Events Diary
Each year we have a fantastic team of fundraisers who raise hugely valuable funds for us which enable us to continue providing our essential services and help to continue raising awareness of Ectopic Pregnancies.
So what can you do to help generate valuable funds? Well anything from a cake sale/disco/pamper night to a sky dive or a sponsored walk to running a marathon, there really is no limit to what you can do and we will be here all the way to guide and support you. Please take a look at the below where we have listed some suggestions and ideas but feel free to be creative this is just a list of ideas!
We have a full programme of events. These include:
- Marathons
- Fun Runs
- Swims
- Bike
- Triathlons
- An Annual Birthday tea party
- The Big Fun Run
- The FSI Challenge
Furthermore, we have Guaranteed Places in:
- The London Marathon 2012 (5)
- The Adidas Women’s Challenge (25) – Please note there is no Adidas run this year (2012) due to clashes with the Olympics.
- The Big FunRun (unlimited)
People also raise money for us by holding smaller events such as Tea Parties and Coffee Mornings.
Take a look at this calendar of suggested events and see if one appeals to you?
Once you have chosen your keep fit and made a difference event, contact our fundraising coordinator with details about your event, date, time and place. Jill Ansell, the fundraising coordinator will be back in touch with more information about how to raise sponsorship for The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust and to send you a fundraising pack to help you on your way to really helping us.
Take a look at this calendar of suggested events and see if one appeals to you?
01 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2011 – skydiving
No previous experience is necessary, just a head for heights and an adventurous spirit! Skydives take place all over the UK on most weekends of the year.
01 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2012 – Walking
Why not organize your own walk? Simply decide when and where you will walk, get friends, family and colleagues to join you and get sponsored!
This is one of our fundraisers after completing her “Bolton Abbey” walk.
01 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2012 – Bike
Last year we had a fundraiser who achieved a fantastic feat by cycling 87 miles of the Ridgeway in Oxfordshire, so there is nothing stopping you being inventive and organize your own event.
OR why not sign up to Nightrider a unique charity event in the 2012 olympic year. This is a 100km moonlit ride through London in 1 night on 9/10th June 2012.
JANUARY to OCTOBER 2012 – Extreme Challenges
This year you could take part in an amazing Dog Sledding Challenge, participate in a London to Paris Bike Ride or maybe Trek to Machu Picchu. Sounds good check out our partner charity challenge for more inspiring and life changing challenges.
Or what about a 100km walk, run or jog from London to Brighton on 12-13th May. We at the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust are a charity partner for this challege so take a look and either join as an individual, a team or join their team they are very supportive.
JANUARY to OCTOBER 2012 – Running
The Bupa Great Runs: Check out their website for an event, venues include, Edinburgh, Dublin, Manchester, Sunderland, Sheffield, Newcastle, London and Portsmouth
Nicole and Natasha enjoying the London Big Fun Run
Well done to Sarah Holton who did brilliantly in the Robin Hood Marathon
JUNE to SEPTEMBER – SWIMMING
If running isn’t your bag, how about swimming? The Great Swim Series might be the one for you.
A series of five outdoor swims, choose from three distances, 1/2 mile, one mile and two miles:
• East: Alton Water, Suffolk 16th June
• London: Victoria Docks TBC
• Scotland: Stratclyde TBC
• North: Windermere 22nd – 24th June
• Manchester: Salford Quays 1st July
A brilliant challenge for swimmers of all abilities
Online registration now open for 2012, sign up for your British Gas Great Swim place, by visiting their website.
Month-by-Month Events.
JANUARY
7th Holyrood Park, Edinburgh – Bupa Great Winter Run,
TBC Frimley, Surrey IceMan – Run 12K or various Dualthlons
TBC Epsom, Surrey. Epsom Oddballs Perch 10k
FEBRUARY
TBC Blackburn, Lancashire – Winter Warmer 10k
18th Race your pace half marathon – Eton College Rowing Facility
26th Blackpool, Lancashire – Great Northwest half Marathon
MARCH
3rd Box Hill, Surrey – Spring BallBuster
11th Silverstone Racing Circuit, Northamptonshire – Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon
25th Lincoln- Lincoln, 10k Road Race
APRIL
1st Kingston, Surrey: Whole Foods Market Breakfast Run (8.2/16 miles) perfect warm up for London Marathon – Breakfast Run
1st Reading, Berkshire – Asics Half Marathon
1st Croydon, Surrey – Croydon half marathon
15th Brighton, East Sussex – Marathon
15th Paris, France – Marathon
21st Yorkshire, 3 Peaks Challenge
22nd Virgin London Marathon – The public ballot for 2012 is already closed. If you would like to add your name identifying your interest in a charity place running for The EPT, please register online with CRunCH, our clearing house, by following this link
MAY
12-13th – 100k walk, run, jog from London to Brighton
12th Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester – Just Walk 10/20/40 or 60k
TBC Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire – Shakespeare Marathon
TBC Bristol, Avon 10k run
20th Manchester City Centre – Bupa Great Manchester run
26th – 27th Edinburgh Marathon Festival – Marathon
27th London Bupa 10,000 – Bupa 10k run
JUNE
3rd Mull of Kintyre – Half Marathon and 10k
6th Hampshire, Yately – Yateley 10k
9th/10th London – Nightrider, This is a 100km moonlit ride through London in one night.
TBC Derbyshire – The 3 Peaks Challenge: Chatsworth Walk 2011
JULY – OCT
The Big Fun Runs: 14 venues, across the UK Check out our link for more information
JULY
AUGUST
12th Flookburgh, Cumbria – Cross Bay Challenge
TBC Dorney Lake, Eton – The Big South Swim
SEPTEMBER
Sadly there will be no Women’s Adidas Challenge this year due to the Olympics! so see you all again next year.
TBC Nottingham, Robin Hood Festival - Half and Full Marathon
16th Newcastle, Gateshead – Bupa Great North Run
TBC Tonbridge, Kent – Tonbridge half marathon
OCTOBER
7th Chester, Cheshire – MBNA Chester marathon
14th Southampton – Walk the Test Way
7th London – Royal Parks Half Marathon
21st London – Nike – Run to the Beat Half Marathon
NOVEMBER
TBC New York, USA – Marathon
DECEMBER
The Santa series is growing in popularity – click here to find one near you.
Or if you can’t find anything that you fancy in that little lot, search for an event near you or one further afield.
Fundraisers’ Blog
We keep a fundraisers’ diary on the website where we record what people have done or are doing to raise funds and support the EPT - would you like to support one of our fundraisers? Find out what they will be doing to raise money for the Trust and read about their efforts in their own words in our fundraisers’ diary.
If you’re planning an event let us know and we will promote you on the website. Take a look some of things our fundraisers have done. We’ll send you a bespoke fundraising pack with everything you need to make your event go well, direct you to the place where you can set up an online fundraising page and we’ll publicise the event through our fundraisers’ diary if you would let us, so make sure you contact us in advance.
