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2020 fundraising Run, walk, roll, bake, skydive and more to stop MS
Take on a challenge
in 2020 to stop MS
Want to have fun and raise money for a
good cause? Look no further, check out
our handy fundraising and events guide.
We’ve got something for everyone – whether
you’re looking to test your limits, try something
new or get fit. Take on a new challenge, organise
your own event or fundraise in your community.
What’s more, you’ll meet new people and have
a great time while making a real difference to
the lives of people living with MS.
Everyone’s a winner!
Let’s stop MS together
All event dates are correct at time of going
to print, but may be subject to change.
We’ve organised
our fundraising events
by type of activity, so if
you’re a runner or would
like to start, head to page 6.
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Your support will make £50
a huge difference to could pay for 10 calls
to our MS Helpline,
everyone with MS so we can be there
for people when they
need us the most.
Here are just a few examples
£5 £500
could pay for laboratory could provide a
essentials like petri dishes short break grant for
and latex gloves. It seems someone with MS to
small, but these things are enjoy quality time away
essential to our scientists’ and a chance to relax
work to stop MS. without worries.
£30 £2000
could pay to process
one blood sample, giving could pay for 40 days of
researchers information our online forum: a place for
about genes and the immune people with MS, their friends,
system. Information that’s and family, to connect.
really important when testing
new treatments or looking for
causes of MS.
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Find a run near you in 2020
Run for Research, Belfast 8 March
Bath Half Marathon 15 March
London Landmarks Half Marathon 29 March
Brighton Marathon 19 April
Virgin Money London Marathon 26 April
Belfast City Marathon 3 May
Edinburgh Marathon Festival Junior Races 23 May
Edinburgh Marathon Festival Half Marathon 24 May
Edinburgh Marathon Festival Full Marathon 24 May
Edinburgh Marathon Festival Team Relay 24 May
Run to Great North Run Half Marathon, Newcastle 13 September
stop MS Berlin Marathon 27 September
Around 100,000 people Cardiff Half Marathon 4 October
in the UK have MS. Your Great Scottish Run 10k, Glasgow 4 October
fundraising can support them.
Great Scottish Run Half Marathon, Glasgow 4 October
Last year our MS Superstars raised over Royal Parks Half Marathon, London 11 October
£1,000,000 by getting their running shoes on.
Get fit, have fun and raise money to stop MS.
mssociety.org.uk/running
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Walk to stop MS
Turn your local streets orange when you
walk roll or stroll to stop MS. Sign up for
one of our family friendly and accessible
walks. With 1, 5, 10 and 20k routes.
New for
MS Walk Belfast 2020
13 September
MS Walk Manchester
July
New for
2020 MS Walk London
Sunday 20
MS Walk Cardiff September
(date tbc)
MS Walk Bristol
New for
2020 Sunday 31 May
mssociety.org.uk/ms-walk
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Your VIP My MS Walk package
Whether you need practical support or fundraising
materials, we’re here for you.
Do it your way with My MS Walk and organise
When you sign up for My MS Walk, we’ll send you:
your own to raise life-changing funds for
MS research! •• our handy My MS Walk fundraising guide with
loads of practical advice and fundraising tips
•• support from our dedicated My MS Walk team
It doesn’t matter how far you walk or whether you walk •• access to plenty of supporting material
with old friends, new friends or four-legged friends, including our event toolkit to help you
you’ll be taking us ever closer to stopping MS. plan the perfect walk.
If you’re thinking of organising your own event and are
looking for inspiration and advice, you’re in the right
place. You can register for My MS Walk, access support My MS Walk materials
from our events team, and download or order resources You can also order branded merchandise to turn
to help make sure that everything goes smoothly. your walk orange, including T-shirts, banners,
balloons and bunting.
mssociety.org.uk/my-ms-walk To find our more email mswalk@mssociety.org.uk
or visit mssociety.org.uk/my-ms-walk
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Other walking events 10in10 Challenge
The 10in10 challenge was created
Take on a UK walking challenge with a by Yvonne Booth, after her husband
Duncan was diagnosed with MS in 2010.
choice of 100km, 50km or 25km options
Isle of Wight Challenge South Coast Challenge
2 and 3 May 29 and 30 August
10in10 Challenge 20 June
London to Thames Bridges Trek 10 Lake District peaks in 10 hours
Brighton Walk 12 September
23 and 24 May
Thames Path Challenge
Chilterns Challenge 12 and 13 September Family 5in5 Challenge 20 June
27 July
5 Lake District peaks in 5 hours
Fancy something different…. Sign up at 10in10.org.uk
Ben Nevis Night Hike 22 August
Climb Ben Nevis overnight and experience the
beauty of a sunrise over the Scottish Highlands.
