Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Monday, 28 April 2014
Help... I think I'm Turning in to a Runner
In fact, if you'd have told me a year ago that I was even considering running 10k I would have laughed in your face. But strangely, at the age of 31, I find myself dragging myself out of bed at 6.30am on a Saturday morning so that I can eat my breakfast early enough before my 9am Park Run. Errr... WTF??
At school I hated running, I would get so out of breath within the first 100m that I would make myself ill. No one ever taught me about controlled breathing or starting out slow, I would bomb it for 30 seconds and then struggle for breath.
This is pretty much how my first runs went last year when I realised the mammoth task of a 5 mile run was approaching. Id sprint and walk, sprint and walk... and it was ok... it worked at the time. Gradually, after the race was over I began going out running for me... as a way of winding down after a long day. Still I'd exert myself and then slow down to catch my breath.. until one day, I started out slow. I jogged at a slow steady pace, controlling my breath and I jogged... and jogged... and I didn't stop. I couldn't believe it! I was running... albeit slowly... I was running non stop!
My biggest run so far (without stopping) has been 6k but over the next 20 or so days I'm going to hopefully ramp that up.
I'll keep you posted on the progress but in the meantime feel free to sponsor me.. it's for the kids!!
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
The One Where I Join Team Honk for the @SportRelief #TeamHonkRelay
So Ive only gone and done it again - signed up for a charity sporting event without really thinking properly about it! Yes, again! This time I have officially signed up as a member of the 2014 Sport Relief #TeamHonkRelay
So what's the #TeamHonkRelay then?
Well, it's a person to person relay from Land’s End to John O’Groats with a route of nearly 3,000 miles that will involve nearly 200 bloggers, plus their family and friends!
The relay started back on 12th January in Cornwall... the baton is slowly making it's way up the country with the baton reaching me on Sunday 9th March via Ruth who's transporting the bike from Standish. Chris and I will give the baton a bed for the night. Then on Monday morning myself & my lovely husband will cycle around 15 miles to pass the baton on to Angela from This Is Life in Leyland.
But 15 miles on a bike... that's easy isn't it?
Well...those of you that know me will know that I'm rubbish on a bike... and that I'm not the smallest or fittest of peeps but I'm still willing to give it a go. Aside from the body issues the only bike I own is the one I got for my 15th birthday from my mum & dad!!
So if you want to see me ride 15 miles on a bike I got when I was at school... wearing a onesie... knowing that my seat is smaller than one bum cheek... then please please donate to our team fundraising page now>> http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/cheshireteamhonk!!
But what's it all for?
The aim of the Relay is to raise over £20,000 for Sport Relief. As one of the biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active raise cash and change lives. The money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help transform the lives of some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people both at home in the UK and across the world.
How can you get involved?
It's not too late to do some fund raising of your own. Order your free fundraising pack here> http://www.sportrelief.com/order-stuff
The first ever Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games take place from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd March 2014. The public can join the fun and games by running, swimming or cycling their way to raising cash at over a thousand venues around the country, including the landmark events at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Good luck in whatever you do!!!
Sponsor us now... please???!!!
Saturday, 9 November 2013
DAILY BLOG COMP: #WIN 2 x Personalised Character T-Shirts from T-Shirt Booth *DAY 9*
The T-Shirt's cost £9.99 each - with £2 from each purchase going to the charity partnered with the children's character you select for your Tee.
To order a T-Shirt, just download the free T-Shirt Booth App...
...choose the character you want...
and the colour and size of shirt....
Then either take a photo or upload an existing shot from your phone...
and then just type in their name...
Simples!!!
Mister A and Little E LOVED designing their own T-Shirts and 5 days after they ordered...
look what arrived...
There are some great charities and characters available too:
• Moshi Monsters supporting Action for Children;
• Paddington Bear supporting Action Medical Research;
• Dinosaurus for Beat Bullying;
• Garfield supporting Cats Protection
• Cheeky Little Monsters for Children with Cancer;
• Silentnight for Dreams Come True;
• The Froobles for Heart UK;
• Rastamouse for Nordoff Robbins;
• Ben 10, LazyTown and Adventure Time (Cartoon Network Enterprises) supporting Plan;
• Forever Friends supporting Tommy’s;
• Bin Weevils supporting WellChild
And dozens more characters will be added over the next few weeks, just in time for Christmas, including The Snowman and The Snowdog and Santa’s Little Helpers for ITV Text Santa.
If you'd like to win one of these fabulous T-Shirts then enter now using the rafflecopter entry below...
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The T-Shirt Booth App was created by Digital Giving, is available via the Apple App Store, via Google Play for Android - and can be downloaded directly from the T-Shirt Booth website -
www.t-booth.net. Charity and character partnerships continue to be formed.
