Headway Essex
Providing Brain Injury Care & Support
Mucky Races - The Gauntlet 2012
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Abseil for Charity in Harlow
May 2012. Click here for more information
Hockley Woods Dogathon
Events
Further information on all these events can be obtained from Headway Fundraising Office on 01206 547 616 or email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk.
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Jan - Apr 12 | May- Aug 12 | Sept - Dec 12 | View All
January 2012 to April 2012
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Colchester Half Marathon
We are encouraging supporters to take on the challenge of the Colchester Half Marathon and raise sponsorship for Headway Essex.
In association with RunnersWorld and Colchester Colne Round Table, the Colchester Half Marathon brings runners of all abilities a new town centre route, once again starting and finishing at the fantastic Weston Homes Community Stadium.
We aim to provide a great race-day experience for both runners and spectators, with excellent pre- and post-race facilities provided by the Weston Homes Community Stadium, a fast course, chip timing and same day results.
• → Quality finishers goody bag
• → Prizes and trophies awarded for fastest finishers
• → Proceeds donated to local charity - Headway Essex
Race entry limited to 2500 entrants.
Please click here to register online.
Once you have registered please email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk for your sponsorship forms.Date:
Sunday 11th March 2012
Time:
9am
Venue:
Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester, Essex
Price:
tbc
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Sporting Dinner with Peter Shilton OBE
Rotary Club of Colchester Trinity Presents: A Sporting Dinner
Speaker: Peter Shilton OBE
Most Capped England Football Player
Friday 16th March 2012
Dress Code: Black Tie
Cost: £39.50
In aid of Rotary Charities including: Headway Essex and Colchester Food Bank
Sponsored by Tiro Associates Ltd
For more information/tickets please contact Graham Thornton
Tel: 01206 834941 Email: graham.thornton@unicombox.co.ukDate:
Friday 16th March 2012
Time:
7pm for 7.45pm
Venue:
Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester, Essex
Price:
£39.50
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Hockley Woods Dogathon
Sponsored by: YourVets
Supported by: Bull Inn, Pets at Home, Southend on Sea & Echo Newspapers
Dogs Do It For Headway!!
Calling all Happy Hounds to take part in this year’s Hockley Woods Dogathon with an exciting 3 mile route for you to explore!
There is an alternative short walk for the very young or more mature of you or your walkers
Each year hundreds of furry friends raise thousands of pounds for Headway Essex, your local charity that supports those living with a brain injury and their families and carers.
If you raise the most sponsorship, you will be our Hockley Headway Hound 2012.
Wag your tail with pride as you admire your certificate and rosette and enjoy your prize of a basket full of fabulous treats.
You may win one of our Fun Dog Show categories and receive super prizes and a rosette
All participating pooches will be awarded a personalised full colour Dogathon Certificate and some doggy treats.
Go for walkies to help people with brain injury, it’s as simple as that!
Click here for the registration formDate:
Sunday 25th March 2012
Time:
10.30am
Venue:
Hockley Woods
Price:
Sponsored event
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Mucky Races - The Gauntlet
The Gauntlet - Off Road Running Event
Nature's toughest muddiest obstacles all in one place! The course is full of icy water and mud filled pits. We bring this all together into one adrenalin charged mud fest. Roped inclines and the dreaded Hills of Doom and you have to 'Run The Gauntlet' !! This course is tough and bit scary.
Are you ready for Mud Pit Mayhem, Hills of Doom, Wooded Swamp The Gauntlet?
12km & 5km Off-road Runs
Free Technical T-Shirt
Location: Bures Pit, Essex
1st April 2012
To take part please email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk or call on 01206 547616.
Click here to download the poster
Click here to download an application form
Click here to set up a Just Giving page
Click here to pay your deposit onlineDate:
1st April 2012
Time:
11am
Venue:
Bures Pit, Essex
Price:
£15
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Virgin London Marathon
If you have secured a place on the Virgin London Marathon and would like to raise sponsorship for Headway Essex please call us on 01206 547616 or email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk and we will send you sponsorship forms and other information.
Date:
Sunday 22nd April 2012
Time:
n/a
Venue:
London
Price:
n/a
May 2012 to August 2012
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Abseil
Headway Essex are calling all local dare devils to take part in a sponsored charity abseil to raise vital funds for survivors of brain on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th May.
The event is organised by Harlow Tye Rotary Club and we would ask you to raise sponsorship for Headway Essex.
