"Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge"- FAQs

It’s simple! You can take part in this challenge anywhere and however is best for you – all you need to do is jog 26.2 miles throughout May.

The challenge can be completed wherever you like. Jog your 26.2 miles in your local area, at the gym, on a treadmill or even clock up the miles in your garden. Choose whether you will head out to complete a daily distance or mix it up each time, jog every day or a few times a week, or you could even challenge yourself to do all 26.2 miles in one go! It’s your challenge, your way.

Take part by yourself, or as part of a group with family, friends or colleagues – the choice is yours!

It’s FREE to get involved in our Jog 26.2 Miles in May challenge. Just follow these simple steps to get started:

• Complete your registration and open your fundraising page in just a few seconds here: https://givp. https://givp.nl/register/5lpXf66c
• Choose from the two fundraising options available (Facebook or JustGiving) and click the applicable “Activate” button highlighted in blue or purple

And that’s it – you’re ready to go!

When you have registered, set up your fundraising page and got your first donation, we’ll send your FREE emoji t-shirt and fundraising pack. Please note this may take up to 10 working days to arrive.

Now join our friendly Facebook Group here: www.facebook.com/groups/670743274828715  for further help on how to get started and enjoy lots of support throughout your challenge!

Important:

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

To register and set up your fundraising page for Brain Tumour Research, please click this link: https://givp.nl/register/5lpXf66c It takes just a few seconds to get set up. 

Our Facebook Challenge Group has been set up for people fundraising for Brain Tumour Research. This challenge is all about a group working towards a common goal. These challenges take a lot of time and resources to run, and we risk losing money if the funds raised are donated to a different organisation. If you’d like to fundraise for a different cause, we recommend getting in touch with that charity directly and asking the best way you can support them. 

Once you have successfully registered, set up your Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page and got your first donation, you will be eligible to receive your FREE emoji t-shirt and printed mile tracker.

Getting your first donation will automatically trigger us posting your free goodies. Please allow up to 10 working days for these to arrive with you.

Remember, if you register under a name that is different to your name on Facebook, please include both in the sign-up form where indicated. Failure to do this will mean you will not receive your free emoji t-shirt and printed tracker in the post, because we won’t be able to match your fundraising page to a registration form. 

Once you have registered and set up your Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page for Brain Tumour Research, getting your first donation will automatically trigger us sending your FREE gift out to you.

You can either get your fundraising page started by donating yourself or you can ask a friend, family member or colleague to donate to your page.

A great way to get the ball rolling is to share your fundraising page as widely as possible. On Facebook, use the ‘invite’ button (you’ll find this at the top of your fundraising page) to share your fundraiser with all your friends, family and colleagues. You can easily find your Facebook Fundraiser here: www.facebook.www.facebook.com/fundraisers/manage

If you are raising funds via JustGiving, click the ‘share’ button on your page to share it on all your social media channels, as well as via email and WhatsApp.

Please allow 10 working days after getting your first donation for our volunteers to ship your emoji t-shirt and printed tracker to you. We appreciate your support as you continue to raise vital funds to help us get closer to finding a cure for this devastating disease.

At present, we do not stock our emoji t-shirts in children’s sizes. However, should your child wish to take part in the challenge with you, we have children’s Brain Tumour Research t-shirts available to purchase on our store here: https://shop.braintumourresearch.org/products/childrens-t-shirt

Please refer to the size guide below for assistance when ordering. 

The below guide will help you determine what size t-shirt to order. 

If you are taking part as a family or group and would like to purchase additional t-shirts for your challenge, you can do so via our shop: https://shop. https://shop.braintumourresearch.org/products/emoji-t-shirt

Your emoji t-shirt and printed tracker will be posted to you once you have registered, set up your Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page and got your first donation. Please allow up to 10 working days for your free goodies to arrive with you. This accounts for any potential delays in the postal system.

Whilst you wait for your t-shirt and tracker arrive, you can access your downloadable fundraising pack which includes lots of useful tools to help with your fundraising, as well as a printable tracker so you can get started with your challenge. Download your fundraising pack here.

