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Whether you are a complete beginner or a veteran, TB Alert can offer some fun ways to get involved and raise valuable funds for TB Alert’s projects. Every runner gets one of our lovely vests (see right) and if you pledge to raise at least £100 we will send you a water bottle too!
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LONDON MARATHON 2012 – a once in a lifetime chance
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Imagine running the marathon in the same year as the London Olympics ... it’s sure to be something you, your friends and colleagues will never forget. As the saying goes ... once run, never forgotten.
Could you raise a minimum of £5,000 for TB Alert? Perhaps your company will sponsor you and match your own funding? In addition to support from friends, family and colleagues, you could arrange pre-marathon events to build your sponsorship such as dinner parties, sponsored silence/beard shave/dress down days at work – get all your colleagues involved! All of these can help you achieve your target and our fundraising team are on hand to support you all the way. We promise to make April 22nd a day to remember – so if you would like to apply for our London Marathon Silver Bond place in Olympic Year call 01273 234 784 or email fundraising@tbalert.org
Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder:
"The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon."
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| Overseas Challenges - the world is your oyster! |
| TB Alert works with Charity Challenge - one of the best and most respected overseas challenge companies in the business. If you want to undertake an adventure which will challenge you physically, and challenge your fundraising skills, click here to find out more. |
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Click below to answer some common questions our supporters have about sponsored events:
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| Can't I do something a bit less active? |
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Physical activities are not for everyone. But there are lots of other ways you could use your skills, imagination and determination to raise money for TB Alert:
•If you are known as a bit of a talker – why not get your friends to sponsor you to be totally silent for a day?
•How much would your friends pay to see you give up one of your vices for a week? Try chocolate, cigarettes, fattening foods, alcohol or whatever people will pay you to forgo. You could also donate the money you save!
•Always fancied having your head shaved? Grow your hair long and get people to sponsor you to have the whole lot shaved off (or even get them to sponsor you to go out in public with just half of it shaved!)
•If you are looking to lose weight, why not help yourself along by raising money for every pound or kilo you lose?
•Don’t want to give anything up? Sponsored pub crawls are always popular (even if they don’t always get finished!) and mean you don’t have to feel guilty about a night out with your friends having the odd drink or 5!
•Got young children or grandchildren? Kids love a challenge – how about a toddlathon? You could get together with the other mums or grandparents to arrange a walk with your toddlers around a local park.
•Live by the sea? Set yourself a challenge of building sandcastles and get people to sponsor you (you should be able to build a few hundred in an hour!)
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| How will TB Alert help me? |
| TB Alert can provide sponsorship forms, a T-shirt, and plenty of information to tell your friends about the great cause you are fundraising for. |
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| I don't like asking people for sponsorship money, how can I go about this? |
Often this can be the hardest part of the challenge. But there are ways to make it easier:
•Check if your company will match gifts to charities – many companies will match your sponsorship – thus instantly doubling what you have raised!
•Find a good “lead gift” – choose the right person to make the first gift and other sponsors will usually follow their lead and give the same amount.
•Ask for the money up-front when they sign the form – that saves you having to ask again.
•Ask TB Alert for more ideas – we can help! Call 0845 223 5293 or email helping@tbalert.org |
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| What does TB Alert want from me? |
Your time and effort to put yourself through a new challenge is a fantastic gift to TB Alert. All we want is your assurance that what you do is safe and legal, and that you will raise as much money as you can to help us in our work. But if you are really proud of your achievement (and you should be!) – why not send us some pictures and a few words for us to put on our website or in our newsletter, and help us persuade other supporters to take up a sponsored challenge too.
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