Venue: BAE Systems Sports & Social Club, Bells Lane, Hoo, Rochester, Kent, ME3 9JD
For their website follow this link or directions to the venue please follow this link
Registration: 6:30pm Firewalk Training: 7:00pm Firewalk: 9:00pm
Spectators are very welcome to gather from TBC onwards.
For more information about the event or to register please contact:
Mrs Emma Dengate, Fundraising Co-ordinator
Telephone: 01634 831 163
E-mail:
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Words alone fail to fully capture the excitement and energy of a sponsored firewalk event and with this in mind we have made a couple of short videos of past sponsored firewalk events facilitated by the firewalking company Time4Change, available to watch online below.
As you watch the highly
energised walkers cross the twenty foot lanes of burning hot coals and
listen to the loud cheering of the crowd and the beat of the drums,
why not imagine yourself as one of those walkers and experience the deep satisfaction which comes from the knowledge you have achieved something truly
extraordinary and in the process raised vital funds for The Wisdom Hospice.
Note: Sometimes due to high bandwidth demands, the videos can take a few moments to load. If this is the case, press the pause button and wait a few moments.
Watching the excitement and energy of a sponsored firewalking event invariably makes people want to find out more about the art and science of firewalking; it's history, how it is possible and what happens on the actual night of an event. With this in mind, the events company Time4Change have compiled a frequently asked questions document which can be read on-line follow this link or you can download the document through the link (FAQ) at the bottom of the page.
Once you have imagined just how good it will feel to take part in The Wisdom Hospice Halloween Sponsored Firewalk Event, all you have to do to ensure your place on the walk is contact Fundraising Co-ordinator Mrs Emma Dengate at the above number/email or alternatively you can instantly download the application and other forms at the bottom of the page, print them off and return them to the address provided.
How much do I need to raise so I can participate in this event?
In order to secure your place on the event we ask each participant to provide a deposit of £25 and pledge to raise a minimum of £100 in sponsorship monies (but obviously we encourage you to raise far more!). We provide you with a firewalking DVD to show potential sponsors and information sheets, posters (to put up for example on your workplace notice board) and sponsor forms are available from the buttons at the bottom of the page. We also suggest you direct your sponsors to this web page and the video through emails or mobile texts (just copy the link "www.t4c.org.uk/wisdomhospice") so they can see for themselves exactly what you are undertaking in aid of The Wisdom Hospice).
A GREAT WAY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO COLLECT THEIR SPONSORSHIP MONEY ON-LINE
IS TO VISIT THE JUST GIVING WEBSITE
A way of saving lots of time and energy collecting sponsorship money is to go to the Just Giving
website and create your own personal fundraising account, which takes about five
minutes to do. This consists of an individual web page complete with details
of the fundraising event (don't forget to add the link to
this page as well). You then email the page's address to everyone you know and people can sponsor you by making an electronic
payment via credit/debit card or PayPal. It's very quick and easy and in addition to this, Just Giving automatically collects Gift Aid on behalf of each charity (under the Gift Aid scheme, charities can reclaim an extra 25% in tax on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer which makes each charity around £12 for every £10 donated)
For more information about Just Giving please click on this link
In addition to this, many companies now offer matching sponsorship and will donate an amount equal to what you raise personally to the charity concerned. Why not find out if the company or organisation you work for offers this. It's a great way to boost the amount you raise!
Note: All cheques should be made payable to "The Friends of The Wisdom Hospice"
Not only is this a once in a lifetime experience, compared to other ‘extreme’ events such as sponsored parachuting or trekking abroad, both the amounts you are required to raise and the initial costs are far lower (which means a bigger percentage of what you raise goes straight to The Wisdom Hospice). Firewalking is such an ‘unusual’ activity that people are not only more willing to sponsor an individual who is taking part in a fundraising firewalk; they are far more likely to offer higher levels of sponsorship.
APPLICATION FORM, SPONSOR FORM, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SHEET & POSTERS ARE AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT OFF BY CLICKING ON THE ICONS BELOW.
Note: Just click on each button below for the relevant documents. In order to open and print any PDF documents you will need Adobe Reader. Most computers have it installed but if not, you can simply download it by following this link
Some of the files may take a few moments to download as we are dependent on the demands on our bandwidth and the download speed of your internet connection.
Note: for a large [5meg] version of the above poster for printing please click on this
link
