http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/index/ en lc@heartuk.org.uk Copyright 2009 2009-04-07T09:56:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/focus_on_fundraising_collettes_story/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/focus_on_fundraising_collettes_story/#When:09:56:00Z Focus on Fundraising If you’re struggling with sponsorship, why not follow the example of Collette from Swansea and organise an event to inspire your friends and family to donate painlessly? Husband and wife, Collette and Steve Hill, who are both running the FLM 09 for HEART UK using the Charity’s guaranteed places, hope to raise more than £3,000.  To give their sponsors a good reason to donate, they came up with a range of innovative money-making schemes which they are happy to share with you! Collette organised two very successful raffles in the hospital where she works, managing to secure great prizes from local companies, and raising a total of £900.  She also organised a Hospital Quiz and Auction Night at the Liberty Stadium, and with the help of some wonderful prizes donated by family, friends and local people, that event raised an amazing £1200. Not wanting to rely entirely on the goodwill of their contacts, they arranged two days of bag-packing at their local Tesco store, even involving pupils from a local school, which netted £400 and inspired them to book another packing session for Good Friday.  Collette explains, “The fundraising has been quite stressful, but enjoyable - I might have even found my niche in life!  So far I have managed to raise £2500 for my husband and myself to give to HEART UK!” If you have a fundraising story to share please send it to Claire at Fundraising Sub 2009-04-07T09:56:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/for_goodness_shakes_expert_advice/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/for_goodness_shakes_expert_advice/#When:09:35:00Z Expert Advice from For Goodness Shakes! Tapering Many runners fail to realize that one of the most important aspects of marathon training is the taper phase. Reducing weekly and long run mileage during these final two weeks is vitally important so that you will be fully recovered from previous workouts while at the same time, be completely rested for the big event. The reason for this is that you need to allow your body to make the adaptations you are aiming for resulting from your training. Physical Preparation • Cut back on the distance and intensity of your training runs during the two-week period prior to the marathon, eliminating long and hard efforts. • Listen to your body. Remember, there are no workouts the week prior to the marathon that will enhance your preparedness for the race. An important rule of thumb is “Less is Best”, particularly if you are feeling either physically or mentally tired and/or your leg muscles are fatigued/achy, etc. • Keep stretching as much as possible during the couple of weeks prior to the marathon. Nutrition The Week Prior to Your Marathon • As you reduce your mileage during the last week, you will not be burning as many calories. Thus, you may gain one or two pounds if you don’t cut back a bit on the quantity of your servings early in the week. • Use care in selecting foods to eat during this time period, aiming for nutritious and healthy items rather than snack/high fat products. • Hydrate well the week before the marathon. This is the time when you may gain a couple of pounds, but don’t worry about it…This will be your energy fuel during the marathon! • Carbohydrate (the main fuel for your race) loading begins three days before the marathon. Choose foods for lunch and dinner that are high in carbohydrates (e.g., pasta, potatoes, rice, etc.). Don’t neglect fruits, vegetables, and some protein sources however. Try to really scale back on fats during this time. Training Room Sub 2009-04-07T09:35:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/justgivingcom_fundraising_tips/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/justgivingcom_fundraising_tips/#When:15:09:00Z Justgiving.com – online fundraising tool. Justgiving is a fast, easy and secure way for people to sponsor you and it only takes a few moments to set up a page. Many of our runners have already got a fundraising page but for those of you who haven’t, please consider setting one up today by simply clicking on this link http://www.justgiving.com/heartuk and following the online instructions. Need some inspiration? Why not browse some of your fellow Teamredlaces runners’ pages and read some top fundraising tips for making the most of your justgiving.com page? • Toni Hutton http://www.justgiving.com/tonihutton • Sarah Billson – shows us how to keep people up-to-date with training http://www.justgiving.com/sarahbillson09 • Sarah Moffat - demonstrates how to keep people up-to-date with the fundraising activities that she has been organizing. http://www.justgiving.com/sarahmoffatt Top Fundraising Tips to help make the most of your Justgiving.com page 1. Think about your personal message – turn it into a story 2. Make sure you put a picture on your Justgiving page. Also why not add extra photos to your page 3. Email people in groups and personalise your message. Get generous donations on your page first. Send a reminder email around on pay day. 4. Put your page address in your email signature. 