April 2024 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Your ultimate guide to fundraising Ready, set, push! Simple steps to get your challenge off the ground. Spread the word Let everyone know about your challenge and encourage others to join in too. Plan your month Think about how you’ll manage the 100 push-ups each day. Consider completing them at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Or you could do 10 sets of 10 throughout the day, as and when works best for you. Get fundraising Use the tips and tools in your pack to start collecting sponsorship. We’re determined to beat cancer and our life-saving research is made possible thanks to amazing supporters like you. Fundraising ideas We want to make sure you’re rewarded for your incredible effort. So we’ve put together these handy fundraising tips and ideas to kick-start your challenge. Kick-starters Set a target Team up Keep yourself motivated with a fundraising goal. If you set a target on your Online Giving Page, you can raise 46% more sponsorship. Encourage your friends and family to sign up to the challenge too and make fundraising a real team effort. Make the first move Show potential supporters that you’re committed and make a contribution to your own Online Giving Page to kick off donations. Tell your story Our most successful fundraisers often have really personal Online Giving Pages. Kit yours out with the story of why you’ve decided to take part, regular updates, photos, and of course a thank you to your lovely donors! Promote yourself online Share your Online Giving Page and official challenge badge across your social media for instant results. #100 Push Ups Join our social communities Meet others, share top tips and motivate each other through the month by joining our 100 Push-Ups a Day April Challenge Facebook Group and our X community group. At the office Ask your employer Virtual collections Completing 100 push-ups a day will help you feel more energised at work. What’s your company prepared to donate to their happier and healthier employee? See if they’ll make a donation, or match the funds you raise. Send an email to your work colleagues to let them know you’re completing 100 push-ups a day in April to raise money for life-saving research. Remember to include a link to your Online Giving Page! Fundraising boosters Use these ideas to give your fundraising a lift and smash your target. Film a video Video yourself doing your push-ups to let friends and family know you’re supporting Cancer Research UK and share across your social media. Host a quiz Everybody loves to get competitive - host a quiz and ask for a donation for tickets. Make sure some questions are fitness related to remind people of what you’re doing. Clear out the old If you’re a shopaholic as well as a push-up hero, why not have a clear out, sell your old clothes and donate the profits to your fundraising page? Wrap up event “I’ll donate when you’ve done it!” The words nobody wants to hear. Hold doubters to their word with a wrap-up event at the end of your month, and lap up those last minute donations! 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Calendar Keep track of your push-ups in April One week down, keep smashing it! Time for your first 100 push-ups! Halfway there! 1 2 8 15 22 29 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 1,000 push-ups complete. Keep on pushing! Only one week to go. It’s the last day. Final push. 30 Visit cruk.org/100push-ups 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Training guide Apr Adapt the challenge to suit you Make a plan There are people of all levels of fitness doing this challenge. The important thing is that you’re doing something that challenges you. This will vary from person to person, so tailor the challenge however you like. It should be tough, but doable. However you choose to tackle your 100 push-ups each day, you’ll be helping us to beat cancer. Use your challenge calendar to plan when you’ll be completing your 100 push-ups a day, whether that’s all in one go, or split throughout the day. Ease your way in Gradually build up the number of pushups you complete each go throughout the month. Why not find out how many and even what time of day works for you before the challenge begins. Team up Doing your push-ups in a group will inspire you to push harder and complete more than you might otherwise do on your own. Whether you complete the push-ups together or individually, encourage others to join in the challenge too! Fuel those push-ups You’ll likely be burning more calories than usual. Make sure you’ve got enough fuel to clock up those pushups by eating a healthy and nutritious diet. For more information, visit nhs.uk* Get the gear You don’t need any specialist equipment to do a push-up, but a comfortable pair of trainers and a training mat can help. Keep hydrated Make sure you drink enough water before and after your push-ups. *nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/ 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Finisher 2024 This April Your name completed 100 push-ups every day in April raising Amount raised for life-saving research Thank you for your support! Every pound raised will help bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Sweepstake How many push-ups will Name do this week? Please donate £ to have a guess and support Cancer Research UK. The person with the closest guess to the total push-up count will win Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Guessed by Visit cruk.org/100push-ups *No donation is necessary. 