Futuremakers by Standard Chartered - Empowering the next generation

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to realise their potential. Yet globally, more than 282 million young people are not in education, training or employment. The economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic has made this worse.

Futuremakers by Standard Chartered is our global initiative to tackle inequality by promoting greater economic inclusion in our markets. Futuremakers supports disadvantaged young people aged 35 or below, especially girls and people with visual impairments, to learn new skills and improve their chances of getting a job or starting their own business.

As the largest charity marathon in Taiwan, charity has always been at the core of the SCTM since 2013. Through the race and together with the runners, we have successfully raised over TWD 80 million towards Seeing is Believing and the Standard Chartered Foundation. Each year, we donate a percentage of the registration fees towards charity. For SCTM 2024, TWD 2.35 million from registration fees will be donated towards Futuremakers by Standard Chartered. We also invite runners to fundraise and the public to donate during the race season.

For SCTM 2024, a charity sale will be organised at the Finish Line to support Futuremakers by Standard Chartered to enhance awareness on community needs and encourage participants to give back. Runners can personalise their medal by engraving their name and time by for a fee of TWD 100, which will be donated to Futuremakers by Standard Chartered after administrative fees for mobile payment is deducted.

In Taiwan, our Futuremakers by Standard Chartered programmes (in partnership with PAVI, TWACC and Garden of Hope) supports disadvantaged young people, especially girls and visually impaired youth, to learn new skills and improve their chances of getting a job or starting their own business. From 2020 to 2023, we have supported nearly 7,000 disadvantaged youth to learn, earn and grow.

Diversity and inclusion is one of our key focuses and through the race, we encourage the visually impaired (VI), differently-abled and disadvantaged /vulnerable groups to join us. Nearly 2,000 individuals have joined our races since 2013.

Please join us to empower disadvantaged young people to learn, earn and grow!! Click here for more information on Futuremakers by Standard
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