5. Promote your page with social media tools like Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. 6. Get your page featured in the local press. Send a press release to your local paper and radio station. 7. Send fun reminder emails asking people to donate. Update your page and keep fundraising after the event. 8. Thank people – on your page, in an email, with a card, on your blog, Facebook or Twitter – make them feel good for supporting you! Fundraising 2009-03-10T15:09:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/successful_fundraising/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/successful_fundraising/#When:18:05:00Z Sarah, a fellow team member, has just organized a wonderful Valentines event which raised £530 towards her fundraising target. Sarah organized a Valentines Party at the Old Crown Pub in New Oxford Street, and invited her friends, family, work colleagues and anyone she spoke to! She had 60 people attend and four possible “love matches”! Watch this space! Sarah raised all the money through £10 entrance fees. For the entrance fee, guests received entry into a prize draw, had a chance to win a free shot and received a traffic light tag – red, green or orange – which showed whether they were available or not. Sarah cleverly sold items on ebay to cover the cost of buying the three prizes - a love mug and two bottles of champagne - meaning that she raised even more for HEART UK! Sarah said “The party was both a brilliant night and an excellent way to raise money for HEART UK. Thanks to everyone who came along to support such a good cause. HEART UK does a fantastic job raising awareness of the risks of high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. Being someone who is at risk themselves I fully support all their efforts and appreciate their work”. Carole Gryglaszewska, Head of Fundraising at HEART UK said “We are delighted with Sarah’s innovative approach to meeting her sponsorship pledge. Not only has this event raised crucial funds for HEART UK, but it has helped to raise awareness. At HEART UK we’re passionate about preventing premature deaths from high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease and the more we can raise awareness of the risks, the more early deaths we will help prevent! Together we can ‘keep young hearts running’!” Sarah has kindly offered her team some top tips! 1. Be creative! Being a fundraiser for HEART UK and organizing a valentine’s event seemed to be a logical fit, hearts and love! 2. Start early! My fundraising is for a spot in the London Marathon on 26 April. I set myself a target to reach before Christmas to help take the pressure off after the New Year 3. If you don’t ask you don’t get! Think of networks, they are probably a lot bigger than you think. For example, I work in Marketing and Communications so when I organized my party I asked some contacts to help me with flyers and tickets. I managed to get them both professionally designed and printed for free! Which means more money goes to HEART UK. For HEART UK’s fundraising tips and ideas please click here Fundraising 2009-02-18T18:05:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/where_your_sponsorship_money_goes/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/where_your_sponsorship_money_goes/#When:18:01:00Z Find out what a difference your sponsorship money can make to HEART UK and the patients, individuals and health professionals that the Charity supports.  At HEART UK we’re passionate about preventing premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease – especially inherited high cholesterol (IHC).  > IHC affects about one person in every 100 and can cause early cardiovascular disease. > IHC can kill fit young people, without warning, in their 30s and 40s – and even in their 20s! That’s why HEART UK is committed to helping and supporting individuals, families and health professionals to understand and control cholesterol conditions and related cardiovascular risks. Your sponsorship money will help to: • establish more Family Support Centres (FSCs) • further our campaigning and lobbying efforts • fund helpline services • strengthen awareness raising activities • fund research Fundraising 2009-02-18T18:01:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/true_stories/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/true_stories/#When:17:52:00Z Like many of our runners, Conrad has a very personal reason for running the FLM 09 for HEART UK. In 1979, Conrad’s father died of a heart attack, aged 39. Gareth, Conrad’s father, was one of four brothers who all suffered from high cholesterol. Conrad has inherited high cholesterol himself and explains how important it is to him to run the Marathon now that he has a wife, young son and baby daughter and is about to reach the age at which his father died. “I had to grow up without a father. I will be 39 too soon and want to run in honour of him and also send a signal to my family that I am doing all I can to stay with them” Whether you’re running in memory of a loved one or simply challenging yourself to do something amazing for charity, HEART UK is proud to have each and every one of you as part of Teamredlaces and hopes that together we can keep young hearts running and families together. Read Emma and Olivia’s reason for running the FLM 09 for HEART UK News 2009-02-18T17:52:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/we_wear_redlaces/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/we_wear_redlaces/#When:16:34:00Z We wear redlaces! Teamredlaces will be serenaded en route on Sunday 13th by cheerers at our five lively Cheerpoints, strategically situated at Mile 9, Mile 13, Mile 17, Mile 20 and Mile 22.5. We will be singing “We wear redlaces” every time we see a Teamredlaces runner and probably, in reality, more often that that! Please listen to “We wear redlaces” here, or to download it in a zip file to your PC or iPod, click here, and learn the words for the Big Day! To download the lyrics, please click here Please feel free to sing along to “We wear redlaces” wherever you are along the route. We need as many people as possible to hear our message and take notice - that way we really will be keeping young hearts running! Enjoy making music on Sunday 13th April. 2008-04-01T16:34:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/fundraising_with_bag_pipes/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/fundraising_with_bag_pipes/#When:16:49:00Z Fundraising with bag pipes John Roarty from Glenrothes has been raising money in a very unique way To date John has raised £1,200, the majority of which he raised during a piping gig (bag pipes) held in Khartoum, Sudan where he was playing at a St Andrews Night Ball for ex-patriots in Sudan. John said, “The evening was held at the British Embassy and during the event I made a sure point of informing everyone what my aims were with the fundraising and managed to pull together $1,030 US. I then got a further £100 from another couple who were there but couldn’t pay on the night. That was a fantastic experience” John is also planning a music recital on the 5th April - involving music being delivered by some of the best solo pipers in the world and two legendary pipe bands. John said, “The venue I am holding it in looks to seat about 200 people and I will be planning a raffle there as well.  Once I have my final musician confirmed I will be putting flyers out and advertising it in my area and on the internet.” Fundraising Sub 2008-03-17T16:49:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/past_runners/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/past_runners/#When:12:37:00Z Past runners The FLM 2007 experience 2007’s runners were just a small band in comparison with our plans for 2008, but they really did exceed all expectations! Raising in excess of £24,500, they ran the race of their lives and were exhilarated by their success. A big thank you to the following H·E·A·R·T UK 2007 FLM Marathon runners... David Harrison, Andrew Dixon, Gary Forbes, Timo Murphy, Ben Seabourne, Tony, Perks, Michael Groke, Rachel Cunliffe, Dee Jones, Louise Moore, Juliet Percival, Ricky Urrutia, Lindsey FitzGerald, Liz Curran, Andy Hall, Isabel McFarlane “Being physically able to run a marathon is a privilege in itself, but being able to make a contribution to a worthy cause along the way makes it an extra special experience.” Lyndsey “The crowd was fantastic; to me it was like being part of a 26 mile carnival.” Andrew “The sense of achievement made all the training and aches and pains worthwhile.” Juliet “Running the London Marathon has been one of the best things I have ever achieved.” Michael “Thank you for allowing me to have the most exhilarating but tiring day of my life.” Gary FLM Weekend Sub 2007-12-06T12:37:00+00:00 http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/contact/ http://www.teamredlaces.org.uk/index.php/site/contact/#When:10:53:01Z Contact Us If you would like to contact Teamredlaces, you can do so by: Telephone 0845 873 9597 Email info@teamredlaces.org.uk Post H.E.A.R.T UK 7 North Road Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 1PE 2007-12-06T10:53:01+00:00