The Full MacTuff New Year 2025
- Knockhill Racing Circuit, Saline, KY12 9TF
- 04 Jan 2025 at 11am
- Choose your distance – 8, 15 or 21 kilometres
- Registration fee: Free when you fundraise for Shelter Scotland
- Fundraising pledge: £150
The challenge
The Full MacTuff New Year Challenge on 4 January 2025 at Knockhill Race Circuit in Fife is the toughest obstacle course challenge in the UK, filled with obstacles, cold water, and lots of mud.
Choose your distance – 8, 15 or 21 kilometres.
You must be at least 17 years old to take part in this event.
Fundraise for Shelter Scotland
When you fundraise for Shelter Scotland, you help us to provide vital expert support and advice to those affected by the housing emergency.
There is no entry fee for this event when you pledge to fundraise a minimum of £150 for Shelter Scotland.
Once you register, our community fundraising team will contact you with details of how to set up your Shelter Scotland fundraising page – easy!
You can ask people to sponsor you through your fundraising page or use a paper fundraising form.
Find our fundraising resources here.
What's included
a MacTuff t-shirt
a medal
bag drop
parking
Your friends and family can watch the event for free.
Photos of the event can be downloaded for free from the MacTuff website.
Gift Aid
Please encourage your donors to include Gift Aid in their donations. It’s a fantastic way to help us raise extra funds and be there for more people who are living in unsafe housing conditions.
Gift Aid does not count towards your fundraising target.
Find out more about MacTuff events
If you're unable to take part in your event
Please email communityscotland@shelter.org.uk if you cannot take part in your event.
If you've already started fundraising online with JustGiving, ask your donors if they're still happy for their donation to be passed on to Shelter Scotland. If they are, your online funds are automatically sent to us.
Your donors can request a refund from JustGiving if they no longer wish to donate.
Got your own place at this event?
If you've already secured a spot for this event, you can use your place to help create housing justice by fundraising for Shelter Scotland. We'd love you to join our team!
Get the most from your training
We've created plans to help you get the most from your training. Whatever your ability and event, we're here to help.
We can't fight homelessness without your help
Want to challenge yourself for Shelter Scotland? Take a look at our runs, challenges and ideas for organising your own event.
When you take part in an event for Shelter Scotland, you're joining us in defending the right to a safe home.
Whether you run, dance, walk miles in your kilt or crawl through mud, every pound you raise helps us to fight the housing emergency.
Thanks to fundraisers like you, in 2022/23 almost 17,000 people got advice through our helpline and webchat services, and our online advice pages were visited over one million times.
Together we can continue to create long-term change and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and society.