Due to the number of amazing supporters taking part in this challenge, we are unable to change the size of your t-shirt. If your t-shirt is too big, we recommend layering clothes underneath. If it is too small and unwearable, please email jog26miles@braintumourresearch.org and we will see how we can assist.

To qualify for the FREE emoji t-shirt each person taking part needs to register under their own name and set up a Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page. Once they have got their first donation, this will trigger the free gift to be sent to the person who registered and set up the page for Brain Tumour Research.

We understand that some people prefer to take part as a team, register under one name and set up one fundraising page for the whole team to use. In this instance, you will still only be able to receive one FREE emoji t-shirt. However, you can buy additional t-shirts from our shop here: shop.braintumourresearch.org/products/emoji-t-shirt

Welcome back! We’re thrilled to have you on the team for 2023. If you have previously taken part in Jog 26.2 Miles in May and raised vital funds for Brain Tumour Research, you will also receive a FREE insulated water bottle, along with your emoji t-shirt, upon getting your first donation. It’s our way of saying a little thank you for your continued support.

We hope you’ll enjoy this challenge as much as you have in previous years – don’t forget to support your fellow joggers in the Facebook Group here.

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

Once you have set up your Facebook Fundraiser, please check your page to ensure it has been set up correctly. If required, you can edit the title of your fundraiser and your end date. To do this click ‘edit’.

You will see the option ‘What’s the title of your fundraiser?’ Please edit that (if not done already) to ‘Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge’.

You will also see the option ‘When should your fundraiser end?’ – please ensure your fundraiser is set up to end on Wednesday 7^th June 2023 or it will close automatically two weeks from the date you set it up. Once a fundraiser is closed, it cannot be reopened.

The video below shows you how to edit your fundraiser:

If you have set up your Facebook Fundraiser for a different charity, don’t worry! Please end that fundraiser and set up a new one for Brain Tumour Research here: https://givp.nl/register/5lpXf66c

Remember to include ‘Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge’ in your title and edit your end date to be Wednesday 7^th June 2023 if not done already.

Once you have set up your Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page for Brain Tumour Research, completed the sign-up form and got your first donation, your FREE emoji t-shirt and printed tracker will be sent to you.

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 the money to Brain Tumour Research. Please ensure the charity references your name and states the funds were raised for ‘Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge’ when they send the money, so we can attribute these funds to you and include in your overall fundraising total. Please send them this link: www.braintumourresearch.org/jog-26.2-miles-paying-in to pay us the funds.

The other charity will receive those funds after you’ve closed the Facebook Fundraiser. They are the only ones who can send it to us on your behalf. 

Unless you extend the end date, a Facebook Fundraiser will close automatically two weeks from the date you set it up. Once a Facebook Fundraiser has ended, it cannot be restarted, but don’t worry. Please just set up a new Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research here:  https://givp.nl/fb/5lpXf66c

Remember to include ‘Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge’ in your title and edit your end date to Wednesday 7^th June 2023, if not already.

If you have set up multiple Facebook Fundraisers, don’t worry. We will be able to attribute the funds from both pages to you internally to give you a combined total for your challenge. Please email us via jog26miles@braintumourresearch.org and we can ensure this is done for you. 

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. If not, please contact Facebook to assist.

Here are some top tips to help you achieve your first donation and trigger your FREE emoji t-shirt and printed mile tracker:

• Donate to your own Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page to get it off the mark (Facebook recommends this too) as this will encourage others to donate to help you achieve your target
• Share your Facebook Fundraiser or JustGiving page on all of your social platforms with your family, friends and colleagues letting them know why you are taking on the challenge and explaining that they can support you and donate in just a few clicks – £4 is the minimum donation on a Facebook Fundraiser and anything they can give will make a difference
• Invite people to your Facebook Fundraiser using the ‘invite’ button at the top of your fundraising page or use the ‘share’ button on your JustGiving page to share it on all your social media channels

You can find your Facebook Fundraiser page anytime by clicking here:  http://www.facebook.com/fundraisers/manage For more top fundraising tips throughout the challenge, head to our friendly Facebook Group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/670743274828715

It’s a proven fact that the more you share your fundraising page across your own social platforms, the more donations you will get.

