Challenges | Tameside Oldham and Glossop Mind

Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind work with lots of individuals or groups when they look to take on challenges to raise money! This is often through sponsorship from individuals, friends or family! A challenge can be great fun and TOG Mind are here to help you develop your ideas, promote what you’re doing and help you to fundraise.

A challenge can range from a personal goal, like making a target to hit 10,000 steps a day for 10 days all the way through to taking on a marathon or Tough Mudder event!

We love getting involved with enthusiastic, active individuals and groups who are keen to use their passions to help raise vital funds for mental health services in their local community. So, if you think you, your group or workplace are well placed to take on a challenge and offer additional support to TOG Mind then find out some more information below.

What types of challenges are out there?

A challenge could be anything from a personal goal you set yourself through to an organised challenge event already in place, eg; a marathon or Tough Mudder event. Here are some ideas below:

Marathon – there is of course the London marathon, or plenty of others take place across the country, why not visit Edinburgh to run along the coast.
Tough Mudder – a hardcore obstacle race that takes place over 10-12 miles! Not quite ready for that yet? Try starting out with a gentler 5k race and work up to it!
Set a personal goal, e.g. could you promise to take 20,000 steps for 20 days, or how about a month of walking to and from work?
Skydiving, abseiling, cycling, or trekking are all other great examples of challenges that take you out of your comfort zones and push your physical and mental resilience to its limit and will encourage friends, family and individuals to sponsor you and help to raise money for TOG Mind.

Things to consider

Taking part in a challenge event is all about pushing yourself but having fun at the same time. Make sure you don’t exceed your limits and plan your challenges with safety at the front of your mind.

Ensure you have put in an adequate amount of training for your event, including warming up correctly on the day, drinking plenty of water and having snacks available.
Seek advice from the professionals, if you are taking part in an event such as a trek, make sure you have planned a safe route and that the appropriate people know where you are at all times.

How we can support you

We love to work with individuals or groups that want to get involved, challenge themselves and fundraise for TOG Mind.

As such we provide a wide variety of support including:

Helping to write pitches and producing social media content for promoting your challenge
Assistance in promoting you through our own media channels, contacts, social media, newspapers and radio
Helping to set an achievable target to work towards
Attending regular meetings to offer advice and suggestions
Providing merchandise and other support for any relevant events or activities, e.g. donation buckets and t-shirts
Attending your challenge, wherever possible, to represent TOG Mind and provide support on the day

What can I do about my entry cost?

We understand that sometimes, entering into a challenge or race can be expensive, and we don’t want this to hold you back from completing your fundraising activity!

We may be able to offer you a refund on your entry costs. Refunds can only be made following completion of your fundraising activity and after any money raised has been handed in to Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind.

Please download and complete the form below, and send this to fundraising [at] togmind.org (subject: Entry%20Refund%20Form%20Request) who will be in contact to confirm whether you qualify for a refund.

Click here to download the Entry Refund Form.

By submitting this form you confirm that you have read the Terms and Conditions below.

Terms and Conditions pertaining to the Entry Refunds:

Refunds will be looked at on a case by case basis by the Fundraising team.
Refunds can only be considered if the individual has raised more than 4 times the entry fee. e.g. for an event where the entry cost is £25, individuals must raise at least £100 in order to qualify for a refund.
Refunds will only be made once all fundraising activity has been completed and funds raised handed in to Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind.
Individuals have 3 months from the completion of their Fundraising activity/event to submit Entry Refunds form. E.g. if a race takes place on the 24th March, individuals will have until the 24th June to submit their entry refund form to the Fundraising team at fundraising [at] togmind.org.
Teams that choose to participate in an activity or event will need to submit one form per person taking part.

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Marathon – there is of course the London marathon, or plenty of others take place across the country, why not visit Edinburgh to run along the coast.

Tough Mudder – a hardcore obstacle race that takes place over 10-12 miles! Not quite ready for that yet? Try starting out with a gentler 5k race and work up to it!

Set a personal goal, e.g. could you promise to take 20,000 steps for 20 days, or how about a month of walking to and from work?

Skydiving, abseiling, cycling, or trekking are all other great examples of challenges that take you out of your comfort zones and push your physical and mental resilience to its limit and will encourage friends, family and individuals to sponsor you and help to raise money for TOG Mind.

Ensure you have put in an adequate amount of training for your event, including warming up correctly on the day, drinking plenty of water and having snacks available.

Seek advice from the professionals, if you are taking part in an event such as a trek, make sure you have planned a safe route and that the appropriate people know where you are at all times.

Helping to write pitches and producing social media content for promoting your challenge

Assistance in promoting you through our own media channels, contacts, social media, newspapers and radio

Helping to set an achievable target to work towards

Attending regular meetings to offer advice and suggestions

Providing merchandise and other support for any relevant events or activities, e.g. donation buckets and t-shirts

Attending your challenge, wherever possible, to represent TOG Mind and provide support on the day

Terms and Conditions pertaining to the Entry Refunds:

Refunds will be looked at on a case by case basis by the Fundraising team.

Refunds can only be considered if the individual has raised more than 4 times the entry fee. e.g. for an event where the entry cost is £25, individuals must raise at least £100 in order to qualify for a refund.

Refunds will only be made once all fundraising activity has been completed and funds raised handed in to Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind.

Individuals have 3 months from the completion of their Fundraising activity/event to submit Entry Refunds form. E.g. if a race takes place on the 24th March, individuals will have until the 24th June to submit their entry refund form to the Fundraising team at fundraising [at] togmind.org.

Teams that choose to participate in an activity or event will need to submit one form per person taking part.

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