"Cycle 274 Miles in August Challenge"- FAQs

It's free to get involved and you'll be sent your FREE cycling jersey when you've signed up correctly and set up your Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research. Please join our Cycle 274 Miles in August Facebook Group here.  

Set up your Facebook Fundraiser here. 

Then complete this short form to register so we know where to send your FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker. 

Important:

If you register under a different name to your Facebook Name please include both in the sign-up form where indicated, otherwise you will not receive anything in the post. 

To set up your Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research please click this link which just takes a few seconds 

When you complete the sign-up form and set up your fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research, you will be eligible to receive a FREE cycling jersey.

This will be posted to you with your printed mile tracker so you can keep track of your miles throughout the month. Remember if you register under a different name to your Facebook Name please include both in the sign-up form where indicated, otherwise you will not receive your FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker in the post.

Once you've set up your Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research and registered, your FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker will be sent to you. You can either get your Facebook Fundraiser started by donating yourself or you can ask a friend, family or colleague to donate to your page.

If you sign up by the 23^rd July we’re aiming for your FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker to with you by the 1^st August. After that date we will get it to you as soon as we can – we are a small team so please be patient, we’re doing the best we can and appreciate your support as you continue to raise vital funds to help us get closer to finding a cure for this devastating disease.

If you have filled in the sign-up form correctly (including Facebook profile name if different) and set up your Facebook Fundraiser, your FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker will be posted to you.

We’re aiming for these to be with you by the 1^st August if you have followed the sign-up steps correctly by the 23^rd July. After that date, we will send them to you as soon as possible as you continue to raise vital funds to help us get closer to finding a cure for this devastating disease.

If you achieve £274 or more, you'll also receive a FREE special medal in September - so go for it!

Once you’ve set up your Facebook Fundraiser, if it doesn’t already, please click ‘edit’ and you’ll see a box on the left that says ‘What’s the title of your fundraiser?’ please edit that to include ‘Cycle 274 Miles in August’. Once you’ve done that please click on the box that says ‘When should your fundraiser end’ and choose the 6^th September, otherwise your fundraiser will close automatically two weeks from the date you set it up and you won’t be able to restart it.

Here are some tips for how you can get your first donation and continue to receive more to help you achieve your goal:

• Donate to your own Facebook Fundraiser to get off the mark (Facebook recommends this to get your Fundraiser off the ground) It will also encourage others to donate to your fundraiser
• Share your Facebook Fundraiser on all your social platforms, with your colleagues, friends and family. Let them know why you are taking on the challenge and ask for donations
• Invite people to your Facebook Fundraiser using the invite button at the top of your fundraising page

Due to the volume of amazing supporters taking part in this challenge, we are unable to change the size of your cycling jersey. We recommend if it is too big to layer clothes underneath. If it is too small and unwearable please email Cycle274@braintumourresearch.org and we will see if we can assist. 

To qualify for the FREE cycling jersey each person taking part needs to register under their own name and set up a Facebook Fundraiser. Once they have signed up and set up a Facebook Fundraiser it will trigger the free gift to be sent to the person who registered and set up the Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research.

We understand that some people may like to join up with others as a team, register under one name and set up one Facebook Fundraiser for them all to use, in this instance you will still only be able to receive one FREE cycling jersey. However, you can buy additional cycling jersey’s here on eBay for £25 

Thank you all for joining us.

If you have set up your Facebook Fundraiser for a different charity, don't worry please just end that one and set up a new one here. Remember to include ‘Cycle 274 Miles in August’ in your title and edit your end date to be the 6^th September, if not already.

Once you've set up your Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research and registered, your FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker will be sent.

Important – please read in full:

If you have already received donations on your Facebook Fundraiser for a different charity, please contact them and ask them to send Brain Tumour Research the money. Please ensure they do that referencing your name and that it was for the ‘Cycle 274 Miles in August’ Challenge so we can attribute it to you. Here’s the link to send them for how to pay us – https://www.braintumourresearch.org/donation/paying-your-money-in

The other charity will receive those funds after you've closed it and they are the only ones who can send it to us on your behalf so we can then attribute it to you.

If you can’t find your Facebook Fundraiser on your Facebook profile page then please visit, https://www.facebook.com/fundraisers/manage

Sometimes Facebook will charge £0.73 when you make a donation to validate if the Facebook account making the payment is real. However, the £0.73 should go back into your account quite quickly after and if not, please contact Facebook.

If you can no longer join us for the Cycle 274 Miles in August Challenge, don’t worry – if you’ve already registered you don’t need to do anything, nothing will happen.

If you have already opened a Facebook Fundraiser you can choose to keep it open and continue to collect donations to help fund the fight against brain tumours or choose to close it if you would prefer.

You can complete this challenge however is best for you whether it’s by yourself, with your friends, family or colleagues. Take part wherever you like, but please ensure you follow the current government guidelines at the time.

Join our Cycle 274 Miles in August Challenge Facebook group here 

Then follow these important steps below:

1. Set up your Facebook Fundraiser here

   If it’s not already, please edit the title to include ‘Cycle 274 Miles in August’ and edit your end date to be the 6^th September or it will close automatically 2 weeks from the date you set it up

2. Register here so we know where to send your FREE gift and printed mile tracker
3. Share your Facebook Fundraiser on your social media, by email and other platforms asking for donations from your friends, family and colleagues to help us get closer to finding a cure for this devastating disease. If you have a personal connection to brain tumours which you don't mind sharing, it will likely help to increase your total

There are lots of apps and fitness watches that can use to track your miles – please remember to share print screens of these with the Facebook Group, on your Facebook Fundraiser and social media channels to help boost your fundraiser.