TrekFest “The Beacons” 19 September
Take on the Brecon Beacons walking challenge –
choose your distance of 25km or 50km routes
mssociety.org.uk/walking
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Kiltwalks 2020
Throw on some tartan and head for With locations
the glorious Scottish countryside! across Scotland:
Glasgow 26 April
Expect plenty of fun and a backdrop of some Aberdeen 7 June
of Scotland’s beautiful scenery. You’ve got
Dundee 16 August
three distances to choose from:
Edinburgh 3 September
The Big Stroll
(approx. 13 miles) mssociety.org.uk/walking
The Mighty Stride
(approx. 26 miles)
The Wee Wander
(approx. 6 miles)
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Cycle to stop MS
Ride London 16 August
Join us for this 100 mile closed road event made
famous by the 2012 Olympic Road Race
Bike the UK for MS
Cross country bicycle trips for MS research
and awareness organised by our supporters
in aid of the MS Society
1,020
Land’s End to John O’Groats 11 - 25 July miles
1,020
John O’Groats to Land’s End 27 July - 10 August miles
Sea to Sea 23 - 25 May or 29 - 31 August
Whitehaven to Tynemouth 150
miles
London to Brighton Cycle 13 September
This fantastic cycle starts in Clapham Common,
South London and ends on the beautiful
Brighton seafront.
mssociety.org.uk/cycling
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Skydive to stop MS Abseil
Become one of our MS Superstar Daredevils to stop MS
in 2020, take the leap at our exhilarating
Scottish tandem skydive challenge! Forth Rail Bridge Abseil,
Scotland 14 June
Daredevil Skydive,
1 August This unique challenge allows
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
you to abseil in freefall from
the iconic Forth Rail Bridge
in Edinburgh.
The
BIG Belfast Castle Twilight Abseil
23 January
LEAP
Tower Museum Abseil
(Derry/Londonderry)
1 March
Saturday 30 May Belfast Castle Abseil,
Northern Ireland
Sign up and skydive at one April (TBC)
of our three Big Leap events
in England. Be an MS Society Pick your
mssociety.org.uk/adrenaline
Daredevil, take a leap of a own date
lifetime on World MS Day. to Skydive
You can jump at:
Our partners Skyline Find an abseil near you
Brackley, Northamptonshire Parachuting offer you
Bridlington, Yorkshire the opportunity to jump You can abseil in a range of UK locations,
Maidstone, Kent at an airfield of your all year round. Once you’ve signed up at
choice across the UK, eightpointtwo.co.uk let us know and we’ll
mssociety.org.uk/skydive on a date that suits you. send you your welcome pack!
18 19Zipslide Overseas challenges
to stop MS Challenge yourself to a life-changing
overseas charity trek and help stop MS
Experience the closest
thing to flying as you zip Everest Base Camp Trek 14 March
through the air on one of Machu Picchu 18 April
our zipslides in stunning
Mount Kilimanjaro Trek 28 August
locations throughout
Sahara Mini Adventure 15 October
the country.
mssociety.org.uk/fundraise
Zipslide Zinger, Crieff Hydro, 25 April
Perthshire, Scotland
Belfast Zip Line, Lagan Weir, 25 and 26 April
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Zip it to stop MS, 6 June
Penryhn Quarry, Wales
mssociety.org.uk/adrenaline
20 21Cake Break 2020 Not around in June?
Don’t forget you can hold your Cake Break
at any time of year. Just let us know what
Save the you’re planning and we’ll send you our
date free supporter kit!
26 June The recipe for a Email us at cakebreak@mssociety.org.uk
brilliant Cake Break…
Join hundreds of others on Friday
26 June who are baking or faking
it to raise funds to help stop MS.
