Support Get Kids Going! and join the rest of the UK for the 2.6
Challenge!
When - From Sunday 26 April onwards Where - Anywhere you can Time – Anytime
Help Save UK’s Charities
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant the cancellation of thousands of charity fundraising events and
the loss of
billions in fundraising income!
In response, the organisers of the biggest mass-participation sports events across the country
have come
together to create a new campaign to raise vital funds to help save UK’s charities.
From Sunday 26 April, join the rest of the UK for the 2.6 Challenge as part of the Get Kids
Going! team.
It's never been more important to come together and show how much you care.
We’d love you to get involved...
The #TwoPointSixChallenge is a fantastic way to raise funds for Get Kids Going! from your
bedroom,
bathroom, living room, balcony, garden or park... everyone can join in!
All we are asking you to do is come up with an idea around the numbers of 2.6 or 26.
Think of a few fun ideas you can do safely at home or just click here if you would
like to donate £26 or more
(if you can afford it) – or to set up your Get Kids Going! fundraising page.
Ask all your friends and family to sponsor you and ask them if they would like to do their
own 2.6 or 26
Challenge
Compete your Challenge
Share a photo or video of your Challenge on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram using the hashtag
#TwoPointSixChallenge
Have a look at these great ideas below to get you started!
Run or walk 26 miles in a week
Skip for 26 mins
Bike 26 miles or kms – indoors or outdoors
Sing 26 songs in 26 minutes
Bake 26 butterfly buns
Read 26 books
Watch 26 films
Complete 26 crosswords
Hold a plank for 2.6 minutes
Have an online party with 26 mates!
Do 260 press ups
Walk a dog for 26 minutes each day for a week
Hop on each leg 26 times
Do 26 minutes of gardening or weeding
Darn 26 socks
Hit your tennis ball against a wall for 26 mins or 26 times.
How will my donation or fundraising help Get Kids Going!
Get Kids Going! is a national charity which gives disabled children and young people - up to
the age of 26
yrs -
the wonderful opportunity of participating in sport. We provide them with specially built
sports'
wheelchairs so
they can do: athletics, marathons, tennis, skiing, curling, rugby, sailing, boccia, basketball,
snowboarding,
table tennis, fencing, shooting, archery, powerlifting and many more sports. Get Kids Going!
inspires
British
disabled youngsters to compete in sporting events, from start to paralympic level, by also
giving them
sports
grants to help with their; training, physiotherapy, sports psychology, travel, competition fees,
design and
development of sports' equipment etc. With your help many can become world record holders and
paralympic
champions. Please help us turn their dreams into reality!
What else do I need to know?
There are no rules – apart from the Government guidelines on how to exercise safely at this
time.
We want everyone to have fun, enjoy their 2.6 Challenge and donate or fundraise whatever you
can to help the
many disabled children we have at Get Kids Going! who need a Get Kids Going! sports wheelchair
or sports
grant so they too can keep active and take part in their chosen sport!
Have a look at all our other events coming up later!
Get Kids Going! is a national charity which gives disabled children and young
people - up to the age of 26 yrs - the wonderful opportunity of participating in sport. We
provide them with specially built sports' wheelchairs so they can do: athletics, marathons,
tennis, skiing, rugby, sailing, boccia, basketball, sledge hockey, table tennis, fencing,
shooting, archery, powerlifting and many more sports. Get Kids Going! inspires British disabled
youngsters to compete in sporting events, from start to paralympic level, by also giving them
sports grants to help with their; training, physiotherapy, travel, competition fees, design and
development of sports' equipment etc. With your help many can become world record holders and
paralympic champions!.
Our aim is to give support to all our budding paralympians in the build up to
the 2021 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics and many more such
events. Like any aspiring athletes all our youngsters need long-term support, often over many
years, to achieve their sporting dreams. Sadly, we are aware of cuts in funding for such
youngsters from the government and other sources, and so many of our youngsters are forced to
rely on friends and family for financial help. As you can imagine, this causes enormous burdens
on many, already cash strapped, families and a constant worry as the cost of participating in
their favourite sport is forever increasing.
There are hundreds of talented, disabled, youngsters who have the potential
to participate in events throughout the UK and all over the world but receive either none or
very little funding and are desperate to achieve their life-long sporting dreams. With your
help, together we can turn their dreams into reality and help make them into sporting
heroes!
Not only does Get Kids Going! focus on helping disabled young athletes but it
also provides manual wheelchairs for children to use every day; at home, at school, and to
enable them to play with their friends. These are our wonderful athletes of the future! We
believe that all disabled children and young people should receive the right equipment to get
them going!.
We support children with all disabilities and from all backgrounds. We take
pride in ensuring that any equipment which is out grown is recycled to other children, so our
supporters' valuable donations are never wasted. Many people who support Get Kids Going! feel a
marvellous sense of achievement and satisfaction. They see that even the smallest donation makes
an amazing difference! Get Kids Going! gives disabled children and young people the chance of a
life time, freedom, and many wonderful opportunities that you and I take for granted.
Opportunities they may never have without you and the support of Get Kids Going! No other
charity in the UK focuses on helping disabled children and young people with sport in the same
way.
The cost of a bespoke sports wheelchair is about £4,000. A lightweight
manual wheelchair is around £3,000. All are designed individually, and perform just like a
Formula 1 Racing Car!.
The cost of a sports grant can be anything from £500 to £15,000
per year for each youngster.
In general there are over 200,000 disabled children and young people in
Britain who need the help of Get Kids Going!.
