Yesterday thousands of people are joining in the 2.6 Challenge, in an effort to make up some of the money that would have been raised by runners in the London Marathon, the world's biggest single day fundraising event. In fact, the challenge has the ambitious challenge of saving the UK's charities! Yesterday 40,000 or so runners would have run the London Marathon, no doubt raising over £66 million for many charities. But of course it isn't taking place due to the coronavirus lockdown, adding to charities' cashflow problems. But the charity sector has stepped up and supported the organisers of the London Marathon in their virtual version of the event, designed to raise funds for charities now, rather than make them wait until October, the month to which the London Marathon has been postponed. The 2.6 Challenge is designed for all charities and for almost any supporter to get involved. You simply have to come up with an idea that involves the numbers two and six. Yesterday, the original date of the London Marathon, was the 26th April, and the marathon distance is 26 miles (not forgetting the 385 yards). Fundraising ideas for the 2.6 Challenge These are just some of the remarkably varied ideas that people have come up with to raise funds while stuck at home or with only minimal access to outdoor spaces. That clearly has not held people back! 1. Run 2.6 miles Nothing wrong with the standard run of 2.6 miles. It was a popular choice! https://twitter.com/lizrawlings/status/1254483894851813376 2. Run 2.6 miles in 26 minutes - backwards But of course, there are many variations on running 2.6 miles. https://twitter.com/MrPeteThompson/status/1254092541504507909 Not surprisingly, it's hard to find genuinely unique ideas: https://twitter.com/RayJohnson64/status/1254471154716344321 And why not include 26 handstands while you're doing that distance? https://twitter.com/CarysssEdwards/status/1254511282604179457 3. Row 26 miles The organisers have recommended not trying to run a marathon today due to recommendations about how much exercise one is allowed to take. But Nick Matthews has an indoor rowing machine, so he's still up for rowing 26 miles for St Peter's Hospice. https://twitter.com/totalbristol/status/1253723611216691202 4. Bake 26 cookies and deliver them to friends and family You could always run a little having baked 26 cookies. https://twitter.com/abbiedavis01/status/1254472039143964672 5. Wear cricket kit for 26 hours Some it seems were thinking about a different kind of runs. Simply wearing your full sporting kit for 26 hours was good enough for them! https://twitter.com/NJLR/status/1254471839088365574 6. Build a 2.6m (or higher!) tower of Lego How do we build a charity sector for the future? With Lego of course - 2.6 metres of it. https://twitter.com/CambridgeCVS/status/1254470737420836864 7. Different people running 2.6 mile segments of the London Marathon route You couldn't run the London Marathon route in one go today, but a group of runners did so collaboratively by choosing a different 2.6 mile leg, all the way from Blackheath to the Strand and central London. https://twitter.com/Running_Charity/status/1254470602808856576 8. 26 x 26-minute exercise videos Rita Chadha, CEO of the Small Charities Coalition, will take part in 26 rotations of exercise routines organised by the Team Body Project. Each routine lasts about 26 minutes meaning she will be committing to completing 13 hours of low and high impact exercising over 24 hours. https://twitter.com/sccceo/status/1254253663218028547 9. Signing 26 letters of the alphabet Jade Secker, Fundraising Manager at the Haven Hospice, decided to do 26 challenges related to 26! Here's just one of them - signing 26 letters of the alphabet in sign language. Actually, 26 challenges on a theme of 26 was quite popular: https://ift.tt/2S7nt4c 10. Drawing a 2.6 shape on a running app https://twitter.com/VixThatRuns/status/1254376293543677955 Here's another map image, based on a 26km cycle ride early this morning: https://ift.tt/2VXlDEa 11. Climb the stairs 26 times https://twitter.com/CliveWhitburn/status/1254305060575739904 12. Donate in return for a music request Fundraising consultant Richard Sved will play your favourite tune on his corner. If you like it, please donate 26p, £2.60 or £26 to his favourite charity Youth Talk. https://twitter.com/richardsved/status/1254399765879676930 Music offers many options for fundraising ideas: https://twitter.com/Phonicmango/status/1254494251653763073 And here are 26 residents with complex disabilities who live at the Queen Elizabeth Foundation's Independent Living Service and who have formed the QEF Diversity Choir, signing the Andrea Day song ‘Rise up’ for their challenge. Members sing and sign, depending on their abilities, and wanted to to convey a positive and inclusive message to everyone. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } 13. 26 thousand steps in a day https://twitter.com/GibbRona/status/1254506650112864256 14. Guided virtual tour Fundraiser Simon Scriver is taking you on a 2.6 km tour of Dublin, using Google StreetView: https://twitter.com/ToastFundraiser/status/1254098593838804992 15. A 26-minute brush pen sketch Sarah Lawson offered the result for sale to raise funds for David Shepherd Wildlife, and promised to add a donation herself of £26. https://ift.tt/2KBEq2z And along similar lines here's an eight-hour doodlethon: https://ift.tt/3eYy3oa 16. Learn as you go You can expand your mind while you're fundraising too. https://twitter.com/BlueDaisyUK/status/1254511077401989120 Or go on your own Springwatch: https://twitter.com/ccggsn/status/1254504867751776256 17. Dance for 26 minutes If distance is a challenge for you, you can dance on the spot: https://twitter.com/runningspratt/status/1254506919303184385 18. Ping pong Got access to table tennis table? 676 ping pong bounces could be your target. https://twitter.com/ChildhoodTT/status/1254504812223377410 19. Silence https://twitter.com/SpeechStuffSLT/status/1254503753904001030 20. Reading Whether reading aloud or in your head, you've no doubt got some unread books on your home bookshelves, or you can go for extra points by choosing a book relevant to your charity: https://twitter.com/edwardckendall/status/1254688907163242497 21. Haircut The longer the lockdown continues the more of us will need some kind of home-made haircut. So why not turn that into a fundraising initiative, like TV journalist Rory Cellan-Jones? https://twitter.com/ruskin147/status/1254083641476550657 22. Making masks Given the continued shortage of PPE in the UK even in the last week of April, you can put your time to even more good use by making masks to keep healthcare workers safer: https://twitter.com/WishCentreBDDWA/status/1254680897460338688 23. CPR If your charity focuses on life-saving skills, how about a 26-hour non-stop CPR marathon? https://twitter.com/GabbiSimmonds/status/1254677617229340677 24. 26 costume changes Time to explore your wardrobe. Here's a combination of costume changes with that evergreen choice of climbing the stairs at home: https://twitter.com/UKYouth/status/1254360094223020032 25. Travel differently There turns out to be many different ways you can get from A to B. Here's going by roly-poly: https://twitter.com/HelenePoursain/status/1254495400658116608 Or you can go by skates - roller or in-line: https://twitter.com/Ndidi1st/status/1254496697087954944 26. Going up in the world So much of the 2.6 Challenge has been focused on travelling a horizontal distance. You could of course try bouncing: https://twitter.com/childsliteracy/status/1254495229647806464 Need more ideas? If you've not started, the 2.6 Challenge isn't like a normal London marathon where you have to take part all at the same time. You could start yours on another day, like tomorrow. Here are more 2.6 Challenge ideas: NSPCC The NSPCC has a dedicated page for the 2.6 Challenge with plenty of ideas for what to do. Even better, it has precise suggestions for what 2.6 Challenge-related sums could help them achieve - £26, £260, £,2600, £26,000: Involving everyone One of the hallmarks of the 2.6 Challenge was that charity staff and trustees were actively involved in many cases. With original events like the London Marathon it's all down to the fortunate few who secure places. With 2.6 Challenge anyone can join in - and they did! https://twitter.com/CampSimchaUK/status/1254349529144582144 The sum raised? At the end of 26 April the 2.6 Challenge had raised... https://twitter.com/LondonMarathon/status/1254503828847722501 Not surprisingly the campaign has attracted and benefited from substantial news coverage: https://twitter.com/jennievans_02/status/1254688538463010816
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26 examples of 2.6 Challenge fundraising events
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