Hello all, some of you may remember that last year I was doing some fundraising for Alzheimer's Research UK through Iceland and that I walked from Blyth to Whitley Bay dressed as a giant rat (on account of the fact I am human-sized). This year Iceland have chosen to support the same charity for a second year running which is fantastic! Having researched this cause I've become rather passionate in my fundraising and I would love for our store to surpass the £2700 we raised last year which is why I'm doing a lot more this time around.
Whenever I have a gig I take along a charity bucket.
I've organised a pub quiz which at the moment is staff only as the prize for winning is £100 towards the winning store's charity total (though if people were okay with representing their local Iceland then they're welcome to come along.
I'll be taking part in a it's a knockout competition which should be fun/hazardous.
Doing a car boot sale and tombola.
Walking from Blyth to Tynemouth dressed as a crocodile (if you've seen a massive green thing around Blyth before, that was me).
If I can find stocks, getting wet sponges thrown at me for 50p...
This year though I'm doing something bigger and this is where I'm asking maybe if people could help?
I plan to do a walking tour of the north east, 100 miles in 8 days (bear in mind I'm a fat bastard) and I'll be stopping at pretty much every Iceland along the way. In order for me to collect money in a bucket I have been told I must have at least one 'buddy', for security reasons. The routes are as follows;
Sat Aug 18th: Blyth-Whitley Bay-North Shields-South Shields (14mile) [this one is sorted]
Sun Aug 19th: South Shields-Southwick-Pallion-Sunderland-Ryhope (12mile)
Mon Aug 20th: Ryhope-Peterlee-Hartlepool (16mile)
Tue Aug 21st: Hartlepool-Billingham-Middlesbrough (11mile)
Wed Aug 22nd: Middlesbrough-Ormesby Rd-Coulby Newham-Thornaby-Stockton (11mile)
Thu Aug 23rd: Stockton-Yarm Road-Darlington (12mile)
Fri Aug 24th: Darlington -Bishop Aukland-Spennymoor (17 mile)
Sat Aug 25th: Spennymoor-Durham-Dragonville (7mile)
It's a long shot but if anyone has the spare time and the stamina, I would be incredibly grateful for any volunteers to accompany me on one of these routes (to the tune of a couple of pints
). On an average walk you'd be surprised how much you can get in a bucket, averaging about £150 from my experiences in the past so you can see why I want to bring one along, could potentially add an extra grand onto my total raised if I had people to walk with me.
It's a big ask I know but as the saying goes, shy bairns get nowt. Of course I'm looking for sponsors too, I know times are tough right now but this is a cause I care deeply about, enough to wreck my body over. If you can help in any way, even if it's just advice, please PM me.
Thanks for reading.
ps. If you have anything that could be sold at a car boot sale or used as a raffle prize that you don't mind donating to charity, pop into Blyth Iceland and ask for 'Rowan'.
Whenever I have a gig I take along a charity bucket.
I've organised a pub quiz which at the moment is staff only as the prize for winning is £100 towards the winning store's charity total (though if people were okay with representing their local Iceland then they're welcome to come along.
I'll be taking part in a it's a knockout competition which should be fun/hazardous.
Doing a car boot sale and tombola.
Walking from Blyth to Tynemouth dressed as a crocodile (if you've seen a massive green thing around Blyth before, that was me).
If I can find stocks, getting wet sponges thrown at me for 50p...
This year though I'm doing something bigger and this is where I'm asking maybe if people could help?
I plan to do a walking tour of the north east, 100 miles in 8 days (bear in mind I'm a fat bastard) and I'll be stopping at pretty much every Iceland along the way. In order for me to collect money in a bucket I have been told I must have at least one 'buddy', for security reasons. The routes are as follows;
Sat Aug 18th: Blyth-Whitley Bay-North Shields-South Shields (14mile) [this one is sorted]
Sun Aug 19th: South Shields-Southwick-Pallion-Sunderland-Ryhope (12mile)
Mon Aug 20th: Ryhope-Peterlee-Hartlepool (16mile)
Tue Aug 21st: Hartlepool-Billingham-Middlesbrough (11mile)
Wed Aug 22nd: Middlesbrough-Ormesby Rd-Coulby Newham-Thornaby-Stockton (11mile)
Thu Aug 23rd: Stockton-Yarm Road-Darlington (12mile)
Fri Aug 24th: Darlington -Bishop Aukland-Spennymoor (17 mile)
Sat Aug 25th: Spennymoor-Durham-Dragonville (7mile)
It's a long shot but if anyone has the spare time and the stamina, I would be incredibly grateful for any volunteers to accompany me on one of these routes (to the tune of a couple of pints
). On an average walk you'd be surprised how much you can get in a bucket, averaging about £150 from my experiences in the past so you can see why I want to bring one along, could potentially add an extra grand onto my total raised if I had people to walk with me.It's a big ask I know but as the saying goes, shy bairns get nowt. Of course I'm looking for sponsors too, I know times are tough right now but this is a cause I care deeply about, enough to wreck my body over. If you can help in any way, even if it's just advice, please PM me.
Thanks for reading.
ps. If you have anything that could be sold at a car boot sale or used as a raffle prize that you don't mind donating to charity, pop into Blyth Iceland and ask for 'Rowan'.
