Walk/Run/Jog: Your challenge Your Way
Registration for the 2012 event has now closed. Watch this space for updates and photos from the challenge. To find out more and to sign up for the 2013 challenge, please click here
100km by foot, The London 2 Brighton Challenge demands teamwork, grit, and determination - rewarding those who undertake it with a sense of achievement lasting long after the walking boots have been hung-up. It won’t be a ‘walk in the park’ but by joining Team Big Issue, you’ll be helping to change the lives of our vendors – by helping people to get off the streets and back in to life. What better reason to dust off those walking boots and get involved?
JOIN THE BIG ISSUE TEAM ON THIS CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE
Starting in Richmond, on the banks of the Thames on Saturday 12 May 2012, the Big Issue Team will join hundreds of others to embark upon the 100km journey from London to Brighton.
Whether you choose to walk, run or jog the 100km, you'll be fully supported along the way and supplied with replenishment checkpoints every 12km or so serving water, tea, coffee, soup, juices, and snacks. Hot meals will be provided at 50km and 75km will keep you well fuelled, and there will be a celebration BBQ at Brighton seafront to mark our achievement.
The route will be fully signed and marshaled along footpaths, bridleways, and national trails traversing the North and South Downs through the night before arriving in Brighton. Why not get a team together and walk/run/jog through the night together?!
All walkers/runners/joggers will be provided with:
- A Big Issue Foundation walker’s t-shirt, fundraising pack and support throughout training and fundraising.
- A complete route guide and walkers pack
- Replenishment stops (with drinks and snacks) at every 12km or so, including toilets
- Hot meals at rest stops 50km and 75km (you bring your own packed lunch for first stop at 25km)
- Pace walkers, marshals and safety teams headed by professional guides
- Medics, Event Doctor, Physiotherapists
- Support vehicles and multiple access points en-route should retirement be necessary
- Hot brunch in Brighton - family, friends and supporters welcome!
- Finishers pack - including medal
- Shuttle buses to Brighton station
WHY WALK FOR THE BIG ISSUE FOUNDATION?
By joining The Big Issue Team and raising £375 to support The Big Issue Foundation, you will be helping to change the lives of our vendors. There are almost 3,000 vendors currently selling The Big Issue across the UK. The Big Issue Foundation works to connect vendors with the vital support and solutions that will help them continue to rebuild their lives and journey away from homelessness, but we don’t currently have the funds needed to provide this level of support to all of our vendors. Our Vision is to extend our support to vendors throughout the UK and in doing so to create a brighter future in which vendors are happier, healthier and safer. Your £375 could help to provide one of our vendors with a resettlement grant – providing them with the basics they will need to move off the streets and into temporary accommodation – such as a bed, cooker and fridge. Register now to guarantee your place in the Team Big Issue London 2 Brighton Challenge. Learn more about how we support our vendors
