C2C event itself is closely allied with a number of important charities who themselves have performed some heroic feats of endurance. Riders collect money for these charities throughout their long preparation and C2C 2008 ride from London to Cannes.
Architects for Aid (A4A)
 A4A is a charity committed to working with partner NGOs worldwide to build homes and shelter after disaster, or wherever there is poverty and need. Since registration in January 2006 A4A, has already put 5 years of professional man-hours into the field, creating added value of £1,000,000 benefit in the field with for its partners. We also do much more besides field projects too – in research and education in the UK. Our projects add real value for our partner NGOs: A4A provide the expertise to make the best of every penny of funding. We provide expertise for free or on a not-for-profit basis so our partner charities can achieve the best built solution: the build is more sustainable, involves and benefits the community and livelihoods. We aim to create the best possible built solution. We initiate projects that can sound impossible to achieve and we save projects that sometimes seem beyond help.
The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust
 Tom was killed as he walked home on 12 January 2006. Tom’s family and fiancée, supported by Tom’s firm Linklaters, decided that a lasting memorial would be a charitable trust to assist disadvantaged children to achieve their potential by gaining access to appropriate educational facilities and opportunities.
The Sarah Matheson Trust
 The Sarah Matheson Trust is a vital support charity helping people live with, and caring for, the progressive neurological disorder Multiple System Atrophy. The trust actively sponsors and promotes research into the diagnosis and management of MSA.
LandAid
 LandAid is the charity of the UK property sector from which its support is drawn. As a Charitable Trust, LandAid makes grants to other charities to support a variety of projects usually connected with homelessness. In addition, LandAid seeks to champion the charitable work undertaken by the property sector as a whole and to assist property companies in using best practice in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. Support is divided into two main categories: small grants made once a year to charities or projects requiring a kick-start for a service or facility that would not otherwise get off the ground, and a major project, usually lasting up to four years, in partnership with a leading homelessness charity. The current such major project, officially launched on 7 March 2007 is “Foundations for Life” – an active partnership between LandAid and Centrepoint.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a UK charity dedicated to the development of young people. We help young people from every possible background to develop the attitudes and skills they need to succeed in life.Funds raised by C2C will be used to develop new Award groups in specific areas where there might be major development activity taking place. The Award is very effective in engaging young people from areas where there may be a lack of opportunities and can not only divert them from crime but help them develop skills that are useful for gaining employment. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award would work to deliver skills that are more specifically targeted to help them get jobs in the property and construction industry.
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