Aim high – get inspired by our celebrity challengers and set yourself a big physical challenge! Helen Skelton is kayaking 2,010 miles down the Amazon River, so why not join her… on a rowing machine with a team of mates you can share the distance with! Or climb the three highest peaks in Britain...on the cross trainer. Make sure everyone knows how tough your challenge is and get them to sponsor you!
- Cycle to Paris on an exercise bike.
- Swim a mile in your local pool.
- Climb Everest...on an indoor climbing wall.
- Do a bungee jump.
BT
Why not telephone your friends and family on your BT landline to tell them about your big Sport Relief fundraising activity.
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Mark “rowed” to the challenge for Sport Relief
Despite being a rowing novice, Mark from London didn’t hold back – he rowed the entire length of the English Channel on a rowing machine in the comfort of his own home! Mark raised an incredible £1,056 from his fantastic feat – which could pay for 880 children in Zambia to get life-saving malaria medicine, so they have every chance of making a full recovery.
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If you love an excuse to dress up, this is it! Get everyone to pay to come to work dressed in their favourite sports gear or charge your sports team to wear their Sport Relief Socks to your weekend kickabout.
- Get sponsored to sport a fetching ballerina tutu to your university lecture.
- Hold a gym session and ask people to pay a donation to come dressed as their favorite sports star.
- How about having a sports-themed fancy dress party? Get people to give a small donation to come along.
Sainsbury’s - TKMaxx
Why not buy a fantastic Sport Relief T-shirt from Sainsbury’s or TKMaxx stores? Buy a T-shirt online or locate your nearest store
Grab your T-shirt nowSue-perb fundraising!
Last Sport Relief, Sue from Walsall combined her love for her footie team with her dedication to Sport Relief by walking around her club’s pitch, wearing a pair of the superb Sport Relief socks! She clocked up an impressive 25 miles in total and raised a brilliant £301– which could pay for a teacher to work with more than 70 street children in Bangladesh for six whole months.
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There's nothing like a bit of healthy rivalry to get everyone going - so get your friends, collegues, and even your boss, to pay to take part in a special Sport Relief contest. Whether it's a round of tug-of-war, a games console challenge or an arm wrestling match - see who's got what it takes to become a Sport Relief star!
- Challenge a local team or rival club to a friendly charity match.
- Hold an arm wrestling competition at the student union - get participants to pay to play.
- Hold a varsity match between universities.
Thomson Sport
The fabulous staff at Thomson Sport are raising lots of money for Sport Relief.
Find out more about Thomson SportIain battled his buddies for Sport Relief
Football fanatic Iain loves a bit of friendly rivalry. So last Sport Relief, he got his mates together to hold a derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United fans – and raised over £270! That's all it takes to pay for every child in a primary school in Liberia to have a text book, so they can get the education they need to escape the poverty they face.
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Go large and get everyone you know, and some people you don't, to take part in a group sporting activity! Challenge your entire gym, school or office to do a physical activity en masse - like a huge skipping or hula hoop challenge - or organise a massive aerobics class in your town square or shopping centre. Just remember to get them all to pay to play.
- Get sponsored to do the most keepy-uppies, volleys or hula-hoops.
- Get your friends together to take part in a 24 hour football or netball match, and rotate players to keep it going - just make sure you all get sponsored for your marathon effort.
- Hold an all-day yoga or Pilates class.
Hula Hoops
Hula Hoops is inviting you to hula hoop into the record books by setting a new world record for hula hooping. Find out how to rise to the challenge and join in the fun on Sunday 21st March
Enter the Hula Hoop-a-thonAlison's Fundraising Feats
Sports-mad Alison and three of her colleagues from Warwickshire County Council did four fundraising events at their local gym – and raised a whopping £430 for Sport Relief! That cash could pay for one year’s training which a child living on the streets in Kenya needs to work their way out of poverty once and for all.
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Get everyone into full-on nostalgia mode and hold a retro Sports Day. Just charge a fee to take part in the good old-fashioned races, whether it's the sack race, the three-legged or the classic egg-and-spoon. Or set up an office rounders match or cross-country tournament to put those fitness levels to the test.
- Set up an obstacle course for you and your friends to complete.
- Charge teams to enter an orienteering competition.
- Hold a dodgeball tournament in your halls of residence.
Sainsbury’s
Why not buy a fantastic pair of Sport Relief Socks from Sainsbury's to wear as you fundraise? Buy them online or locate your nearest store.
Grab your Socks nowOld skool Sport Relief fun
Katie from Surrey and her friend Christina took a trip down memory lane for their Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile... They did the three mile course three-legged and the dynamic duo raised £89 for their retro efforts! That money could pay to train a support worker who helps older people in the UK lead happier, healthier lives.
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Challenge yourself to try something you've never done before, or finally give something up - either way, you'll be working towards a better you and better life for someone else. How about getting sponsored to cycle to work or school for a whole week? Or you could give up chocolate for a month to raise money for Sport Relief.
- Get sponsored to give up biscuits, coffee or alcohol!
- Encourage colleagues to use the stairs - in fact, charge them to use the lift unless they have a very good reason for not walking!