Cake Break is a great excuse to
get together for a catch up with
friends, family and colleagues.
ladde
Rise to the occasion by climbing up those
Sign up today and we’ll send you a Cakes and Ladders but bewa re of those dang erou sly delic ious cake
free supporter kit with everything
you need to host the best cake
break ever! MS doesn’t always
give us a break. But by taking a
Cake Break together, we can raise Method
Tom Kerridge’s flourless
the funds needed to change that. dark chocolate cake 1. Preheat the oven to 140°C/Fan the top. Remove from the oven
and leave to cool in the tin – the
120°C/Gas 1. Lightly grease a 23cm
springform cake tin with butter cake will settle and sink down in
This chocolate cake, from Michelin-starred chef and the centre.
and line the base and sides with
MS Society supporter Tom Kerridge, is perfect for your
non-stick baking parchment.
gluten-free friends and will stay soft and moist for days. 5. Once it’s cooled, press down
2. Put the butter and chocolate and flatten the surface a little with
Sign up at cakebreak.org.uk now Ingredients into a large, heatproof bowl and
place over a saucepan of barely
a palette knife – this helps to give
it a lovely, soft and gooey texture.
Cake Break
Release the sides of the tin and
250g butter, diced, plus simmering water, making sure the
extra for greasing bottom of the bowl is not touching peel away the parchment from the
the water. Allow to melt, then stir sides of the cake.
375g dark chocolate (70%
cocoa solids), broken into until smooth. Remove the bowl
6. Invert a serving plate over
small pieces from the heat and cool slightly.
Youthean d your tast
top of the cake and turn both
the y treat
7 eggs, plus 1 extra egg
3. Using a free-standing mixer over, to release the cake onto
yolk
are tr ul y sc
baking parchment. rumptious!
fitted with the whisk, or an electric plate. Remove the tin base and the
375g caster sugar
hand mixer and bowl, whisk the
eggs, egg yolk and sugar together
To serve: ................
7.....
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Either serve the cake just as it
Whipped cream or crème
until the mixture is light, fluffy and
increased in volume. Carefully pour is, with cream ........fraîche,
or crème ...........................
fraîche in the melted mixture and fold or finish with whipped cream,
Raspberries, toasted nuts raspberries, toasted nuts or grated
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gently with a spatula to combine,
trying not to knock out any air.
is awarded
chocolate.
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(optional)
4. Pour the cake mixture into
........ ........ Find more recipes
the
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prepared tin. Bake for about 40–
....Fundraise Zach
your own way was just 19 when he got
his life-changing and
as he said himself ‘pretty
My MS Fundraiser terrifying’ diagnosis of MS.
“
There are loads of other ways you can
fundraise to help power our research,
from holding a quiz to shaving off your hair. When I was first diagnosed I
could hardly stand up unaided let
For advice, ideas, inspiration and support alone walk. I was determined that
contact your local Area Fundraising Manager when I finally regained my strength
at myfundraising@mssociety.org.uk and let
I would go outside my comfort zone
them know what you are planning so they
can support you every step of the way. and do something to give back to all
the people who helped me during
my toughest time. So last year
Get in touch with our team my girlfriend and I walked around
for more information: London doing the MS Walk to raise
0300 500 8084 awareness of multiple sclerosis and
”
myfundraising@mssociety.org.uk money for the MS Society. It was an
mssociety.org.uk/fundraise amazing day!
24 25MS Superstar VIP package
When you fundraise with us we’ll send you:
•• an MS Society running vest or T-shirt to make
you look the part on the day
Join our MS •• a welcome pack crammed with fundraising tips
and materials to help you reach your goal
•• personal support from our dedicated Community
Superstars Team! and Events Team to help you achieve your goals
•• cheer packs and materials for you and your
supporters, so you can turn your challenge
When you take on a challenge or fundraising or event orange!
activity for us you become a member of our
MS Superstars Team.
Tell us about your challenge
You’ll become part of something much bigger,
where we support and challenge one another or fundraising event!
through amazing personal challenges. Got your own place or organising you own event?
Don’t forget to tell us about what you are doing and
Our Community and Events Team will always you too can become a part of our MS Superstars team.
be on hand to answer any questions you
have and help you get your fundraising
challenge underway. Email us at challenge@mssociety.org.uk
Whether you’re running a marathon, climbing
a mountain, skydiving or hosting a Cake Break,
we’re here to support you every step of the way!
26 27We have fundraising teams in
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
and Wales. To find out about any of
our UK wide events or community
fundraising get in touch:
challenge@mssociety.org.uk
0300 500 8084
mssociety.org.uk/fundraise
For general information and support:
Our free MS Helpline 0808 800 8000
(9am-9pm on Monday, 9am-7pm
from Tuesday to Friday, closed bank
holidays)
helpline@mssociety.org.uk
mssociety.org.uk
All event dates are correct
at time of going to print, but
may be subject to change.
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