The BIG Challenge 2021

Challenge yourself to help our community

What's The BIG Deal with The BIG Challenge?

The BIG Challenge is an initiative where students participate in a series of actionable challenges that promote physical and mental wellbeing which ultimately support our local Sheffield charities.

Its purpose is to provide opportunities for students to do something different that benefits both themselves and a local charity. Plus, it's a chance to have some fun through friendly competition, contribute to the Hallam Award for those pursuing it, win some special prizes and do some good for our community.

How It Works

Decide which individual or group challenge you want to tackle (see the options below for more info) - You can do more than 1 challenge!
- If you want to take the group challenge you'll need to find 3-4 other SHU friends who want to take part (one member must be from the College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences)
Pick your charity
Register at the bottom of this page
Participate in your challenge(s) between the 15th March and 23rd April
Keep a record of your activities and share these using #shuBIGchallenge on social media, and respond to our regular check-ins
Compete to see who can raise the most awareness and donations
Attend our awesome virtual celebration event at the end of the challenge

CHALLENGES

Challenge 1

Individual 30-day challenge

Try something new for 30 days and collect items for charity

Challenge 1 (Click the arrow to view more info)

In this Individual Challenge, you have 30 days to make an impact in doing something that also benefits you.

Pick an activity that you would like to try for 30 days (e .g. hoola-hooping, meditation, drawing, poetry or doing a certain number of pressups/situps/lunges each day). Alternatively, you could spend your 30 days using social media to raise awareness of your chosen charity and the work they are doing while collecting donations.

Promote what you are doing via social media and ask for donations specific to your chosen charity: depending on your charity, it can be collecting food or toiletries, or raising awareness on social media platforms.

For more information about this challenge and how to collect items for your chosen charity, click here.

Challenge 2

One-off 'Rise to the Challenge'

Sign up for a one-off event to showcase your talent - with donations as your entry fee

Challenge 2 (Click the arrow to view more info)

In this Challenge, we are asking you to show us your creative side and enter our one-off 'Rise to the Challenge' event!

You can sign up to one of the following:

Run a virtual 10km race
Create a dance video
Bake a 'show stopper' cake
Create a piece of artwork or creative writing

To enter, you must provide a donation of items for your chosen charity as your 'entry fee' and submit evidence of your 'Rise to the Challenge' by Thursday 22nd April 2021. Each event will be judged by our panel with prizes for the winners.

For information about the 'entry fee' and how to submit your 'Rise to the Challenge' entry, click here.

Challenge 3

30 Day Corporate-Sponsored Challenge

Raise funds with every km walked/ran

Challenge 3 (Click the arrow to view more info)

Get active with this Challenge! Each group of 4-5 students will have 30 days to walk (or run if you're feeling ambitious) as far as they can using our Strava account. For every km travelled, a corporate sponsor will match a donation to one of the four charities that you designate. The more you run and post it on social media, the more you could raise for your charity!

Click here for more information about the corporate challenge.

Questions?

Contact Sree and Chae to get more information about the project

Chae - c0035957@my.shu.ac.uk Sree - c0048705@my.shu.ac.uk

Or post a question on our FAQ board

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