Useful information

Why run

5 reasons to participate

Run to cure

In Europe, 35,000 children and young people between the ages of 0 and 23 are diagnosed with cancer every year. Little is known about the causes of these cancers and there are many different types. This makes each type of paediatric cancer a rare disease that struggles to attract sufficient scientific research.

As a result, survival rates have stagnated over the past 20 years and children continue to be treated with drugs that are sometimes more than 50 years old – while over the same period, innovation exploded for adults.

The treatments are not only old, they are also toxic and 2/3 of the children who recover, experience severe side effects (like secondary cancers caused by the treatment of the first cancer, amputation or blindness). .

To boost research in paediatric oncology and select the most promising projects in Europe, our KickCancer Foundation, Imagine for Margo (France), the Fondation Kriibskrank Kanner (Luxembourg), CRIS Cancer Foundation (Spain) and KiKA (the Netherlands) have joined forces and launched the FIGHT KIDS CANCER initiative. The funds you will raise for RUN TO KICK will be pooled together with those from the races organised in France, Luxembourg and Spain. They will be used to finance the best research projects in Europe.

Run to care

It isn't the sportiest marathon runners, but young patients and their families who take centre stage at RUN TO KICK, because they are our biggest stars on this day.

It's an opportunity for families affected by children’s cancer to get together and gather around them their friends and colleagues who didn’t know how to help them during this storm

Mobilising others to advance research is also a great form of group therapy for these families.

Come and experience this festive, positive, light and moving day. RUN TO KICK offers a powerful dose of hope and solidarity to families affected by childhood cancer and to everyone who wants to support them.

Run to be together

Running, walking, crawling, or being carried? It doesn’t matter!

At RUN TO KICK, it’s the one who raises the most money that gets to stand on the podium!

No need to be a great sportsman: RUN TO KICK brings together all ages and all physical conditions. What they have in common is that they all have a furious desire to kick children’s cancer far away!

This is the perfect opportunity to steal away the podium from your marathoner friend!

Families, friends, companies… Everyone can participate in RUN TO KICK!

Run to be fit

2 km, 5 km, 10 km… choose the challenge that fits you best!

Everybody is moving, but (almost) nobody is a real sportsman at RUN TO KICK. In any case, if you have not raced in 5 years or 6 months, you won’t risk arriving last.

In fact, this is the perfect opportunity to get back into sport with joy, pursuing a noble goal! RUN TO KICK has no time registration, so no one will know your real running time ;-)

On the other hand, it’s just like a real race: with a warm-up and stretching sessions, provision stands with healthy products and running t-shirts are offered!

Run to enjoy

Mark Sunday 28 September 2025 in your agenda! We will be expecting you in Brussels to experience RUN TO KICK together. We already know in advance that it will be a fantastic day you’ll always remember. We are fully committed to delivering a professionally organised event, creating the perfect atmosphere, offering an engaging sporting experience, and fostering a strong sense of community.

How to fundraise like a champ?

Fundraising

Every runner is expected to raise a minimum of €200 (€100 for minors and students under 25) through their RUN TO KICK fundraising page.

You can share the link to your own page, your team's or your tribe’s page to solicit donations. If your supporter chooses to make a donation on your team's or tribe’s page, the donation will automatically be equally split between the team members who are registered at the moment of the donation.

No worries, fundraising goes much easier than you think! Especially for you, we've gathered the best advice from the world's top fundraising experts on this page to inspire you on how to fundraise super effectively!

In any case, 100% of the funds you raise will be used to fund research on children's cancer.

Do you want to find out which projects KickCancer finances with your donations? Please click here to find out more about our projects.

You can do it!

You really want to participate in RUN TO KICK but are afraid of never succeeding to fundraise €200? This page is written for you!

Getting started with fundraising is not as difficult as it seems. For those of you who are afraid of asking your friends and family to donate, we have gathered the best advice from the world's top fundraising experts. After this inspiring read, you're on your way to smashing your personal fundraising goal!

