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Downright Excellent

TAKE-ON 21 CHALLENGE

Join us in completing a combined 2100 miles during March, to mark Down Syndrome awareness day on 21st March. Run, walk or cycle a distance of 21 miles (or more) during March and get friends, family and  workmates to sponsor you.
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Love is in the air! And so is spring and sunshine and warmer weather (fingers crossed)!! To celebrate all this, we are inviting you to join us in DExs TAKEON-21 challenge, walking 2100 miles during march, to mark the Down Syndrome awareness day on 21st March.

A simple way for you to stay active, enjoy the outdoors and raise some vital funds for DEx and create awareness of Down Syndrome, all while having lots of fun.

Here's a 2min 'How to' video to help you get set up!

The challenge details:

Take part by yourself or get all the family involved and sign-up to run, walk or cycle a distance of 21 miles during March.

Set up your Just-giving page, link it with Strava* and Get your friends, family, and workmates to sponsor each mile you walk and raise a minimum of £100 (although the more the merrier

Even if you're unable to fundraise, please do join in and log your miles so together we can cover the distance of 2100 miles during March.

Get creative!! Run in a fancy dress, walk in heels or cycle in circles in your own back garden, do it in style and remember to share your photos with us, tagging DEx and using #takeon21challenge

Helpful tips:

*Here is 30min how to webinar (including integration with Strava): How to leverage fitness tracking and achieve fundraising success https://pages.justgiving.com/fitness-strava.html

Do check if your employer has a match-funding scheme, and you can easily double up your donations.

For any queries, please contact: chair@downrightexcellent.com

Lets get those Miles in March!

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Downright Excellent

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Downright Excellent is a London charity which provides vital services and support to children with Down syndrome and their families. Specifically, we provide speech and language therapy, educational stay and play sessions, plus invaluable training and support for parents, carers and siblings.

Donation summary

Total raised
£17,838.45
+ £3,306.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£17,838.45
Offline donations
£0.00
Direct donations
£170.00
Donations via fundraisers
£17,668.45

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