LMCT is a grantmaking charity that awards grants for and funds projects that inspire and increase the numbers of people regularly taking part in physical activities. Our funding mission is to inspire, encourage and champion participation and diversity in physical activity.
Our latest Annual Report is available on the LMCT website where you can also see LMCT’s current strategic partnerships and a history of grants made to community projects in London Boroughs and other areas.
Vision, Mission & Values
Our vision is a society in which everyone is physically active, contributing to their health and wellbeing, as well as to a sense of community cohesion.
Our mission is to help make available high-quality, accessible and affordable opportunities for sport, play and healthy physical activity, primarily in the areas in which our trading subsidiary, London Marathon Events Limited (LME), organises mass-participation sporting events. The majority of our income comes from the profits generated by LME, from organising some of the biggest and best mass-participation sports events in the UK, including the TCS London Marathon, The Big Half, RideLondon and Swim Serpentine. Information about LMCT and our work is available on our website: www.lmct.org.uk
History
When Chris Brasher and John Disley created the London Marathon in 1981, their vision was to inspire people to become active and to generate funds to provide grants for sport and recreational facilities.
With extraordinary foresight, they created The London Marathon Charitable Trust as the parent charitable company and sole shareholder of LME, to enable the surplus from the London Marathon, and all future events, to be passed as corporate Gift Aid to LMCT.
Since then, LME has grown into the world’s leading mass participation event organiser and the success of its events has enabled LMCT to award grants totalling almost £100 million to more than 1,500 projects across the UK, making LMCT one of the UK’s major charitable funders of initiatives to encourage people to take part in physical activity.
We are committed to equality and we value diversity.
You find out more about us including our 2021 report here – https://micro.green-park.co.uk/lmct/further-reading/