- Take up a new and exciting sport for sponsorship cash - maybe try something unusual like archery or even synchronized swimming?!
Bannatyne’s Health Club
Why not challenge yourself to get fit in 2010 and join your nearest Bannatyne’s Health Club? Locate your nearest club and find out how Bannatyne’s are supporting Sport Relief
Find our more about Bannatyne’sAnna's cycle for change
Anna from London got on her bike, and cycled an exhausting 8 miles to and from work every day for a week to raise cash for Sport Relief. She didn’t just do herself the world of good, she raised an incredible £1,468! That amazing sum could pay for two months’ counselling for 70 girls in Brazil who have been exploited in the sex trade.
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Why not make a night of it? Download our sporting quiz, get your pals to pay to play and see who knows the score. Or you could have a dinner party with your mates to load up on carbs before the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile - charge them a couple of quid to sample your culinary delights! You could even use this occasion to sample the Seriously Good Sauce, kindly created by Gordon Ramsay for Comic Relief.
- Invite your friends over to watch a game of footie and hold a sweepstake on the first player to score or get a yellow card!
- Charge people a small fee for a foot massages after their strenuous exercise.
- Get your friends to all chip in for a karaoke night - maybe try a few sporting anthems!
Ryman
Why not get your friends together and challenge them to take part in the Sport Relief quiz? You can fill in your answers with special Sport Relief pens and pencils from Ryman.
Get your pens and pencils nowAll in a day’s work
The whole company at Red Lorry Yellow Lorry in London took a break from the 9-5, and held a special quiz to raise cash for Sport Relief. They raised a massive £328 which could pay for 450 women in Ethiopia to get the book-keeping materials they need to run a small business, so they can support their families and work their way out of poverty.
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If you're a fan of fantastic Sport Relief telly, use this as inspiration and hold your very own Let’s Dance for Sport Relief contest! Get everyone to perform their very own version of a famous dance routine in front of a panel of judges. This can work absolutely anywhere - school, work or even your social club. Get spectators to pay to watch and contestants to pay to enter - or get sponsored to see how long you can keep dancing!
- Hold your own sporting version of Dragons Den - contestants pitch new sporting inventions in front of a board of ‘investors’. Get everyone to pay £2 per pitch, and the winner gets the admiration of everyone there!
- Host your own version of A Question of Sport. We have a quiz which you can download and use - or come up with some questions of your own!
- Check out our amazing celebrity challenges for inspiration, and get sponsored to replicate them...on a smaller scale, of course!
Sainsbury’s
Why not buy a fantastic pair of Sport Relief Socks from Sainsbury's to wear as you fundraise? Buy them online or locate your nearest store.
Grab your Socks nowJon "rode" to the challenge for Sport Relief
Inspired by Adrian Chiles and Alan Shearer’s Super Cycle between football clubs in the UK, Jon got on his bike and cycled 95 miles to the Hawthornes Football Ground, pedalling his way to an impressive £1,326 total! In Africa, his cash could pay for mosquito nets to protect 265 mothers and their babies from contracting life-threatening malaria while they sleep.
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Raise stacks of cash in the comfort of your own home! Simply set up a games console night with your friends and family, or have a dance mat competition, getting a donation from everyone who wants to take part.
- Charge friends and family to walk their dogs for them!
- Hold a Sport Relief party on Friday 19th March - charge a small entrance fee, get everyone to bring a bottle and settle down to a superb night of telly!
- Don't even get up off the sofa - hunt down the back of it for any small change that's lurking there - and empty your pockets too!
Sainsbury’s - TKMaxx
Why not buy a fantastic Sport Relief T-shirt from Sainsbury’s or TKMaxx stores? Buy a T-shirt online or locate your nearest store
Grab your T-shirt nowKate jumped to it for Sport Relief
Cardiff University student and keen trampolinist, Kate, jumped at the chance to do a 10-hour sponsored bounce for Sport Relief in 2008. After putting in plenty of practice at home on her bed, she raised £41 from her energetic challenge. That money could pay for 100 bars of soap which street children in Brazil can use to keep clean and free from disease.
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Sometimes, there's just no substitute for the classic ideas that never fail to bring in the fundraising bacon. Our sweepstake poster is always a sure-fire winner, so use it at work to get the cash rolling in. Or how about a bake sale - see who makes the tastiest tart or most flavoursome flapjack? People will happily chip in for a nice bit of cake!
- Everyone loves a good quiz so charge teams to take part.
- There's always a stream of people ready to wax or shave themselves to raise cash, so ask them to get sponsored when they go for the crop!
- Hold a raffle at your gym to win a free personal training session.
Sainsbury’s
Why not buy a fantastic pair of Sport Relief Socks from Sainsbury's to wear as you fundraise? Buy them online or locate your nearest store.
Grab your Socks nowHair today, gone tomorrow for Sport Relief
Long-haired Helen from Somerset shaved off her luscious locks and raised an incredible £855 for Sport Relief 2008. That money could enable fifteen people, living in remote villages in Uganda, to get the training they need to give life-saving medical help to children with malaria.
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