in the 2024 Marathon des Sables (‘MdS’).

The form below with you (the ‘Fundraiser’) outlines the terms under which Fundraisers are able to run on behalf of WWTW at the MdS.

The MdS is an important annual fundraising event for WWTW and the allocation of places is aimed at maximising the amount raised for WWTW and its programmes supporting veterans back into society. We are keen to encourage runners to raise as much money as possible, and in so doing benefit from a lower entry cost.

  1. To be part of the team Fundraisers must agree to a minimum fundraising target of £5,000 – which we’ll be on hand to support you to achieve this.
  1. Upon signature of this form, the Fundraiser agrees for WWTW to pass the Fundraiser’s full name and email to Run Ultra Ltd (‘Run Ultra’) which handles UK entries for the official MdS race organisers.
  1. Each Fundraiser’s total raised will be calculated via money received on their online fundraising page which is automatically transferred to WWTW on a regular basis, and any offline donations received and successfully banked by WWTW. It does not include gift aid as this may or may not be successfully claimed until several months after the event.
  • The Fundraiser agrees:
    • To commit to fundraising for WWTW.
    • Fundraising, both on and offline, must be received by WWTW within six weeks after the MdS.
    • All funds raised for WWTW through the event will be made payable to WWTW.
    • That if you do not take part in the event, any fundraising will be treated as donations and not refunded back to you or the donors.
    • To raise all money using legal methods and complying with the advice given in the WWTW fundraising pack. If in doubt we can give you guidance.
    • to set up an online fundraising page on a platform advised by WWTW to help increase your fundraising.
    • That, to the best of your knowledge, your general state of health and fitness is good, that you take full responsibility for your health and training and you enter the MdS at your own risk.
    • The MdS is not a WWTW owned and managed event, and WWTW therefore assumes no responsibility for the individuals and their entries and the Fundraiser undertakes all responsibility for themselves.
    • To WWTW storing the information you provide on their database. Please see our privacy policy on wwtw.org.uk for details.
    • To give WWTW permission to contact you about the event by phone or email or post and to use any photographs/videos taken of you at this event in WWTW’s fundraising communications to raise awareness and/or money for WWTW
    • To the terms and conditions set out by the MdS event organisers and More Than Running.
    • That WWTW may share your details with the event organiser.