Set your own pace: Making the most of the AJ Bell Great North Run

25th June 2024, 12pm BST

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SPEAKERS

Nicky Homes
Commercial Director, The Great Run Company

Nicky is the Commercial Director at the Great Run Company, a position she’s held for over 15 years. As part of her role, Nicky is responsible for the management of the London office and all commercial partnership income as well as new business development. Having overseen the growth of all Great Run events over the years, including the world’s largest half marathon, she’s uniquely positioned to offer insight into what it takes to put together a brilliant event and what that means for charity fundraising.

Tanya French
Head of Events, ANDYSMANCLUB

Hi, I’m Tanya, Head of Events for ANDYSMANCLUB. I have been with AMC for nearly 3 year now, I started with the admin team, learning all things ANDYSMANCLUB, I then joined the marketing & partnerships team then was promoted to Head of Events! As a charity, we have only started to create our own events in 2023, our events are all about creating the community side to AMC!

In my personal life, I have 2 beautiful daughters, a loppy dog called Luna and my husband Richard.

Tom Gill
Customer Success Manager, Enthuse

Hi, I’m Tom and I’ve been a Customer Success Manager (CSM) at Enthuse since December 2023. My job is to help charities achieve their goals by getting the most value out of the Enthuse platform where I work with predominantly larger and enterprise-sized charitie, including British Heart Foundation, MIND and Royal British Legion. Enthuse is my first venture in the charity sector but I’ve worked in a variety of Customer Success and other client-facing roles in tech over the last 6 years.

Chloe Beevers
Product Manager, British Heart Foundation

Chloe has 9 years’ experience working in events fundraising, managing and strategically developing a range a high profile, sector-leading products including Trek26 at Alzheimer’s Society. Chloe currently works as a Product Manager at the British Heart Foundation responsible for the development and delivery of the strategy for the AJ Bell Great Runs Series partnership in 2024 & 2025. Chloe is passionate about using data and supporter insight to drive product development and growth.

Enthuse

Enthuse is a fundraising, donations and events registration technology provider that has helped thousands of charities raise millions. Enthuse’s solutions are customised under a cause’s own brand and put the organisation in control of the data. This allows charities to build and nurture a loyal supporter base, raise more and ultimately have more impact. Enthuse was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in London, with operations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Enthuse is also the official online fundraising partner for London Marathon Events and Great Run.

The Great Run Company

The Great Run Company is the UK market leader in televised mass participation sports events, most famous for the Great North Run, the world’s biggest half marathon.

We believe that the challenge of a mass participation event provides the inspiration people need to get and stay active. We’ve been creating and delivering major mass participation events for over 40 years. Over that time, our team has developed specialist expertise in major event delivery.

Every year we inspire over 250,000 people to take part in major mass participation sports events across the UK.

ANDYSMANCLUB

ANDYSMANCLUB run peer-to-peer support groups for men over 18 going through storms in their lives, every Monday at 7pm excluding bank holidays. Groups are free to attend with no registration required. We now have over 190 clubs nationwide and the option to join online.

The group was founded after the death by suicide of Andy Roberts. Andy gave no indication to his family that he was suicidal, as a result, his brother-in-law, Luke Ambler, and mother, Elaine Roberts, founded ANDYSMANCLUB in the hope that men who struggled to open up had a safe space to do so.

To find out more, email info@andysmanclub.co.uk or head to www.andysmanclub.co.uk

British Heart Foundation

British Heart Foundation is the official charity of the AJ Bell Great Run series in 2024 & 2025.

Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. We raise money to research cures and treatments, so we can give people more time with the ones they love.

Medical breakthroughs don’t just happen. Driven by love, donations and awe-inspiring science, we make them happen together.