Last Sport Relief saw David Walliams swim the English Channel in just 10½ hours, while 12 brave stars learnt to show-jump for 'Only Fools on Horses'. Take a lead from their example and challenge yourself, your family, friends and colleagues to do something sporty and raise cash at the same time.
The ultimate challenge is doing the Sport Relief Mile where hundreds of thousands of people across the country will take to the streets and go the distance.
The whole of the BBC will be behind Sport Relief 2008 too - delivering brilliant entertainment across TV, radio and online.
With so much planned, Sport Relief 2008 is all set to be a real winner.
Are you up for the challenge?
We're looking for people across the UK to take part in and organise Sport Relief Mile events that are fun and enable you to raise loads of cash for Comic Relief at the same time.
BBC London is adopting a wave of the London Sport Relief mile
Start Time: 12:15 PM. End Time: 5:00 PM, Sunday 16th March 2008
Join Paul Ross on the London Sport Relief Mile
Waves five, six, seven and eight of the Sport Relief Mile will be live on BBC One in the 'Sport Relief Mile Show.' BBC London are adopting wave eight, which starts at 16.25, featuring BBC London 94.9's radio presenter Paul Ross.
Go to bbc.co.uk/sportrelief and select Paul Ross's wave as we try to be the biggest mile of the day! The whole day will be a great event with sports stars and celebs doing various miles. From Dame Kelly Holmes to Sporticus, Davina McCall to Seb Coe.
The London Mile - 16th March 2008
Victoria Embankment - one week to go!
Start Time: 12:15 PM. End Time: 5:00 PM
"I can’t wait to join the thousands of Londoners take to the streets. No excuses – get off your sofa and sign up now!"
Davina McCall
As a London Miler you can look forward to a fun day out while raising mountains of cash. It all begins on Victoria Embankment beside Westminster Bridge where you can get limbered up and enjoy the atmosphere before your Mile kicks off.
Londoners taking part on the day will be in good company – Strictly Come Dancing’s Anton Du Beke, Darts champion Andy Fordham and Sportacus are just some of the famous faces who are calling for Londoners to join them. Other stars joining the run are Tony Hawks, Alex Best, Frank Bruno, Jason Leonard and Wayne Sleep.
There are more London Miles across the capital, read below for more information on events near you.
Dame Kelly Holmes top tips to London Milers:
1) Make sure you have appropriate footwear ie. trainers not shoes and don't forget your socks!
2) There will be thousands of runners so give it a go even if you run, jog, walk and skip
3) Stretch well drink water and have fun!
Interested? Then why not sign up.
There are 23 flagship miles dotted across the UK and hundreds more local miles - so there will be a Sport Relief Mile close to you, use the postcode search on
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to pinpoint your closest one.
If you're interested in organising a Sport Relief Mile you'll need:
- To hold your event on Sunday 16 March 2008.
- To make your event open to the public and accessible to all.
- To be over 18 years old (if you are the organiser).
- To have good organisational skills and buckets of enthusiasm.
- Access to a free venue and a mile course - for example a sports ground, local park, university campus or a space big enough for lots of people.
- A group of reliable and fired up volunteers to help you.
London Sport Relief Miles
London has several miles arranged across the capital including The Lee Valley Park Mile in Enfield, The Chipping Campden Sports Centre Mile and The Beckenham Define Fitness Mile all organised to help raise money for Sport Relief.
To enter these, other mile runs or the main London event visit Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile now, go to
www.sportrelief.com/themile or call 0845 605 8000
(Calls cost no more than 4p per min from BT landlines. Other operator and mobile rates may vary)
How Sport Relief Can Help
As many as one in three young people experience bullying during their childhood. Most will suffer in silence, too scared to tell anyone what is happening to them for fear of making things worse. Thanks to money raised through Sport Relief, Beatbullying is working to create a safe environment for young people by using sport themed activities and discussions to tackle the problem of bullying in schools across Bromley.
Beatbullying is just one example of how raising money can help. For more information on how Sport Relief helps good causes then please visit the website, www.sportrelief.com