The abseil will take place at Veolia Water Tower, Church Langley, Harlow, Essex.
To take part please email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk for more information.
Date:
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th May.
Time:
all day
Venue:
Veolia Water Tower, Church Langley, Harlow, Essex
Price:
£30 registration fee
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Hats 4 Headway
Headway Essex are calling on all local businesses, clubs, schools and organisations to take part in their Hats for Headway campaign. It is hoped that the campaign will raise vital funds to support people living with brain injury throughout Essex.
Headway are asking all staff, students and members of organisations to choose a day to wear their favourite hat throughout Action for Brain Injury week and make a £1 donation in return. It is an easy and fun way to support Headway Essex.
Each group will receive a full colour certificate and the organisation that raises the most for Headway Essex will receive a personalised engraved trophy to display.
Anyone wishing to take part please contact the Headway Fundraising Office on 01206 547616 or email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk. Headway is asking each group to take a photo with their hats on and send it to them as it may appear in the local press!
Action for Brain Injury week, Monday May 14th – Sunday May 20th is about raising awareness of the devastating effects that brain injury can have on an individual and their families.
Wear your Hat for Headway, make a donation and help improve life after brain injury.
You can make a donation by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/headwayessex/Donate
Date:
Monday May 14th – Sunday May 20th
Time:
Any
Venue:
Your place of work
Price:
Free to enter
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Barleylands Fun Walk
This is a great opportunity to raise money for Headway Essex. Money is raised through sponsorship but we also receive money from a bonus pot if we enter a team. The more we raise the more we receive from the bonus pot! It is free to enter.
The walk is held in May at Barleylands Farm, Billericay.
The event starts at 12pm and the 3 mile walk starts at 1pm. There is a photo shoot before the walk at 12.45pm.
There is also a shorter walk available.
Live music is played throughout the event and there will be refreshments available including a BBQ. A fun afternoon for all the family!
If you would like to take part please let send us your full name, address, email address and phone number. We will then send you the sponsorship forms and further information about the event.
To enter please email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk or call 01206 547616.
Date:
May 2012. Date tbc
Time:
12pm
Venue:
Barleylands Farm, Billericay, Essex
Price:
Free to enter
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Colchester Dogathon
Sponsored dog walk and fun dog show
Sponsored by Penrose and Partners
Supported by Snoopies Grooming Salon
Dogs Do It For Headway!!
Calling all Happy Hounds to take part in this year’s Colchester Dogathon with an exciting 3 mile route for you to explore!
There is an alternative short walk for the very young or more mature of you or your walkers
Each year hundreds of furry friends raise thousands of pounds for Headway Essex, your local charity that supports those living with a brain injury and their families and carers.
If you raise the most sponsorship, you will be our Headway Hound 2012.
Wag your tail with pride as you admire your certificate and rosette and enjoy your prize of a basket full of fabulous treats.
You may win one of our Fun Dog Show categories and receive super prizes and a rosette
All participating pooches will be awarded a personalised full colour Dogathon Certificate and some doggy treats.
Go for walkies to help people with brain injury, it’s as simple as that!
Dont forget Pets Win Prizes. The more your pooch raises the better prize they will take home.
Please email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk for more information and terms & conditions.
Date:
Sunday 24th June 2012.
Time:
10.30am
Venue:
High Woods Country Park, Colchester
Price:
n/a
Sponsored event. -
Moonlight Colourthon
Walkers of the ‘Moonlight Colourthon’ will walk a half marathon (13.1 miles) at night and are encouraged to dress as brightly as their imagination will allow them to! This year’s event sets off from Chalkwell Park at 8pm in July 2012. It takes in the waterfront along Southend Seafront and Westcliff’s picturesque cliff tops with their brisk sea breezes, drops down overlooking the famous pleasure pier and then travels through the exclusive Chalkwell Hall Estate, past Old Leigh Village with its quaint cottages and fisherman’s sheds returning back through Leigh itself, finishing back at Chalkwell Park.
The walk is only open to entrants aged 16 or over.
Walkers must register and pay an entrance fee in advance and nominate their chosen charitable organisation for which they intend to raise funds. The entrance fee for the ‘Moonlight Colourthon’ is £15 which includes an exclusive brightly coloured ‘Colourthon’ T-shirt carrying the ‘Moonlight Colourthon’ logo and your medal to proudly boast that you’ve completed your walk.
Please visit www.moonlightcolourthon.co.uk to register or email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk for a registration form.
