Everyone's invited! Captain Sir Tom Moore's family are inviting the world to celebrate his life with an event that everyone can get involved in.
Join TOG Mind and the rest of the nation in #CaptainTom100!
The Captain Tom 100 challenge is an event set up to celebrate the generosity of spirit, and the hope and joy Captain Sir Tom Moore brought to millions. From Friday 30 April to Monday 3 May, we are asking everyone to dream up a challenge based around the number 100. TOG Mind need you more now than ever, join us today, do it your way, and have fun!
About the event:
Friday 30 April 2021 would have been Captain Sir Tom Moore's 101st birthday and the one year anniversary of the extraordinary celebrations following the conclusion of his famous 100 laps of his garden that raised an incredible £38.9 million for the NHS.
Captain Sir Tom Moore's family pledged to celebrate his life with an event that everyone, in the UK and around the world, could get involved in. That event is the Captain Tom 100.
Everyone of all ages and abilities, is invited to take on a challenge around the number 100. Starting on Friday 30 April through to 3 May.
The challenge could be walking 100 steps or running 100 metres, scoring 100 goals, baking 100 cakes, climbing 100 stairs, hopping 100 laps of the garden, building 100 sandcastles, writing an 100 word poem, flipping 100 pancakes - anything at all, inside or outside.
How to get involved:
It's so simple. All you need to do is dream up a challenge, do it 100 times and fundraise for your chosen charity.
There are no rules, apart from the Government guidelines on the roadmap out of lockdown. It's open to everyone. Do it your way, and have fun!
Register with TOG Mind by setting up a Just Giving, or Virgin Money Giving page by visiting the links below:
Register with JustGiving.
Register with Virgin Money Giving.
Use the hashtag #CaptainTom100 to share your challenge on social media.
How we'll support you:
When you register your place with TOG Mind you will receive a welcome email and a digital welcome pack with lots of support and advice on how to raise vital funds through your challenge. You will also have support from our amazing Events Team with any questions you may have.
Need some challenge ideas to get you inspired?
Captain Tom 100 Challenge Ideas
VIRTUAL FUNDRAISING FESTIVAL RAISES SPIRITS AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
Thrive Hive Fest 2021 raises over £900 for Mind
With the extended lockdown leading many employees to experience mental health issues and significant extra stress, a mental health and workplace wellbeing specialist has organised an online festival to raise spirits and raise awareness of mental health issues. In the process, it has also raised funds for Mind, the mental health charity.
Organised by Paul Wolstenholme, founder of Pathlight Ltd, Thrive Hive Fest was streamed online on the weekend of 6-7 February, 2021. The event raised £934.96 for the Tameside, Oldham & Glossop branch of Mind, which has been overwhelmed with referrals for mental health support since the pandemic began. With lockdown restrictions easing this week, the charity cheque was presented on Monday.
The virtual festival featured an eclectic range of thirty established and up-and-coming performers from Greater Manchester and further afield. All of the bands, solo artists and poets, plus a filmmaker and dance theatre, agreed to support the festival free of charge, with all proceeds going directly to the charity.
Paul notes: “The challenges of working from home, home-schooling, money worries and stricter governmental restrictions have seen record numbers of people feeling the strain of isolation, stress, anxiety and depression. There is help available, though. Mind offers a range of services to support mental health and wellbeing through the pandemic and beyond. That’s why so many people were eager to help with Thrive Hive Fest.
“This festival brought together two of my greatest passions: music and mental health. The idea came from a conversation in Pathlight Thrive Hive, a Facebook group I set up at the start of the pandemic. It offers free support, connection and inspiration around mental health and holistic wellbeing. I feel so energised, proud and humbled by the support of all the superb artists and volunteers who kindly gifted their time to this cause. The feedback from festival attendees was fantastic!”
Sid Cooper, frontman of Manchester band LOAstate, said: “I was really excited to be part of Thrive Hive Fest’s fantastic line-up. Raising awareness and promoting positive mental health is more crucial now than ever. The uplifting, connecting power of music is a great way to do that so I was proud to help to banish the lockdown blues that so many people have been feeling.”
The video recording of the festival has just been uploaded for viewing on the Pathlight Ltd YouTube channel.
A brief summary video is available here.