Messages to ask for donations:

Rule #1: Remember that you are not asking for money but for a donation… and you are doing this because you want to help finance research to cure children with cancer. It is not because you want to buy a jacuzzi.

Rule #2: Equally important. Tell you friends and family that ANY amount donated will make you super happy.

Rule #3: You have to follow the RULES

A successful request follows a specific approach that we are about to share with you:

Send a personal message (Hello *Jack*).
Choose a moment where your prospective donor is least likely to be busy (for young parents: avoid the evening bath time, for grandparents: shoot before their favourite TV show begins)
Do not forget to include two key points in your message:
- A donation of €40 or more will entitle your donor to a tax reduction of 45% of their donation.
- The urgency: "donate me now because it takes less than 2 minutes! (than it’s gone from your to-do list)"

Daring to go public on social media

If you post your page on social media, don’t hesitate to specifically mention how much funds you still want to raise to achieve your goal. People love challenges!

DIY hack

If you are really too embarrassed to ask for donations, take the indirect creative road.

A couple of examples:

When you organise a dinner: tell your friends to donate on your page instead of bringing a bottle of wine.
If you are a great cook (or not, but keep that to yourself), bake cakes and sell them to your neighbours or school parents, etc.
Make your friends’ life easier by proposing to get you a birthday gift you truly long for: a donation on your page.
Sell DIY props (bracelets, candles...) to your neighbours’ neighbours.
Organise a garage or a dressing sale to finance your page.
Offer your services to wash a car or mow the lawn for someone you know.

Ha and do involve your kids in this endeavour: who on earth would ever refuse such an important plea from your little angel?

You can do this, we believe in you!

Practical info

If you are a runner, don't forget:

At the entrance of the RUN TO KICK village, we will ask you to:

Show your identity card.
Show the QR code that confirms your final registration (you will receive it by email and SMS close to the date of RUN TO KICK).
If you are between a student between 18 and 25 years old and have collected less than 200 euros, you will need to show your student card.
If you have not collected the required minimum, you can easily pay the missing amount at the ‘Regularisation’ stand at the Bois de la Cambre kiosk in the village.

As a reminder, minors must be accompanied by a responsible adult throughout the event.

We recommend that you bring a large bag to easily store your belongings at the bags deposit tent.

The best goodie for the best runners

We will reward each runner with an awesome goodie after the race. Make sure to head over to the 'T-shirts & dossards' tent when you leave the village and swap your bib for a special surprise. ✨

Shoot for the tent

Update 18/09/2025 – Our teams have been so outstanding at fundraising that this year’s RUN TO KICK is an unprecedented success 💛 That’s fantastic news – but it also means, unfortunately, that no more tents can be added. We can’t make the Bois de la Cambre any bigger and, for safety reasons, we have to stick to the allowed number of tents. Thank you for your understanding – and above all, for your amazing commitment! 🙌

All teams of 25 runners (or more!) who fundraise at least 10,000 euros are rewarded with their own private castle 🏰 (ok, a tent 🎪) in the RUN TO KICK village.

Why reach for the tent? 🤓

Skip the lines: No more waiting for your t-shirt or race number (bib)—you can skip the ‘T-shirts & Dossards’ tent 😎 and go straight to your team tent to gather your T-shirt and bib, carefully prepared for you! ;-)
Team HQ: It’s the perfect spot to gather your team and prepare for the run together.
Stand out and Shine: Your tent gives your team visibility and shows everyone just how much you’ve achieved!
Community: Your tent places you right in the heart of the RUN TO KICK village, where you can mingle with other awesome teams.

On-site facilities

You can safely leave your belongings at the bags/ personal belongings deposit tent.

Toilets with disabled access will be available.

Please note that there are no changing rooms or showers on site.

And what will we eat?

Refreshment

We will have two refreshment stations for runners and walkers with water, apples and Pip&Nut protein bars to give you energy!