• Click the ‘share’ button (you’ll find this at the top of your Facebook Fundraiser or under your fundraising total on your JustGiving page) and follow the steps to post it to your own social media pages and/or copy and paste the link (URL) to share it via email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp or any other social platforms to ask for donations from friends, family and colleagues
• If you have a personal connection to brain tumours which you don’t mind sharing, tell your story on your fundraising page and when you post this on your social media channels as you ask for donations – when your friends and family see how much raising vital funds for Brain Tumour Research means to you, they will be inspired to support you
• Keep sharing updates throughout your Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge – post photos of you taking part, share how many miles you’ve completed so far and include the link to your fundraising page asking people to donate
• Post photos of your printed tracker with daily or weekly milestones achieved – you could even encourage people to join you explaining that there are so many easy ways they too can complete 26.2 miles in a month and support a great cause
• Don’t forget to share a photo of you in your FREE emoji t-shirt and let people know why you are supporting Brain Tumour Research 

In order for Brain Tumour Research to claim Gift Aid on donations to your Facebook Fundraiser, we need you to encourage your donors to tick the Gift Aid option when making their donation to your fundraising page – if they are eligible. They’ll then be prompted to enter their details by Facebook which will allow Brain Tumour Research to claim Gift Aid on their behalf.

Any cash donations that you collect throughout your challenge should be listed on a Brain Tumour Research sponsorship form which you can download in your digital fundraising pack here.

The key information we need in order to be able to claim Gift Aid is the name of the taxpayer, house number and postcode. Unfortunately, we can’t claim Gift Aid on group donations – it must be from an individual. You can send your completed sponsorship form to us via post at the end of your challenge. Alternatively, a scanned copy or photo of the sponsorship form is also fine provided we can easily read the above details. 

If you can no longer join us for the Jog 26.2 Miles in May 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. 

There are lots of apps and fitness watches that can track your activity for you and lots of phones have a built-in tracker. Screenshots of your app or fitness watch can be uploaded to your fundraising page and shared with your friends and family on your personal social media pages to help encourage donations. You can even handwrite your miles on your printed tracker which we will send to you once you get your first donation.

Let your fellow challengers know you are getting on by posting in our friendly Facebook group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/670743274828715

We ask you to raise £137 or more to receive a medal because that figure represents the equivalent of 5% of the cost of a day’s research at one of our Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence, which is an amazing achievement.

As a charity, we must be careful where we invest the money raised by our supporters so we can maximise funds for the vital research that is so desperately needed if we are to find a cure for brain tumours. For this challenge, we are giving away an emoji t-shirt and printed tracker, which have a variety of costs associated, and so it is not possible to give away a medal as well at this time. We really appreciate the effort our supporters are putting in right now, particularly in the current climate. We understand that many are facing a difficult time – including charities – and we do really appreciate all donations we receive of any value.

Many supporters have already achieved their £137 target and more! For some helpful fundraising tips, check out your digital fundraising pack and keep an eye on the Facebook Group for regular help from Brain Tumour Research.

We will begin sending out the FREE special medals in batches in June to those who have raised £137 on their fundraising page and signed up correctly. 

Well done on achieving £137 or more! This represents the equivalent of 5% of the cost of a day’s research at one of our Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence and is a great achievement. We are so grateful to you for your hard work and determination in raising these vital funds.

Medals are being sent throughout June to celebrate that great achievement. Once you have raised £137, you will automatically become eligible to receive a medal. You do not need to do anything or contact anyone to receive your medal.

Firstly, we want to let you know how much we appreciate the effort our supporters are putting in right now, particularly in the current climate. We understand many people are facing a difficult time and we do really appreciate all donations we receive of any value.

We understand the desire to purchase a medal. However, currently this isn’t possible. This is due to our policy of recognising those who raise £137, which represents the equivalent of 5% of the cost of a day’s research at one of our Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence. Those who go on to raise £2,740 to sponsor a full day of research at one of our Research Centres can place a tile on our Wall of Hope. In addition, we find many of our supporters enjoy having a donation target and a reward for meeting this goal.

