At SMB College Group, we're encouraging all staff and students (and their families!) to take part in the '100 Miles in March' challenge to support Shelterbox!

You can walk, run, swim, cycle, skate, horse ride - whatever gets you out and about.

Looking after our physical and mental health is very important, so we're taking the opportunity to get active, raise awareness and generate donations for Shelterbox.

ShelterBox is responding after a series of powerful earthquakes hit Türkiye (formerly Turkey) and northern Syria.

Powerful earthquakes have ravaged southern Türkiye (formerly Turkey) and northern Syria, killing more than 45,000 people and damaging 57,000 buildings.

Homes have been destroyed or left unsafe and people have been sleeping in the open. The freezing temperatures create an immediate risk to life for people who are too afraid to return home or have no home to go back to.

In northwest Syria many buildings were already damaged by years of civil war, and that’s where some of the worst damage has been reported.

With 3 million people already displaced by the war, Syria is at breaking point. Families are facing harsh living conditions, freezing temperatures and diseases like cholera. They have faced the destruction of war, only to be hit again by these events.

Simply track your distance using a either a fitness tracker on a watch or phone, or standard paper and pen if it's easier, to keep a note of how far you travel each day.

Why not take part as a group?

A little friendly competition between friends can help motivate us to stick to our goals!

You can set up your own JustGiving page and join our team, so we can see how we're doing collectively.

Any questions?

If you have any questions, please speak to Jess Newton in the Progress Tutor Team :)

Good luck!