The Covid pandemic followed by the cost of living crisis has seen demand for the services of both Age UK Blackburn with Darwen and Age UK Cheshire increase dramatically at a time when their own costs are increasing and funding opportunities are reduced.

We have seen for ourselves the incredible work and support that they offer for local older people including those living with dementia and how they need to fundraise when we volunteered for a few weeks last year and want to support them further in 2025.

Run, jog or walk a distance based on your age throughout the month of March and get sponsored for your efforts.

How you decide to relate the distance you promise to do, is your call... if you’re 46, you may choose to jog 4.6km every day. If you’re 26, you might commit to walking or running a total of 26 miles in March. If you’re 30, you could do 3 miles a day. You could even do a team event if you’d prefer, and the challenge to achieve is based around the total number of your ages combined.

How you choose to do it is entirely your call, we just want you to get as many people as you can sponsoring you to do it!

You can find out more about their work here

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/blackburnwithdarwen

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/cheshire/