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Go the Distance

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Ever wanted to cross the English Channel on a bicycle? Or roller-skate to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro? We're challenging you to Go the Distance for Age UK by taking a virtual journey across some of the world's most famous distances!

You choose the distance and how you will complete it (whether that's running, cycling, swimming or even dancing), and your family, friends and colleagues sponsor you to complete your challenge. Every challenge taken and distance conquered helps us be there for older people when they need us most.

Some inspiration to help get you going

Run 3 miles a day for a week

Match the distance from Everest base camp to its magnificent summit on this 22-mile challenge. 
Fundraising target: £200 | Team size: 1

Swim 85 lengths a week for a month

Your group will cover 21 miles in four weeks on this virtual challenge across the English Channel! 
Fundraising target: £500 | Team size: 4 

Cycle 20 miles in a day

Get your group together and cover the 200 miles distance from London to Paris.
Fundraising target: £600 | Team size: 10

Row 43 miles a week for 3 months

Imagine you and a friend are on an epic journey from Rome to Madrid on this tough 695-mile virtual challenge.
Fundraising target: £1,000 | Team size: 2

By donating and fundraising for Age UK, you are helping us to reach older people who have no one to turn to. Help us make a real difference.

  • £112 could pay pay for a month of regular friendship calls to a lonely older person
  • £500 could provide lunch and transport to and from a venue, for 40 isolated older people
  • £960 could pay for two years of weekly friendship calls for an older person, including the cost of recruiting, training and supporting a volunteer telephone befriender

Join the fun! Set your challenge today

Register your fundraising event to gain access to our fabulous fundraising pack. It comes with a print-out empty belly poster, collection box labels social media packs and offline sponsor forms.

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Set up a JustGiving page

It only takes a few minutes to set up a JustGiving fundraising page. Once it is ready, you will then be able to share a link to it with everyone you know. This will make it easy for them all to donate, collect their Gift Aid, and then safely and securely pass the money on to us to start using.

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Want to know more?

If you have any questions, contact us on fundraise@ageuk.org.uk or 020 3033 1097. We're around 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

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