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There are plenty of ways you can get fitter, boost your wellbeing and help animals at the same time and one of those is doing something for which people sponsor you.
The first thing people tend to think of when considering doing anything for sponsorship is events such as the London Marathon, and 26 gruelling miles of what looks like torture. But there’s plenty you can do if you are a beginner, starting with a couple of miles or kilometres, and building up. The important thing is to do what’s right for you and your body, and this is where consulting your GP before you do anything else is important.
Ideas for sponsored events
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Walk (any distance, anywhere)
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Run (any distance, anywhere)
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Ride (horses or bicycles)
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Rubbish collection from the countryside – you could be sponsored per bag of rubbish
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Number of plastic bottles collected from the street or country lanes
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Skateboarding
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Swim
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Sport e.g. tennis
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Trek
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Car wash
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Dog walking (not all necessarily with the same dog)
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Camel rides
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Dog sleds
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Wheelchair run
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Game, such as basketball, netball, football, where you have a good number of players who keen switching in and out
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Building sandcastles
There are also those which may involve a change in your lifestyle, such as:
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Weight Change (loss or gain)
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Give up alcohol
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Give something up e.g. biscuits, cakes, chocolate, cigarettes
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Hours contributed to a charity
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Silence – actually a great time for reflection
There’s also what sounds like the wilder side of sponsorship:
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Want to lose weight? Why not get sponsorship for the pounds you lose, and give that money to an animal charity?
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service's (WRAS) sponsored slim ended this week with Trevor Weeks loosing 13.8lbs now weighing 211.6lbs and Bill Pike loosing an amazing 37lbs now weighing 233lbs.
Trevor Week, Founder of WRAS, said of his sponsored slim: "This has been one of the hardest challenges I have had to do, never mind rescuing whales, swimming after swans and rugby tackling deer, they're easy, but loosing weight thats been hard."
"We are hoping to start collecting the money soon but as WRAS is so low on funds at the moment we are urging everyone to make a donation."
The WRAS really needs funds right now - they have had to use a year's worth of funding in seven months to deal with 2,300 cases, so they've had to impose restrictions on the cases they deal with. You can helpby making a donation on-line at www.wildlifeambulance.org
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