North v South is an event that tests your ability to Run, Race, Laugh, Do Good, travel, meet people & so much more
and we find out who is best… the north or the south?
Our mission
Over 5 years we have developed a mission with three key pillars.
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The team aspect of North v South is vital. Having the camaraderie and team spirit of trying to win for the North or South makes the event what it is. This along with making the event accessible to a wider base as possible really gives people an experience a lot of charity challenges do not.
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Every event we have run has raised funds and awareness for amazing causes. Further than that, the event encourages people to be open about life, their stories and their ups and downs. We believe sharing your problems, meeting new people and being active can really boost your physical and mental health.
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Maybe this is the most important because what is life without enjoying and celebrating our achievements. We make sure that all of our events, whilst challenging, are a lot of fun. We never take ourselves too seriously and every event always finishes with a big old party which everyone is welcome to!
Our story
North v South was founded in 2019 and has grown every year since. Over 5 years we have raised over £70k for charity and had over 300 participants! See how the event has developed below:
2019 - FOunding North v South
As a group of mates recently graduated from uni we wanted to do something to raise funds and awareness for men’s mental health. As half of us were northern and half of us southern we decided to organise a charity football match for Movember. The North won 4 - 2. The evening was finished with an event celebrating the game. We raised £5k for Movember and the event was born.
2020-21 - Building the event
Due to the impact and success of the first event we continued this annually with two more charity football games and evening dos. The south dominated these two years winning the games 5-0 and 4-1 giving them the bragging rights over the three years. The message continued and spread, more people got involved and joined the evening celebrations and we raised £15k for Movember over the two years.
2023 - For Maggie’s
In 2021 one of the founding members, Andy, was diagnosed with incurable blood cancer. Maggie’s, a cancer support charity, was vital to helping Andy live life to the full.
As Andy is an 800m runner, in Feb 2023 teams North and South raced to run the equivalent of the length of the UK (1,000km) first. Team North cumulatively reached 1,000km first and followed this up by winning the football 5-2.
Our evening event also grew. The night included raffling a weekend stay at Royal Mansour Marrakech, one of the best hotels in the world.
The month’s events raised £20k for Maggie’s.
2024 - bigger and better
In May 2024 we had our biggest event to date. We relay raced 350km from Manchester to London, played a football game and hosted a darts night all in 48 hours. We raised over £30k for Maggie’s in the process.
Click the link below to see how special the 2024 event was.
