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50 Connect

Our summer relay journey in support of Small Sparks!

Could you be part of 50 Connect this Summer? 

We hope most people we support, tenants, colleagues and family members, will join in at least one journey in June and July.

Each journey starts at the home of one person we support or tenant and ends at the home of another.

Because each journey starts where the last one ends, it makes a continuous trail across an Area. A bit like the Olympic torch relay, except instead of a torch, people will carry and add to our ‘Book of Dreams!’

People can do the journey walking or wheeling. Or indeed any other way. Whatever will be an appropriate challenge for that person.

With luck, the person living at the destination might choose to put on a few snacks to welcome the walkers on arrival!

This is a fundraising event. Please help the person you support to fundraise for Small Sparks.

The Book of Dreams

Small Sparks grants are all about helping people to be ambitious with life.

So we’re asking the people we support to write, draw or create something that describes a life ambition.

This will go in the ‘Book of Dreams’ that we’ll send to each Area and be carried – like the Olympic Torch – throughout your route.

At the end, each Area’s Book of Dreams will be a collection of the dreams of each person supported in each Area 

Those ambitions will help us shape people’s support and build our fundraising for Small Sparks grants into the future.

Fundraising

Every penny counts – you don’t need to raise hundreds.

JustGiving is our fundraising platform for Small Sparks. Just click the orange ‘Start Fundraising’ button and go from there.

Your local Operations Director will set up a fundraising team on JustGiving that you can join.

There will be a box of Small Sparks goodies coming to each Area to help you fundraise.

A paper sponsorship form is available along with some simple cash handling instructions.

Don’t forget to share your JustGiving page with friends and family, and on social media once it is set up!

go to JustGivingRequest a paper sponsorship form and cash handling instructions

Getting involved

Get as many people as possible to come on the walk and to join in the fundraising. Make a day of it!

If the person you go to clubs or groups, make sure you talk about it there too. Invite other people along – the more the merrier!

And don’t forget, if people are coming to yours, please make them welcome at the end.

Contact communications@dimensions-uk.org for anything you need

Thank you for getting involved!