1. To enter, pick a box and fill out your name and predicted push-up count in the box. 2. Closing date ____________________ Winner will be revealed by ________________________________(Please write the closing date and when you will announce the winner here.) 3. The person whose guess is closest to the push-up count will win the prize listed above. If the winning count is exactly between two guesses, the prize will be given to the guess with the lesser count of the two. 4. All money raised will be donated to Cancer Research UK. 5. The promoter to collect and send money to: 100 Push-Ups a day Challenge, Cancer Research UK, PO Box 1561, Oxford, OX4 9GZ. 6. The promoter is _____________________________________________________________________ (Please write the name and address of the person organising this sweepstake here.) 7. Cancer Research UK is not the promoter and does not accept any responsibility for your sweepstake. 8. For use in the UK only. Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Sweepstake Step 1: Get ready Source a prize for your sweepstake, and fill out the details at the top and bottom of the poster. Step 2: Get set Ask your friends, family and colleagues if they’d like to take a guess of your total number of push-ups for a suggested donation. Then get them to fill out their guess and name in a box. Step 3: Go! Announce the winner on the date you’ve mentioned on your poster. Step 4: Don’t forget Return your donations in the form of a cheque (payable to Cancer Research UK), or postal order to: Walk 100 Miles Challenge, Cancer Research UK, PO Box 1561, Oxford, OX4 9GZ Remember to include your name and address so we can add it to your fundraising total. If you would prefer to collect your donations digitally, please share your Online Giving Page with sweepstake participants. Complete 100 push-ups a day in April to fund life-saving research 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Totaliser Name is doing 100 push-ups a day in April for life-saving cancer research. Help them smash their target and donate to their Online Giving Page Your Giving Page URL Think that you can do better? Visit cruk.org/100push-ups Target £ Total £ Week 4 £ Week 3 £ Week 2 £ Week 1 £ Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge Sponsorship form • Please make sure you fill out each section in full. • Please make sure the details of each donation are recorded accurately in your sponsor’s own handwriting. Forms in the same handwriting or printed are not valid for Gift Aid purposes. • Please make sure each sponsor ticks the Gift Aid box next to their address below if eligible. • Please note we can’t claim Gift Aid on business addresses or on multiple sponsors eg Mr and Mrs Jones. • Your details are safe with us. Check out our Privacy Policy at cruk.org/privacy for more details. Gift Aid – very important Boost your donation by 25p for every £1 you donate I want to Gift Aid my donation and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years, to Cancer Research UK. I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all of my donations in that year, it is my responsibility to pay any difference. Please let us know if you want to cancel this declaration, change your name or home address, or no longer pay sufficient tax on your income. Your details Title: First name: Surname: Address: Postcode: Telephone: Tick here for Gift Aid Gift Aid Please use blue or black pen and write in CAPITAL letters. All=fields are mandatory Full name + Home address + Postcode + Date collected + = Gift Aid Title First name Surname Postcode Home address – NOT YOUR WORK ADDRESS (This is essential for Gift Aid) Amount MISS Anne EXAMPLE AB1 2CD £20.00 12 EXAMPLE TERRACE, LONDON Next steps Gift Aid Date collected DD/MM/YYYY £ / / £ / / £ / / £ / / £ / / £ / / £ / / £ / / £ / / I’ve raised a total of: £ • Simply collect your donations from your sponsors and send us a cheque made payable to Cancer Research ­UK along with this sponsorship form to: Cancer Research UK, PO Box 1561, Oxford, OX4 9GZ (please do not send cash). • Please don’t photocopy this form. If you need additional forms please print a separate form. Visit cruk.org/100push-ups Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). Registered address: 2 Redman Place LondonE20 1JQ. © Cancer Research UK 2024. N24U22 Thanks for taking part Together we are beating cancer Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, in the last 50 years we’ve helped double cancer survival in the UK. We fund around 50% of all cancer research here in the UK and our research has played a role in around half of the world’s essential cancer drugs. Every step we take towards beating cancer relies on every pound donated. 1970s Today 2034 Around a quarter of people with cancer survived their disease for 10 years of more. Around half of people diagnosed with cancer will survive. Now we want to go further, faster. Within 20 years, we want to see 3 in 4 patients surviving their cancer. The difference your money makes £50 £150 £200 Can buy special restriction enzymes Could fund a day of the clinical trial of the iKnife for breast cancer removal surgery Funds our team of 9 cancer nurses for 1 hour These work like molecular scissors to cut up the long strands of DNA in our cells. This is vital in helping us learn about more than 200 types of cancer. This new surgical tool can tell the difference between tumours and healthy tissue in real-time as it cuts. Visit cruk.org/100push-ups Our expert team answer around 12,000 enquiries each year, offering confidential support and guidance to people affected by cancer.
