This year Cats Protection Bridgend turns 30!

Since opening our doors back in 1994, we have helped 37,000 cats and kittens in need. Cats like Trixie who needed an eye operation and Bunny who experienced labour complications whilst having her kittens, not forgetting Boots currently featured in our Spring appeal, who had been shot and had 14 pellets in her body. To help us continue to support the next set of cats through our doors, we thought we would mark this exciting milestone, by asking our supporters to take on a 30 or 3.0 challenge.

Be it a 3 mile walk, telling someone a joke for 30 consecutive days or baking 30 cat themed cakes or biscuits to sell, taking part will be lots of fun and will also raise essential funds for us to continue our work in the local area.

Getting involved is very easy. Just come up with fun activity, set up your fundraising page and share it with your friends and family. Stuck on an idea of what to do? Why not try out one of our challenges listed below – we have 30 of them for you to pick from.

30 challenges ideas

1. Complete a 3 mile walk or run each day for 30 days

2. Give up something you love for 30 days

3. Wash 30 cars for donations

4. Tell someone a joke for 30 days. If they are bad they may donate for you to stop!

5. Bake 30 cat themed cakes or biscuits to sell

6. Sing a song a day for 30 days online or hold a karaoke night

7. Do a spring clean and sell 30 items and donate the proceeds to us

8. Turning 30 yourself this year? Hold a Facebook fundraiser

9. Like fancy dress? Don some whiskers and get sponsored to go about your daily life dressed as a cat for the day.

10. Fancy a litter pick roam? Walk 3km and ask for donations for every piece of litter you pick up

11. Hula hoop for 30 minutes and live stream it on social

12. Walk 30 times around your driveway

13. Take on a 30 a day burpee challenge

14. Love to cook? Why not share 30 of your favourite recipes with family and friends or host a dinner party

15. Ready for the chop? Chop 30 cm off your hair

16. Run a quiz night or do a quiz sheet with 30 questions

17. Skip 30 times for 30 days

18. Fancy feeling the chill – try an ice bath for 30 seconds

19. Climb up your stairs 30 times. Can you do it in 30 minutes?

20. Love golf - putt 30 balls into a hole.

21. Take on a swimming challenge – it can be in a pool or in the sea

22. Can you juggle 3 balls for 30 minutes?

23. Are you a book worm? Read 30 pages of a book a day?

24. Stay silent of 30 hours? Or 3 if talking really is your thing

25. Football more your sport? Can you take on 30 keepy uppies?

26. Do 30 minutes of yoga with your cat. Can you conquer cat pose?

27. Green fingered? Grown some plants to sell

28. Love a cycle – cycle for 3 or 30 miles for cats

29. Have a collection – ask 30 friends to collect any loose change sitting about – remember to check down the sofa.

30. Is a challenge not your thing? Simply ask your friends and family to donate £3 each to a cause that you feel passionate about.

The big 30 challenge is open to anyone and everyone. Sign up is really quick and easy to do. However, you chose to support us celebrate the big 30, your support will help us make a better life for cats over the next 30 years, so thank you. Don’t forget to share with us your ideas and photos to upload to our 30th birthday challenge photo album. Finally pop 10th August in your diary to attend our 30th birthday celebration event held at the centre, we can’t wait to see you there.