Having successfully navigated the streets of London a number of times for the Great Gorilla Run, you’d expect Gorilla Organization Trustee, Ian Redmond, to have been amongst the front runners at the Great Gorilla Run 2009 last Saturday.

As it was, Ian came in last, literally on his hands and knees, or to be more accurate, knuckles and feet; he did the entire 7 kms bent over on his knuckles and shuffling along just as a gorilla would if it had found itself mysteriously transported from the Virunga Mountains in Africa to Central London. Read more…

What a day!

Sun, samba bands, TV presenters, ultra-runners, giant gorillas, a knuckles runner and, keeping the runners on the tips of their toes, a last minute de-tour across the wobbly bridge - the Great Gorilla Run 2009 had it all! Read more…

Children’s television presenter Helen Skelton will fire the starting gun to set more than 600 runners in gorilla suits loose for the Great Gorilla Run this Saturday, 26 September. Read more…

Whether you’re participating in this year’s Great Gorilla Run, volunteering as a Marshal or egging on the gorillas, here’s all you need to know. Read more…

Rory Coleman will be running 160 miles from his home county of Nottinghamshire to London dressed in a gorilla suit to raise funds and awareness for the Gorilla Organization.  Read more…

The Ambassador for the 2009 United Nations ‘Year of the Gorilla’, and trustee of The Gorilla Organization, Ian Redmond OBE, is to put on a gorilla costume and knuckle-walk the unique Great Gorilla Run - a 7km YoG jog. Read more…

One of this year’s Great Gorilla Run teams: Team Maggsolarrgh have had a novel idea to raise sponsorship - an ebay auction of a banana. Read more…

The incredibly popular X-Factor programme, where wannabe superstars compete for a record deal, has recently featured a blue gorilla singing “In the Jungle” by the Tokens. The blue gorilla is also known as Bertrand Bodson, who has raised £1000 for the Gorilla Organization. Read more…