We understand some of you may be disappointed by this, however, we hope the FREE emoji t-shirt and printed tracker you receive for getting your first donation will also be a great reminder of your amazing achievement.

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

Yes, if you raise £2,740 or more you can sponsor a day of research at one of our Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence.

You will be contacted about the creation of a unique tile, including a special message, to be placed on our Wall of Hope at the Research Centre of your choice.

You can find out more here: www.braintumourresearch.org/fundraise/sponsor-a-day

If you raise £137 or more, which represents the equivalent of 5% of the cost of a day’s research, our team will send you a FREE special medal in June. If you’d prefer not to receive a medal, please email us at jog26miles@braintumourresearch.org  and our team will be able to update your preferences. 

Well done! If you’ve raised £274 that means you have raised the equivalent of 10% of a day’s research at a Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence. Thank you! To celebrate this great achievement, you’ll be entered into a prize draw with a chance of winning a £250 retail voucher. The draw will take place after the challenge has finished and the winner will be contacted via email. Please make sure the details you have given us on your registration form are correct.

We understand that not everyone has a Facebook account or there will be people who wish to donate in cash and that’s no problem! You can still collect donations from those people.

Download the sponsorship form which is included in your digital fundraising pack, which you can find here. This is a great tool to carry with you to collect donations on the go.

You can pay in offline donations routinely or altogether using the link here.

Please ensure your name and‘Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge’ are always quoted as a reference so we can add these funds to your total. You can add this information in the comments box at the end of making your donation.

Important: Please can we ask you NOT to pay cash donations into your own bank to transfer them to your fundraising page. This goes against Facebook guidelines and can result in Meta placing a security barrier on your account. This can cause the loss of your donate button, fundraising page or even you becoming banned from future fundraising under their anti-money laundering policies. We understand it would be helpful to see all your donations in one place but rest assured if you pay them in via our website link here, our team will attribute these funds to you to give you one overall total at the end of your challenge.

Any offline donations will be added to your overall fundraising total at the end of your challenge and count towards reaching that £137 to get your FREE special medal.

Alternatively, for those who are happy to donate via card, but do not have a Facebook account, you can set up a JustGiving page here: www.justgiving.com/fundraising-page/creation

A JustGiving link can also be shared via WhatsApp, text message and email, as well as across all your social media pages.

No, Facebook only shows donations collected on their platform on your Facebook Fundraiser. But don’t panic! We can attribute any funds you raise outside of Facebook to you and your personal fundraising total.

To do this, when donating via the paying in page here: www.braintumourresearch.org/jog-26.2-miles-paying-in  we require you and your donors to reference your name and the‘Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge’ in the comments box so our finance team can allocate the funds correctly. If this is done, our finance team will be able to attribute your offline donations along with your Facebook Fundraiser to give you a combined final total at the end of your challenge.

Don’t forget – if you raise £137 or more in total you will receive a FREE special medal in June.

You can pay in any offline donations you have received for your Jog 26.2 Miles in May Challenge here: www.braintumourresearch.org/jog-26.2-miles-paying-in

Please ensure that you quote your full name in all correspondence so we can identify your donation and attribute it to you and your fundraising total.

Important: Please can we ask you NOT to pay cash donations into your own bank to transfer them to your fundraising page. This goes against Facebook guidelines and can result in Meta placing a security barrier on your account. This can cause the loss of your donate button, fundraising page or even you becoming banned from future fundraising under their anti-money laundering policies. We understand that it would be helpful to see all your donations in one place but rest assured if you pay them in via our event link here, our team will collate and attribute these funds to you to give you one overall total at the end of your challenge.

If you have any cheques to pay in, please send us the cheque along with your full contact details (full name and salutation, address and postcode, a contact phone number and email address) so we can send a thank you email or letter.

Please make cheques payable to:

Brain Tumour Research

Suite 37, Shenley Pavilions

Chalkdell Drive

Shenley Wood

Milton Keynes

MK5 6LB