This Christmas, AIB NI is encouraging people across Northern Ireland to come together with family, friends and their wider communities to take part in the 2026 GOAL Mile, a single mile in solidarity with people in need that shows why a mile together means more.
Whether walking, running or jogging, taking part in the GOAL Mile, proudly supported by AIB for its sixth consecutive year, is a simple way for people of all ages and abilities to come together and make a difference.
Taking part helps raise much-needed funds to support GOAL’s vital humanitarian efforts with vulnerable communities around the world. GOAL Mile will be held in villages and towns in every county across Northern Ireland in December.
Helping lead the call in Northern Ireland is well-known radio presenter Pete Snodden, who has teamed up with AIB NI to encourage as many people as possible to get involved.
Launching this year’s GOAL mile in Northern Ireland Pete Snodden said:
“The brilliant thing about the GOAL Mile is that everyone can get involved. Get your family together, round up your friends, bring your colleagues or teammates along and make a mile of it this Christmas, all while supporting an incredibly important cause.
“One mile might seem like a small thing on its own, but when families, friends and neighbours across Northern Ireland all step out together, those individual miles add up to something much bigger. That’s what ‘a mile together means more’ is all about.
“It’s a joy to be supporting AIB NI and GOAL this year and I’d love to see as many people as possible get involved, come together and help make every mile count for communities around the world.”
Since 1982, the GOAL Mile has brought generations of families, friends, and neighbours together across the festive season to run, jog, or walk a single mile in solidarity with people in need. Every registration and donation directly supports GOAL’s life-saving humanitarian aid programmes across 14 vulnerable countries.
People can get involved this December by joining one of more than 200 organised GOAL Mile walk events across the island of Ireland which can be found at https://goalmile.org/locations.
AIB customers can also support the cause directly and conveniently by making a donation through the new AIB mobile app.
AIB’s continued partnership with GOAL reflects the bank’s wider commitment to strengthening communities and backing organisations working at the front line of global challenges.
As a proud sponsor of the AIB GAA Club Championships, Camogie Club Championships, and All-Ireland Ladies’ Football Club Championship, AIB is also asking Gaelic Games clubs across the country to bring together players, coaches, volunteers, families, and supporters to make the GOAL Mile part of their club’s Christmas tradition. Under the message of ‘One mile, One club, A bigger impact’, clubs can demonstrate the incredible spirit of community and togetherness, turning individual club effort into collective global impact.
The 2026 GOAL Mile will once again feature the return of the AIB GAA GOAL Mile competition. Participants who register for the GOAL Mile can nominate their Gaelic Games club for a chance to win one of three top prizes: €7,000, €2,000, or €1,000 for their club.
For more information or to register, please visit, www.goalmile.org.