If you have registered online please email us to let us know! fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk
Date:
July 2012. Date tbc
Time:
8pm
Venue:
Chalkwell Park, Southend
Price:
£15
September 2012 to December 2012
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adidas Women's 5k Challenge
The adidas Women’s 5K Challenge is a fun run for women of all ages taking place in Hyde Park, London.
adidas is extremely proud to be title sponsor of the biggest and best women-only fun run in the UK. Whether you are running to beat last year’s PB, running for the very first time or planning to just get round, adidas will be with you every step of the way to help you achieve your own Impossible challenge – and have lots of fun on the way!
To register please click here.
You will need to type in the details about Headway Essex. Please then contact us for sponsorship forms.
Date:
September 2012
Time:
tbc
Venue:
Hyde Park, London
Price:
£15.00
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“Run to the Beat” Half Marathon powered by Nike+
This year’s Sony Ericsson “Run to the Beat” Half Marathon will be on Sunday 25th September. The course starts and finishes at the O2 Arena in London and takes the runners all the way around Greenwich, with live music along the way. It is a great event for both runners and supporters.
All Headway Essex runners will receive a fundraising pack, training tips and our full support. Running vests or T-shirts will be provided when runners obtain a minimum of £100 in sponsorship pledges.
e-mail fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk for more information.
Date:
September 2012
Time:
tbc
Venue:
O2 Arena, London
Price:
Registration Fee £30
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Coastal Dogathon
Sponsored by Barking Mad Home from Home Pet Care, Snoopies Grooming Salon & Tendring District Council
Calling all Happy Hounds to take part in this year’s Coastal Dogathon with a 2 mile stroll along the prom!
Each year hundreds of furry friends raise thousands of pounds for Headway Essex, your local charity that supports those living with a brain injury and their families and carers
Our 14th Coastal Dogathon will be in October at 10.30am in Clacton-on-Sea
If you raise the most sponsorship, you will be Our Coastal Headway Hound 2012. Wag your tail with pride as you admire your certificate and rosette and enjoy your prize of a basket full of fabulous treats
You may win one of our Fun Dog Show categories and receive super prizes and a rosette
All participating pooches will be awarded a personalised full colour Dogathon Certificate and some doggy treats
Go for walkies to help people with brain injury, it’s as simple as that!
To take part please email your name, address, phone number and dogs name to fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk
Date:
October 2012. Date tbc
Time:
10.30am
Venue:
Clacton on Sea
Price:
N/A
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Miles for Smiles - 5 and 10 mile Charity walks
ROTARY CLUB OF COLCHESTER FORUM
Miles for Smiles - 5 and 10 mile Charity walks in October 2012
VENUE – Meet at THE LAYER FOX PUBLIC HOUSE
2 Malting Green Road, Layer de la Haye, CO2 0JH
01206 – 738723 - www.thelayerfox.co.uk
Parking as available in the adjacent car park – Do park sensibly
WHEN - From 9am until 10-30am at the latest
WHY – You will be given a route map so you can walk either 5 miles or 10 miles
There will be an organized 10 mile walk starting at around 9-45am
There will be an organized 5 mile walk starting at around 10am
WHAT YOU MUST DO PLEASE - FOR SAFETY DO NOT WALK ALONE -
- ALL WALKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT
-Register in the delicatessen area of the public house before you start your walk
-On registration advise how much you have raised for your chosen charity
-Ensure that you return to the same area at the end of your walk and collect your completion certificate
-Wear good shoes/boots as it may be muddy and take coats in case it rains
-Take a mobile phone with you or have access to one from another walker
-Take liquid and food/sweets with you as required
-Keep strictly to all paths and be very careful when crossing any roads
-If you are taking your dog, please ensure you have a lead as there will be sheep
REFRESHMENTS
-There will be tea/coffee and biscuits provided when you arrive
-On your return you can buy a welcome drink in the public house
-Snacks and meals will also be available to purchase on your return – Menus will be available on your arrival and you can pre-order what you want at the end of your walk
Please call 01206 547616Date:
Date tbc
Time:
9am
Venue:
as above
Price:
£10
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Black Tie Ball
More details to follow.
To reserve a table please email fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk or call 01206 547616.Date:
November 2012
Time:
7pm - 12.30am
Venue:
TBC
Price:
TBC
Headway Essex provides care and support for survivors of brain injury and their families and carers
Headway Essex Town Office, 58b Head Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PB.
Headway Essex is a Registered Charity No. 1008807 and a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No. 2674755
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