Highbury College staff and students are invited to get active and raise money for the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust by walking or running as far as possible within half an hour on Saturday 16th May.

Here’s what you need to do:

• let us know you intend to take part by completing the form below
• ask your family and friends to sponsor you and donate to our JustGiving page
• run or walk for half an hour on Saturday 16th May (if self-isolating the challenge can be done inside your home)
• if outside, please run/walk while observing social distancing guidelines (dogs welcome)
• run/walk in your College t-shirt or uniform (if it's comfortable to do so)
• decorate yourself with rainbow accessories and/or message of thanks to the NHS

• if you're happy for us to publicise your achievement, please take a photo of yourself before or during your run/walk

• send the photo to marketing@highbury.ac.uk or tag us on social media with your distance travelled and amount raised as soon as you finish the challenge.

Please do not:

• walk/run for longer/more often than the government exercise guidelines
• walk/run with friends from outside your household.

The target

We’d love to raise £1000 to for the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and get as much of the Highbury College community involved as possible.

Register for the Challenge

So we have an idea of who’s going to take part, please register below if you’d like to be involved.

Click here to register: 

https://www.highbury.ac.uk/news-and-events/2020/05/04/13/48/highbury-college-half-hour-challenge/

Where’s the money going?

By donating and collecting sponsorship, you will play a role in supporting Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust staff who are working around the clock in difficult circumstances, as well as sharing your thanks with everyone working within the Trust from doctors and nurses to porters and cleaners.

Any money raised through the appeal will be used to support wellbeing, buy supplies and fund welfare initiatives needed by NHS staff over the coming weeks and months, while the Portsmouth Hospital Charity will work with its colleagues to find the best way to spend any donations.