We have compiled an A-Z list of activities you or your family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances could try your hands at.

For sponsorship forms, please contact Kate Fitzpatrick and don't forget to set up your own free fundraising sponsorship webpage at Justgiving.com - you can then email your contacts to let them know what you're doing.

A-Z of activities

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Aerobics
Do you belong to a good aerobics class? Why not ask your instructor if they'd set up a marathon? Participants could either be sponsored for working out for a certain amount of time or be charged for entering.

Bike ride
If you're a keen cyclist, you can either join an organised event or set up your own route with, or without friends, and get sponsored per mile.

Bungee jump
Bungee jumping is one of the most popular extreme sports and can be a "must do" for a lot of (strange) people! If you fall into this category why not do a sponsored jump for us - Bungee Extreme specialises in this sport and will help you find a venue and make sure you are safe.

Climbing
Do you like climbing hills and/or mountains? If so, why not get yourself or a group sponsored to put your best feet forward and tackle a local or national peak?

Cricket match
Fancy yourself as a "Freddie" Flintoff? Then why not organise a friendly cricket match asking players to raise sponsorship per run scored or wicket taken.

Darts tournament
You can arrange this at your local pub by asking teams to enter a knock-out tournament over an evening, or even several days or weeks. Simply charge the teams an entry fee and arrange a grand prize or trophy for the winning team.

Diving
If your hobby is scuba diving you can take part in, or organise, a sponsored dive. Participants can either be sponsored for the length of time they stay under water work or for events taking place beneath the surface such as an egg and spoon race.

Dog walk
For those people with their canine friends - why not organise your own, or group, dog walk where you are sponsored per mile or charge an entry fee for participants and their owners?

Exercise
If you love working out at the gym, you could organise a sponsored exercise session and try to get your "gym-phobic" family and friends to join you. People could be sponsored for, say, reaching a certain amount of miles on the treadmill or metres on the rowing machine.

Fish-in
For those who love angling, it seems that sponsored fish-ins are all the rage! Simply charge an entry feel to your participants and they can get themselves sponsored for every catch they make.

Golf days
If you like nothing better than a good round of golf why not approach your local club and see if you can arrange a charity golf day there? Your players and/or teams can pay an entry fee and, whilst having a hard-earned drink at the 19th hole, you could even hold a raffle and award the prizes.

Go-Kart racing
There are loads of go-kart racing tracks around the country and a go-kart competition is great fun for a range of all ages. You could ask people to make a donation on top of the entry fee and raise sponsorship money per lap.

Horse ride
Do you have your own horse or belong to a riding club? If so, you could design your own cross-country route and charge your riders an entry fee while they get sponsored per mile or lap they complete.

Ice-skating
If you live near to an ice rink and like nothing better than gliding on skates, why not set up a sponsored ice-skate? You could charge an entry fee and raise sponsorship per lap completed.

Juggling
A great skill and always entertaining to watch, if you can juggle you could set up a contest to find the person who can juggle the longest. Simply charge an entry fee and award a prize to the winning juggler.

Kickboxing
If you belong to a kickboxing club, why not organised a sponsored "kick-a-thon" where the participants pay an entry fee and compete to see who can do the most kicks in an hour?

Mountaineering
Not afraid of heights and an experienced climber? Then why not set yourself the challenge of conquering a monster such as Ben Nevis whilst raising sponsorship for us?

Parachute jump
If you're feeling brave and you've always wanted to do a parachute jump or skydive - just visit this part of our website to find out how you can do it.

Ping pong
If you have access to a tennis table, why not organise a ping pong tournament with a prize for the winner? Players can pay an entry fee and also be sponsored per winning game.

Rounders/baseball
Popular with both children and adults, rounders is a great game to organise a competition around. Get your teams or individuals to pay an entry fee then award prizes at the end.

Running
Sponsored runs can take on many different forms from marathons to fun runs. Visit this part of our website to find out more.

Snooker or pool tournament
A tournament always add an bit of excitement to an evening in the pub and these can be arranged for an evening or over several days or weeks. Charge teams an entry fee for entering a knock-out tournament and end with a grand final and prize giving to the winning team.

Squash
If squash is your hobby and you belong to a club, why not organise a knock-out tournament and award prizes at the end to the winner? If you don't belong to a club, why not arrange to play against friends and/or colleagues after work or at lunchtime and pay an enrolment fee for charity?

Swimming
If you enjoy messing about in the water, you could take part in, or organise, a sponsored swim. Swimmers could pay an entry fee and raise sponsorship per length they complete.

Tennis
Anyone for tennis? If you belong to a club, why not organise a tournament where players can pay an entry fee? If you don't belong to a club, why not arrange to play against friends and/or colleagues after work or at lunchtime and pay an enrolment fee for charity?

Ten pin bowling
This can be good fun for the whole family as ten pin bowling can be played by a whole range of ages. Simply set up a tournament where players pay an entry fee and award a prize to the winner at the end.

Triathlons
For the super fit there are a number of triathlons, duathlons and aquathlons taking place all over the UK. Most require an entry fee then raising sponsorship is down to you - a comprehensive monthly listing of UK events can be found here.

Walks
A classic way of raising sponsorship for us plus getting fit, the sponsored walk can be as long or as short as you want it to be. The Hughes Syndrome Foundation organises its annual Bridges of London walk on the first Sunday in September - please contact Kate Fitzpatrick if you are interested in joining us, and please feel free to organise your own walk whenever and wherever you want to.

If you can think of anything we've forgotten please contact us and we'll add it to our list!