Knife crime, gangs and criminal exploitation are taking young lives in London. Run 26.2 miles on Sunday 25 April 2027 and help us reach young people before they're pulled in.
The 2027 race runs over two days. Our charity places are for Sunday 25 April.
No child is born carrying a knife. Young people get pulled in through fear, through gangs that offer money and belonging, and through having nowhere to go and nobody to trust.
Steel Warriors was built from knives. We melt down blades collected from London's streets, forge them into free outdoor gyms, then fill those gyms with coaches young people can trust. Your miles keep it going.
Knife crimes recorded by police in England and Wales in a single year. More than 130 a day.
Of them in London, the most of any police force.
Knife and weapon offences by children aged 10 to 17 dealt with by police and courts in 2025. Almost 10 a day.
People killed with a knife or sharp instrument in a single year.
Sources: Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2026 (July 2026); Ministry of Justice, Knife and offensive weapon sentencing statistics: 2025 (May 2026).
“As a child growing up in an area like this we had no facilities. We had nowhere to go. People used knives and it was scary.”
Much of our grant funding is tied to one programme or borough. What you raise isn't, so it goes where young people need it most.
You won't be running on your own. From the day you sign up to the finish line, we're with you.
Race in our colours, so the crowd knows who you're running for.
Ideas, help and encouragement from our team, including setting up your JustGiving page.
Strength and conditioning sessions with our coaches at our free outdoor gyms.
Our crew on the route, cheering you through the hardest miles.
We have 14 places for 2027. Once they're gone, they're gone.
Fill in our short application form.
We'll get in touch to talk it through and confirm your place.
Pay the £100 registration fee and set up your fundraising page.
Work towards £3,000, with us behind you all the way to race day.
Questions first? Email team@steelwarriors.co.uk
A massive thank you to the eleven runners who took on the 2026 TCS London Marathon for Steel Warriors and raised £33,115 between them: Diana Benavides Prado, Ed Crook, Hamish Phillips, Julia Sivacenko, Laura Wilmshurst, Leon Hollings, Louis Rajh, Mark Ellis, Ruth Taylor, Shakade Khan and Tom Jarman. Every mile you ran keeps our gyms free.
The TCS London Marathon 2027 runs over two days, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April. Our 14 charity places are for Sunday 25 April 2027.
There's a £100 registration fee to secure a charity place, and a minimum fundraising target of £3,000.
Into our free classes and programmes for young people across London. Marathon fundraising isn't tied to one project, so it goes where it's needed most: keeping classes free, our coaches and their training, safeguarding and looking after our gyms.
Fill in our application form and we'll be in touch.
Email team@steelwarriors.co.uk and we'll help you get started.
