The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has joined forces with the Virgin Money London Marathon to become its official charity partner for 2016, which also marks 30 years of its ChildLine service.

The charity is aiming to raise £2.3m to help answer every child who contacts its ChildLine service. NSPCC chief executive, Peter Wanless, commented '2016 is shaping up to be a huge year for the NSPCC and, in particular, our ChildLine service which will be marking 30 years. It's fantastic that in this milestone year, we've been chosen to be the official charity of the Virgin Money London Marathon, and we're calling on runners across the UK to join Team NSPCC to make it our biggest and best team ever'.