To raise money for Comic Relief and raise awareness of those living in extreme poverty across the world Ryman Marketing and Ecommerce Colleagues are challenging themselves to live off just £1 a day for 5 days, which is the UK equivalent of the extreme poverty line. Currently there are 1.3 billion people in the world who  live in extreme poverty.

The challenge cannot hope to replicate the reality of extreme global poverty but it gives people genuine insight into just how much we spend on food every day and how little others have. People who live  in poverty have to pay for everything with that money – we’re barely scraping the surface of the struggle by just buying food with it. Education, essential health care, clothes etc… But we can make a real difference to some of those in need by taking part in this challenge and raising some money for Comic Relief.

The rules are simple:

• The challenge is to spend no more than £1 a day on food and drink for 5 days. This means you have a total of £5 with which to buy all ingredients for your meals, thats breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Not forgetting your drink.

• The full cost of all the items you consume must be included in your budget. This means budgeting for whole packets of food items such as rice, pasta, noodles and eggs etc.

• You can’t grab a cheeky snack from the cupboard unless you include the cost of buying the item new in your budget – so everything you eat or drink you must be included in your budget.

• No combination of meals on any given day can exceed the £1 spending limit (however you can spread your ingredients across the whole week). Remember this is a challenge to eat creatively and be enjoyed – don’t at any point deprive yourself of three meals a day.

• You cannot accept ‘donated’ food from family or friends, but monetary donations towards your fundraising goals are acceptable, and encouraged!

• You are allowed to drink tap water – remember you should try and drink at least 6-8 glasses of water each day. When you’re not drinking anything else it’s really important to remember this. So they’re the basic rules of the challenge!

• Challenge commences noon Sunday 10th March and ends noon on Friday 15th March.

• Participants are required to prove their spend with a receipt for goods purchased for the challenge not totalling more than £5.