February 2014

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  • What a relief!
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Sport Relief is back on Friday 21 March and schools and colleges up and down the country will be getting active and raising money to help change lives, both here in the UK and across the world.

What a relief!

What is Sport Relief?

Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. It’s one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events and raised £67.9 million in 2012. All the money raised helps people who are living incredibly tough lives both at home in the UK and across the world.

Small amounts of money can make a big difference. Just £30 could pay for an orphaned girl in Zambia to go to primary school for six months. And in the UK, £5 could pay for a young person with a disability to take part in a sports activity with their friends.

Why get involved?

Schools and colleges make a massive contribution to Sport Relief. In 2012, more than 9,000 schools took part, raising a phenomenal £5.8 million. And according to Paul Walker, PE teacher at Tadcaster Grammar School near Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, doing Sport Relief is a lot of fun. “These are the best events we’ve done. Sport Relief is the perfect opportunity for all of us to come together. It’s fun, it’s energetic, and it engages everyone in sport, even those who think it’s not for them.”

Do the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile

Doing the Sport Relief Mile in school or college is a great way of getting active, raising money and bringing everyone together. Did you know that more than a million young people ran the Mile last Sport Relief? So why not join thousands of other schools and colleges and organise your very own Mile. Your pupils could get sponsored or pay a donation to enter. And then run, hop, skip, jump or even dance to the finish line.

Other fundraising tips and ideas

You could get sponsored to do a hopathon, a skipathon or some-other-athon, or to give something up – for a whole day. Or you could sell stuff – cakes and healthy bakes or tickets to a talent show or Sport Relief Wristbands. Or you could charge a fee for taking part in a lunchtime penalty shoot-out, a non-uniform day or teacher-sponging event.

Don’t forget to get hold of your free copy of the Schools Fundraising Resource Pack. It’s full of tips and ideas as well as stickers, balloons and posters to help publicise your event. There are also learning materials – films, posters and lesson plans, linked to the curriculum – that raise awareness of why it’s important to fundraise. To order yours go to www.sportrelief.com/leader

Introducing... The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games

This Sport Relief sees the first ever of the The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games. There’s the Mile, the Swimathon, and the Cycle and they’re taking place at locations up and down the country, including at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. You could hold a mini-version in your school or college with all of your budding sports stars.

Let us know your plans
Sport Relief would love to hear your plans for Sport Relief 2014. Please email: schools@sportrelief.com

Find out more...

Visit www.sportrelief.com/leader to order your free resource pack, buy wristbands and download resources and activity ideas.

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