Raising money for charity
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Housewife and grandmother
I abseiled
off a cliff to raise money for charity. It was an enormous challenge as I’m
actually quite afraid of heights. It was only really the moment of going
over the edge that was difficult; after that it was very easy. You just
have to get into the rhythm and not go too fast. My son is very into
climbing and things like that and he and some of his friends from his
university climbing club set everything up and organised the whole event.
There were about twenty of us who did it and between us we raised well over
the target amount. It was a great success but I don’t think I’ll be doing
anything like that again. Once was enough!
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Lawyer
I ran a triathlon
and managed to get over 50 people to sponsor me. I had to train for months
and it was really hard work but well worth it. I actually enjoyed the training
more than the final event because on the day the weather was terrible. In
the months running up to the event I followed a very strict regime and it felt
good to be working towards such a specific goal. I would often get up at 5 o’clock
in the morning so I could train before going to work. Knowing that I was
going to be able to give a large donation to charity made me even more
determined to do it. It wasn’t compulsory to get sponsorship and giving
money to charity wasn’t my main motivation when I first signed up to do it
but I wanted to make the most of the opportunity and all my friends and
family were really supportive and wanted to help and give money. It was
such a positive experience I’m going to do it again next year.
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Environmental consultant
I cycled from
L.A. to Quito last spring. All my family thought I was mad but I love
cycling and I knew it would be an amazing way to see lots of really interesting
places that most people never see. I managed to raise quite a bit of money
for charity through sponsorship although that wasn't my main objective. I
turned 30 in March and I really wanted to be doing something totally
different rather than just sitting at my desk in the office. I wanted it to
be different and something I could look back on when I am older and feel
proud of. It is something I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren about and
the fact that I was able to do something to help those less well off than
me at the same time, well that made it even better.
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Theatre manager
When I was a
child I took part in a lot of sponsored walks. Each year my school would
organise the walks and although it wasn’t compulsory my friends and I would
always take part. It was fun. Each walk was about 15 km long so it took
quite a long time but it was a nice way to spend a day. The first year I
did it I was only 11 years old and my father came with us to keep an eye on
us but once we were older we went by ourselves; there were about 8 or 9 of us
that all walked together. We managed to get quite a bit of money between
us; in fact it became our challenge to raise more money than the year
before, which we always achieved, so there was a great sense of satisfaction.
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Retired primary school head teacher
We used to
make a big effort to get the children involved in charity events as I think
it helps raise their awareness of world events and the fact that in many
places there are people, particularly children like themselves, who live in
very different circumstances to them. I think they get a great sense of
satisfaction too from knowing that they are able to do something to help.
Each year we had a mufti day; where all the children paid a small amount of
money and then came to school for one day in their own clothes and not in
school uniform. We also regularly held school fetes where the children were
encouraged to donate old toys and books and things which we then sold. The
children got involved in running the stalls too and all the money we made
went to our chosen charity.
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