The refreshment stations will be located at the 5th km and at the finish.

Food and drinks

There will be plenty of good food and drinks in the RUN TO KICK village! friendly partners make sure that hungry runners can enjoy a wide variety of tasty snacks and dishes:

Coffee & hot drinks from NEO by NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto ☕
Delicious Tartes de Françoise (sweet & savory)
Hot & cold soups from Tero
El Camion, the food truck serving juicy burgers (also veggie!)
Think Tomato, with two pasta recipes made with their world-famous tomato sauce (veggie & non-veggie)
Crispy croquettes with or without burger & fries from Fernand Obb Delicatessen
The best Davai Dumplings in Japanese, Korean and Mexican style
The treats of Glacier Pascalino: sweet waffles and ice cream
We will also have a bar with, among others, delicious drinks from Drink a Flower, Spa, Smile Kombucha, frOui, Kazidomi, Kult Kefir, beers from the Brussels Beer Project, and champagne 🥂.

Payment throughout the village will be made exclusively by card.

We would like to thank you in advance for keeping the RUN TO KICK village clean by sorting your rubbish in the specially provided bins.

Programme and supervised childcare

A. Program

We've put together a great program for the whole day!

The RUN TO KICK village will open at 9 am. The start of the race is at 11 am sharp!

We advise you to arrive one hour early to have enough time to pick up your t-shirt and race number and to enjoy the collective warm-up session.

After the race, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a nice lunch, drinks and fun activities.

Our village will close at 4 pm.

09:00 — Welcome! Opening of the RUN TO KICK village

10:30 — Collective warm-up

11:00 — DEPARTURE!

12:30 — Official award ceremony

13:30 — NRJ Kick Concert 🤩 - with Berre, Helena, Mentissa, Puggy and Linh 🎤

15:00 — Zumba

16:00 — See you soon! Closing of the village

B. Activities

Stay with us after the race!

There will be plenty to enjoy in the RUN TO KICK village and for all ages.

Activities:

Wooden games to play with the whole family, face painting, bouncy castle... impossible to get bored!
And if you can’t get enough of sports, Decathlon is planning plenty of activities for you.
An incredible make-up stand 💄
An live concert by NRJ 🎶

A warm atmosphere:

The Lab and le Rythme des Fourmis will definitely make you want to dance!
The cheerful Doctors Zinzin are back, you can't miss them, that’s for sure!
The 501st FanWars Legion will parade their Stormtroopers on the courses and in the village.
The Brussels majorette group Majoretteketet will be encouraging everyone to give it their all!

C. Kids Corner and childcare

Are your children coming with you? That's amazing! Please read the information below carefully to avoid any confusion 🤓

If they are joining you in the race:

If your children are younger than 4, they can accompany you during the race without registering or fundraising.
If your children are 4 or older, they can take part in the race. They must register and raise 100 euros.

If you prefer to run without your kids, you can sign them up for childcare:

During the race (from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), our childcare team will take care of children aged 3 to 8, so you can enjoy the event to the fullest.

At the end of the race (by 12:30 p.m. at the latest), please note that there will be no further supervision… but you’re more than welcome to continue using the playground equipment and games available in the Kids Corner.

Do you want to register your children for childcare? Registrations open on Monday 15/09.

Kids Corner

Unlike the childcare option, no supervision or registration is required here: your little ones are your responsibility 🐣

From 10:00 a.m. onwards, the Kids Corner is the ultimate playground for children of all ages to burn off extra energy ⚡️! From trampoline jumping to testing their skills with archery 🏹, there’s something for everyone.

Face Painting

Last but not least, the face painters are back this year! 🎨✨ They’ll be ready to turn your little ones into true works of art. Starting from 9:00 a.m., head over to the KIDS MAKE-UP tent next to the Kids Corner to book your time slot 🌈👩‍🎨🧑‍🎨.

