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MacTuff Barry Buddon fast 10

  • Barry Buddon Training Camp, Carnoustie, DD7 7RY
  • 8 September 2024
  • 10 kilometres or 10 miles
  • Registration fee: Free
  • Fundraising pledge: £100

The challenge

The Barry Buddon fast 10 kilometre and 10 mile race takes place on the private roads of the Barry Buddon Training Centre in Carnoustie, Fife.

The course is flat and on paved traffic-free roads, allowing you to focus on nothing but your run.

Get free entry when you sign up to fundraise for Shelter Scotland.

Entry places are limited, so register early to avoid disappointment.

You must be at least 16 years old to take part in the 10 kilometre race and at least 17 years old to take part in the 10 mile race.

Fundraise for Shelter Scotland

When you fundraise for us, you help us to provide vital expert support and advice to those affected by the housing emergency and defend the right to a safe home.  

There's no entry fee for this event if you pledge to fundraise at least £100 for Shelter Scotland.

We recommend setting up a Just Giving page for online fundraising. If you don't already have a fundraising page, our community fundraising team can help you set one up once you've registered for the event.

You can ask people to sponsor you through your fundraising page or use a paper fundraising form.

Find our fundraising resources here

Get in touch if you have any questions. Email us at communityscotland@shelter.org.uk

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.

Accompanying under-16s to MacTuff events

Children under the age of 16 who participate in MacTuff children's events must have an adult to accompany them on the course. Supervision from the sidelines is not permitted. 

The adult to child ratios are: 

  • Age 5 = 1 adult per 1 child participant 

  • Age 6 = 1 adult per 2 child participants 

  • Age 7 = 1 adult per 3 child participants 

  • Age 8-9 = 1 adult per 4 child participants

  • Age 10+ = 1 adult per 5 child participants 

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.

Download our training plans.

A child in a blue MacTuff t shirt wades through waist deep mud

We can't fight homelessness without your help

A marathon runner smiles into camera, he is wearing a running vest with a Shelter logo (photo by Matt Pull at Royal Parks Half)

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.

Register your interest for the MacTuff Barry Buddon fast 10 kilometres and 10 miles

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