South Coast Challenge
- East Sussex
- 6-7 September 2025
- 25km, 50km, 100km - you choose!
- Registration fee: £22.50 - £37.50
- Fundraising pledge: £275 - £575
Take on the South Coast Challenge, test your limits and help make housing justice a reality. You can walk, jog or run – the choice is yours.
Starting at the seaside in Eastbourne, you'll hike to the halfway point in Brighton, then finish at the historic town of Arundel. Enjoy stunning scenery every mile of your route, including the magnificent Seven Sisters cliffs and dramatic Devil's Dyke valley.
With different distance options to suit your fitness level, this challenge offers something for everyone.
How to get started
Choose a distance that suits you, from 25km to an epic 100km. You'll need to reach a minimum fundraising target based on the distance you choose.
Sign up on Ultra Challenge's website. Select your distance and select Shelter as the charity you're fundraising for. You also have the option to join or create a team.
Get fundraising! You'll need to reach at least 50% of your fundraising target three weeks before the challenge.
Distance options
Full challenge: 100km (£37.50 registration fee, £575 fundraising target)
Difficulty level: extra challenging
1/2 challenge: 50km (£30 registration fee, £375 fundraising target)
Difficulty level: challenging
1/4 challenge: 25km (£22.50 registration fee, £275 fundraising target)
Difficulty level: medium
What you'll get
When you sign up to fundraise for Shelter, you'll get:
25% off the standard registration fee
a Shelter T-shirt
fundraising advice and training tips
On the day you’ll get:
free food and drink at regular rest stops
full support, including medics, marshals and massage
a glass of fizz, a T-shirt and a medal when you cross the finish line
Other fundraising options
If you're unable to fundraise as much, you can also pay for all or part of your event place to reduce your fundraising target.
Mixed funding
Pay a higher registration fee, which covers half of your event place cost. Fundraising targets are lower if you choose this option.
Sign up for a mixed-funded place
Self-funding
Pay the full cost of your event place and fundraise whatever you can.
How your fundraising helps
Every pound you raise will help defend the right to a safe home for everyone. Our experts offer advice, advocacy and free legal aid to people facing housing issues or homelessness.
£23 could fund a webchat, providing essential housing advice
£58 could answer two calls to our emergency helpline
£157 could pay for legal advice to help a family in crisis keep their home
Contact us
You can find further information about this event and frequently asked questions on Ultra Challenge's website.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with running@shelter.org.uk