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
A Very Big Challenge - all in aid of Cancer Research
I found out on Friday that I had won a place in the The National Lottery 5 Mile Anniversary Run - an amazing event taking place on 21st July 2013.
The 5 mile course will cross the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park before reaching a thrilling conclusion on the track inside the stadium!!! Amazing - I am so excited about the challenge but I am completely scared too. I am notoriously poor at running - I nearly collapsed running for the bus once!
Anyway, although the race itself isn't for charity - it's to celebrate the anniversary of the Olympics and the National Lottery's crucial funding to our Olympic and Paralympic athletes - I have decided to run on behalf of Cancer Research. As you may remember my Dad has recovered from skin cancer and other members of my family have suffered from the horrible disease.
It is a cause very close to my heart, which is why I have agreed to run - even though at this moment in time it seems an impossible task.
I have around 50 days to train for this, so please wish me luck and sponsor me if you can...
(PS I know 5 miles may seem small to some people -but for me being so unfit, slightly overweight and a non-runner - this is a huge distance)
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Simplify Your Christmas - Get the Kids to Make Your Christmas Cards
How to Make a 'Hand' Made Christmas Tree Card by Mister A - aged 3.
Take a piece of green paper and draw around your hand.
Ask Mummy to help cut out the hand shape and put some glue on the back ready to stick it down on to your card.
Place the hand tree on to you card and press down firmly...
Next grab a gold star and add it to the top of your Christmas tree...
Use coloured stickers to decorate the rest of your tree...
Add some white paint for snow...
And there you have it. Simples! A fab 'hand' made Christmas card...
Usually we'd buy charity Christmas cards but this year as we're making our own cards we've decided to buy charity gifts.
The gift that we'll be giving this year is the Playtime gift. Seeing Mister A having so much fun makes you think about other children in less fortunate situations which is why we chose the playtime gift.
This gift's not all just fun and games. With a playtime session from Oxfam's specially trained health workers, kids in emergency camps and communities can learn to stay safe and healthy by doing what they do best. Child's play. Includes free activity booklet. Product code: OU5046HU £7
If you head over to Who's the Mummy then you can find out all about the Simplify your Christmas Carnival as well as instructions on how to download a goat badge or the Oxfam unwrapped badge (above). You can also find out how you can take part and share your own Simplify Christmas posts too. What are you waiting for? Go!
This gift's not all just fun and games. With a playtime session from Oxfam's specially trained health workers, kids in emergency camps and communities can learn to stay safe and healthy by doing what they do best. Child's play. Includes free activity booklet. Product code: OU5046HU £7
If you head over to Who's the Mummy then you can find out all about the Simplify your Christmas Carnival as well as instructions on how to download a goat badge or the Oxfam unwrapped badge (above). You can also find out how you can take part and share your own Simplify Christmas posts too. What are you waiting for? Go!
Friday, 12 November 2010
Make a Call today and BT will donate 1p to BBC Children in Need (12th November 2010)
Lisa Faulkner joins BT and Pudsey Bear to encourage the public to ‘Chat for Children...
Lisa Faulkner and BBC Children in Need mascot Pudsey Bear have urged people to take part in BT Chat for Children. Lisa and Pudsey Bear made their calls to friends and family in the red BT phone box in Parliament Square, London.
On Friday 12th November, BT will donate 1p for every BT landline and phone box phone call made and 25p for every call to BT's Directory Enquiry Service 118500* to BBC Children in Need as part of BT’s Chat for Children initiative to raise money for some of the most disadvantaged children right here in the UK. Last year thanks to the creativity and commitment of the British public, BBC Children in Need raised a record breaking total of £39 million, which is hard at work changing young lives for the better.
UK actress and recent celebrity Master chef winner Lisa Faulkner, Pudsey and best friend Blush launched the appeal by making some calls from a classic red phone box in Parliament Square and other London locations.
Lisa Faulkner commented: “BBC Children in Need does some fantastic work and I’m really excited to be helping BT raise awareness of BT Chat for Children on 12th November. I’ll be giving my family and friends a call on the 12th November for BT’s Chat for Children and I hope you will too!”
Non BT customers can still show their support by making a call from a BT payphone or calling BT’s Directory Enquiry Service 118 500 from any UK landline or mobile.
For further information visit www.bt.com
*BT will donate 1p to The BBC Children in Need Appeal, a company limited by guarantee, for every phone call made by a BT consumer landline and calls customer, every call made from a BT phonebox, and 25p for every call to BT's Directory Enquiry Service 118500 from any phone operator, between 00.01 and 24.00 on the 12th November 2010.
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