A charity run or other event.

[Closet Guy.]

Im wanting to build up my fitness levels but finding my motivation is lacking.

So i thought id set myself a target.

A charity event (up to about 10k ish) and so im wanting some ideas.

Something local to Sheffield or South Yorkshire.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Agent Orange]

Im wanting to build up my fitness levels but finding my motivation is lacking.

So i thought id set myself a target.

A charity event (up to about 10k ish) and so im wanting some ideas.

Something local to Sheffield or South Yorkshire.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

There's the Great Yorkshire Run in September. It's a 10k here in Sheffield. See below:

 

http://www.greatrun.org/events/event.aspx?id=11

 

Happy running

[Closet Guy.]

Thanks Agent Orange

[GoGo_dancer]

I had the same idea last year to help me lose weight for my wedding and raise money at the same time, but I'm not much good at running so me and some colleagues from work did the Yorkshire Three Peaks in April (26 miles).

We're all novice walkers but we completed it in a very respectable 10 hours and 40 mins and the training really helped with my fitness levels/waistline! We raised over £1200 for the local MS Therapy Centre in Rotherham too!

 

I swore at the time I'd never do it again but I'm already thinking of doing it again next April to try and beat my time!

[Closet Guy.]

Thats great GoGo. Well done for raising all that money

So how would i go about raising money from a run?

In the old days we got a sponsor ship form, took pledges and the collected afterwards.

Is that still the way its done these days or is it different?

[Agent Orange]

Thats great GoGo. Well done for raising all that money

So how would i go about raising money from a run?

In the old days we got a sponsor ship form, took pledges and the collected afterwards.

Is that still the way its done these days or is it different?

 

There are many tools to help you raise money. You could do the old fashioned method, using a sponsor form and collecting money in person.

 

If you want to reach out to a wider audience and/or want to cut out the hassle of collecting money personally, you could always create a http://www.justgiving.com fundraising page. I prefer this method as it's one less thing to worry about whilst the donations go direct to the charity.

 

There's nothing stopping you from doing both of the above

[Closet Guy.]

You're a star.

Thank you so much for that

[willman]

The only issue with "just giving" IIRC is that only charities registered with them can recieve the money, and they have to pay for the privelege.