Accessibility & Parkings

The RUN TO KICK village is easily accessible.

The single entrance to the village is located at the Kiosk of the Bois de la Cambre (Carrefour des Attelages, 1 - 1000 Brussels), via the Avenue de Diane. As there are limited parking spaces in the neighbourhood, we strongly encourage you to come by public transport, bike or on foot – it’s the perfect way to start the day in the most zen way 🧘😉.

A. Come by bike!

The park is accessible to cyclists. Bike parking is available near the entrance of the village to leave your bikes while you fully enjoy RUN TO KICK. If you don't own a bike, you can rent a Villo! and park at stations 244, 71, or 80. More information and rates: www.villo.be

Click on this map to see where the bike parking is located.

KickCancer cannot be held responsible in the event of loss, theft or damage.

B. Take public transport!

STIB/MIVB Tram 🚋

• Line 7 - Lonchamp stop (+ 7 min walk)

• Line 8 - Legrand stop (+ 12 min walk)

• Line 93 - Legand stop (+12 min walk)

STIB/MIVB Bus 🚌

• Line 38 –Hôpital Sainte-Elisabeth stop (+11 min walk)

• Line 41 - Hôpital Sainte-Elisabeth stop (+11 min walk)

TEC 🚌

• Lines 365A and W - Av. W. Churchill stop (+7 min walk)

De Lijn 🚌

• Line 136 - Av. W. Churchill stop (+7 min walk)

C. No other option than the car?

Carpooling is the way to go! 👍 Drop off your friends, family or colleagues at the Kiss & Ride 💋🚗 which will be set up on site, as close as possible to the entrance of the RUN TO KICK village.

Print the RUN TO KICK Car Pass (and place it behind your windshield) to avoid unpleasant surprises. Please park your car in one of the parking areas 2/3/4 (they will be marked with no-parking signs reserved for our race):

Parking 2 - Avenue Victoria
Parking 3 - Avenue Diane
Parking 4 - ULB

KickCancer cannot be held responsible in the event of loss, theft or damage.

Map of the village & parcours

Plan your day in advance by checking out the village map here.

Curious about the running routes (courses of 2, 5 and 10 km)? Discover them here !

To make the run enjoyable for everyone, we will divide the start into 3 waves, each spread across 3 different boxes. Thank you for going to the box of your choice.

BOX 1 = Runners 5 km / 10 km

BOX 2 = Runners 2 km

BOX 3 = Walkers 2 km / 5 km

What we finance

What we finance thanks to you

In 2020, we started allocating 100% of the funds raised by our participants to research projects selected in the framework of the FIGHT KIDS CANCER call for European projects.

FIGHT KIDS CANCER is a joint initiative by KickCancer, Imagine for Margo (France), the Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner (Luxembourg), the CRIS Cancer Foundation (Spain) and KiKa (the Netherlands). Our aim is to accelerate the most innovative treatments thanks to European financing and collaboration of research on paediatric cancers.

Over 5 years, from 2020 to 2024, FIGHT KIDS CANCER led to the funding of 33 research projects and 1 Innovation Award for a total amount of almost 30 million euros, out of which 5 million euros are funded by KickCancer.

In 2025, our five organisations are committed to invest 12 million euros. KickCancer plans to contribute 2,5 million euros.

Participate in RUN TO KICK 2025 by running, walking or donating to one of your friends who participates or by sponsoring us and shooting kids’ cancer forever away!

Donation & Tax Reduction

If you want to support a runner, look for their name on the top of our page with our search engine. Once on their page, click on “I donate”. If you don’t find them, ask to send you the link to their page.

You can also decide to support a whole team or a tribe at once. In that case, your donation will automatically be equally split between the team or tribe members who are registered at the time of your donation.

Your name, first name and email address will be communicated to the runner, the team captain or the creator of the tribe, depending on the type of page you have supported.

Your first name will appear on the page benefitting from your donation. If you do not agree, click on “Make my donation anonymous”.