You can also tick off or handwrite your miles on your printed mile tracker or edit it digitally (paint for example). The printed mile tracker will be sent out to you once you have set up your Facebook Fundraiser and registered.

We have lots of suggestions in the group from people sharing their top recommendations of how to track miles, so make sure to join and get involved – https://www.facebook.com/groups/cycle274milesinaugustchallenge

The reason you have to raise £274 or more for a medal is that it represents the cost of 10% of a day’s research, at one of our Research Centre’s of Excellence, which is an amazing achievement.

As a charity, we have to be careful where we invest our supporter’s money so we can maximise funds for the vital research that is needed. In this instance, we are giving away a FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker, which have a variety of costs associated, and so it is not possible to give away a medal on top of the FREE gift this time.

We really appreciate all the effort our supporters are undertaking right now, particularly in the current climate – it’s a difficult time for everyone including charities and we do really appreciate any donations that we receive whatever their value.

Yes, you do! If you raise £2,740 or more that will be an incredible achievement and will represent the cost of a day’s research at one of our Research Centres of Excellence.

You will be contacted in June about the creation of a unique tile, including a special message, placed on our Wall of Hope at the Centre of your choice. You can find out more here in the meantime 

Thanks to all of you who have asked if you can buy a medal if you don’t reach £274 on your Facebook Fundraiser which will trigger that being sent in June.

Firstly, we want to let you know how much we appreciate all the effort our supporters are undertaking right now, particularly in the current climate – it’s a difficult time for everyone and we do really appreciate any donations that we receive, whatever their value.

We understand the desire to purchase a medal. However, the reason this currently isn’t possible is due to our policy of recognising those who go on to generate 10% of the cost of a day’s research which equates to £274. For those who go on to raise £2,740, a full day of research, they have the opportunity place a tile on our Wall of Hope. In addition, we find many of our supporters enjoy having a donation aim and a reward for meeting this goal.

We understand some of you may be disappointed by this, however, we hope that the FREE cycling jersey and printed mile tracker you can receive, will also be a great reminder of your amazing achievement from completing this challenge, along with the difference you’ve made to the cause, whether you wear it or keep it as a souvenir from taking part.

We hope you understand. Thank you once again and best of luck with the challenge!

1. Go to your profile photo on Facebook and click “update profile picture” then choose “add frame”

2. Type in the search bar “Brain Tumour Research” and choose the Cycle 274 Miles in August frame

3. Click the button which says “Use as profile photo” when you’re happy with how it looks and choose how long it will stay on your photo - we would recommend choosing a month.

4. The Cycle 274 Miles in August Facebook Frame will now appear on your profile photo and your Facebook friends will see this as a new post from you!

Please use this t-shirt guide to help with sizing:

If you would like to buy an additional cycling jersey, please visit our eBay shop here and purchase one for £25 

Please use this t-shirt guide to help with sizing: 

Here are some tips for how you can get your first donation or continue to receive more:

• Donate to your own Facebook Fundraiser to get off the mark (Facebook recommends this to get your Fundraiser off the ground) This will also encourage others to donate
• Share your Facebook Fundraiser on all your social and other platforms, with your colleagues, friends and family. Let them know why you are taking on the challenge and ask for donations – anything they can give will make a difference £4 in the minimum on Facebook Fundraisers
• Invite people to your Facebook Fundraiser using the invite button at the top of your fundraising page – they will be able to donate and see your updates as you complete your challenge

Share your fundraiser:

• At the top of your Facebook Fundraiser, you'll see a button which says "share", click on that and follow the steps to post it to your Facebook page and/ or copy and paste the link (URL) to share it on email, Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, or any other social platforms to ask for donations from specific friends, family or colleagues.

  Tell your story:

• If you have a personal connection to brain tumours which you don't mind sharing please post in on your social media channels and on your Facebook Fundraiser as you ask for donations and it will likely help to increase your total

  Post photos and content:

• As you start your Cycle 274 Miles in August Challenge remember to post about it on your social media with photos of you taking part/ miles you’ve jogged with the link to your Facebook Fundraiser and ask people to donate - people will likely see how amazing you're doing and show their support
• You could post photos of your printed mile tracker with daily or weekly updates or post photos and screenshots of your route and distance
• Why not share a photo of you in your FREE cycling jersey and let people know why you are supporting Brain Tumour Research

• Ask your workplace if they can match fund (double, triple or quadruple) your fundraising total, or give a fixed amount in your name, as this will really help to maximise vital funds and be attributed to you
• Increase your Facebook Fundraiser goal by £100 whenever you're within £50 of reaching it as people are more likely to donate to help you reach your target and see how far you can go to help get us closer to finding a cure
• Post photos and videos on your social media and on your fundraising page as you complete your miles to inspire people to support you - take photos of your printed mile tracker as you record your completed miles
• Share your Facebook Fundraiser on your timeline, if you have a brain tumour connection which you don’t mind sharing, it will likely help increase donations
• Post the link to your Facebook Fundraiser on all of your social media pages and share it via email and WhatsApp asking for donations to help find a cure for brain tumours
• Invite loved ones to your Facebook Fundraiser so they can donate easily
• Are you a member of other Facebook groups? Share your Facebook Fundraiser in those groups and let people know why you are fundraising