Thanks to our generous partners, 100% of the donations are used to finance research projects which aim at finding innovative treatments, improving existing ones and kicking children’s cancer to send it far, far away forever and may it never come back!

We have chosen reliable and experienced partners (Raise&Shine and Stripe) for your donations and the registration of your personal information. Your data is safe and handled in confidence.

For every donation of €40 or more over the course of a whole tax year (2025), every Belgium based donor will receive a tax certificate that will entitle him or her to a tax reduction equal to 45% of the donated amount. Make sure your prospect donors know about this!

Every donor will receive an electronic tax certificate at the email address provided at the time of donation, during the first quarter of 2026. This certificate will be issued by the King Baudouin Foundation, which manages your donations through the KickCancer Fund (paired with the KickCancer Foundation).

Become a volunteer at RUN TO KICK

I want to volunteer at RUN TO KICK!

Are you ready to be part of an inspiring community of kickers? We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic and motivated people to volunteer at RUN TO KICK on 28 September!

What to expect?

First and foremost, a day to remember! Whether you help us set up the RUN TO KICK village, encourage participants on the course or help at the various stands, your help is crucial. Moreover, you will get the chance to experience the event up close and witness the passion and determination of our runners and supporters.

Ready to become a kicker? Fill in our volunteer form here and we will contact you in September (at the latest) to tell you your mission on D-Day!

THANK YOU for your valuable help!

Create a team

I’m raising an army of Kickers

Good! This allows you to join forces and raise as much as possible to fund the fight against children’s cancer. Remember, every runner on the team must raise a minimum of 200 euros (100 euros for minors and students under 25) in order to be allowed to participate in RUN TO KICK.

I register and create my own team immediately

Click on the "I REGISTER" button
If you would like to register children or other persons on your account proceed with the registration procedure as many times as the number of participants you want to register.
Pay all registrations at the same time.
When all registrations are completed, proceed by clicking on the "I CREATE A TEAM" button.
Pick a nice picture and write a short text introducing your team.
You will soon receive an e-mail confirming the completion of your registration and the creation of your team.
You can start inviting your friends to join your team and of course, start fundraising like a champ!

I am already registered and want to create a team later

Go to the page "All teams" and click on the “I create a team” button.
Go to your personal space: My pages > RUN TO KICK 2025 > My Teams and click on “I create a team”.

Join a team

I want to join an existing team of Kickers

I want to join a team

Start by going to the “All teams” page and search for their team’s name in our search engine on top of your screen and click on “I join this team”. Then, fill in the registration form. Or ask the team captain to send you a link to directly register with their team.

I am already registered and want to join a team

Log in to your account first (top right of the screen). Then, look for your team’s name with our search engine on the top of the screen and click on “I join this team”.

Create or join a tribe

It is possible to raise funds in a small group while being part of a team (or not!!!), thanks to tribes. Typically, this option is super useful when several people want to ask donations from the same individuals – you can send one email, and get one payment from the donor, but it will be a donation for everyone! (For example, parents and their children, colleagues from the same department, a group of friends…).

You can be part of multiple tribes, there are no limits!

Here’s how it works:

1. Create your tribe

It’s simple! When you're on your personal page, you’ll see the "New tribe +" button just below your name. Click on it and choose a name for your tribe (for example TheBrusselsFrenchFried). Confirm by clicking "I create my tribe." Once your tribe is created, share the URL link with your friends, family, colleagues… and start raising funds together!

2. Join an existing tribe

If you want to join a tribe created by your friends, family, or colleagues, it's just as easy! After clicking on "New tribe +", check the second part of the screen “…or join an existing one:.. By clicking on "More tribes," you will see all the tribes listed alphabetically. Click on the tribe you want to join, then click on “I join this tribe.”

A donation on the tribe’s page is automatically divided equally among all the tribe members.

Don't hesitate to contact us

info@kickcancer.org