Join Team #Power2InspireUK for Run Everyone
Power2Inspire is kicking off this Spring 2021 with Run Everyone, an event that aims to promote and showcase inclusive sport in action.
With the postponement of the Cambridge Half Marathon (CHM) to the 17th of October, the CHM have created a virtual running event that gives anybody – and we mean anybody – the opportunity to participate.
The idea for Run Everyone was initially sparked by a conversation surrounding the fact that the conventional half marathon is limited by the nature of the event – some cannot run 13 miles and wheelchairs are not allowed for reasons of space and safety. Run Everyone is an opportunity not only to encourage inclusive sport, but to demonstrate that by adapting a traditional event, anyone can join.
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At Power2Inspire, we are working towards a society where everyone can enjoy sport together, regardless of age, gender, faith, ethnicity or disability.
– John Willis, Founder and Ceo of Power2Inspire
Each Run Everyone participant will be asked to sign up to run for a team, with a £25 entry fee to the organisers. All funds raised will enable Power2Inspire to expand our university PowerHouseGames to at least two additional universities. These PowerHouseGames are inclusive sports days that bring together university students, state, independent and SEN school pupils, led by corporate volunteers.
We are very excited to be launching Run Everyone. During the past year, it has become clearer than ever before that physical exercise, as well as creating a sense of togetherness, are essential to our society.
– Adam Moffat, Event Director of the TTP Cambridge Half Marathon
We have created #Power2InspireUK as our team name to appear at the top of the team list. Please encourage your family, friends, and colleagues to sign up. This is an ideal opportunity for those less mobile to join in, one amazing inclusive community working together, and register with team #Power2InspireUK. Once you and your peers have signed up, invite others to join your team and get training! The bigger we can make our team, the better.
As a Run Everyone participant, you will be able to log the distance you run, walk, or wheel, as long as it meets the 100m minimum. This required distance makes it easy to include children or persons unable to complete a half marathon: however, you will most certainly be surprised by the distances that you and those around you cover over the course of a month! You have the entirety of March to take on the challenges that you and your team set for yourselves – and to exceed your own expectations!
It is our mission to bring community back to the workplaces and clubs of Cambridge by encouraging everyone to get running. Whether you run 100m or 100km, every step counts towards the final goal.
– Adam Moffat, Event Director of the TTP Cambridge Half Marathon
Not only is this event open to everyone, from first-time runners to seasoned athletes, but it also gives you the flexibility to run as much and as far as you want, be it for one day or every day of the month. Every run counts!
All participants will receive a T-shirt and medal for competing, and the more kilometres your team completes, the closer you will get to the top of the leaderboard!
Our goal is to have at least 1,000 participants join us throughout March, with at least 100 disabled people, 10 media and press officers to help spread the word, and £2,500 total funds raised.
Join us this March as we step into the spring with a fresh, goal-oriented, and above all inclusive mindset, to regain the sense of togetherness that we can all achieve through sport and ever-expanding communities.
It really doesn’t matter who you are or what you believe, what’s important is that you get involved in sport alongside other people and have lots of fun. We’ll be entering an inclusive team and look forward to walking, wheeling and running in competition with other businesses and organisations across Cambridge in March.
– John Willis, Founder and CEO of Power2Inspire
Ready to start fundraising?
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More questions?
If you’d like to read more about the Virtual event then head over to the official page by clicking the image below.
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Run Everyone 2021 for Power2Inspire
We are delighted to be an official charity partner for Run Everyone 2021 – Cambridge’s biggest event this March.
This event is open to everyone, from first time runners to seasoned athletes, you can run every day or just one day, every run counts. Everyone will get a t-shirt and medal for competing. Sign up on your own, with your family and friends and join Team #Power2InspireUK – the inclusive team! We would love as many as people, of all backgrounds and athletic abilities to join us to make a big splash as a truly inclusive event.
It costs £25 to enter and we hope everyone will be able to raise some fantastic funds for Power2Inspire as we continue our mission to ensure “No one is left on the bench”! For that you will get a bespoke running top sent to your home before March, fantastic technology, creating exciting leaderboards and interactive maps and a quality medal sent to your home following the event. We also have the opportunity to earn virtual goody bags, as our team clocks up the KM’s.
The event will take place over the month of March 2021 with each team member being entered automatically for both of the two categories available, namely most KM run or fastest Half Marathon.
Our inspirational Founder and CEO, John Willis, has decided to walk 700m every day throughout March, come rain or shine, completing the distance of a half marathon over the month. Would you like to do the same? Or could you do a weekend run pushing the little one in the buggy, or count up all the dog walks through March??
Team #Power2InspireUK will be competing under 6 leaderboards:
- Most members entered per organisation
- Most KM per organisation
- Most KM per individual
- Fastest individual
- Fastest 4 per team
- Most money raised
The minimum age for this event is just 4 years old, so grab your kids, grandparents or work colleagues and let’s get outside, having fun and raising money for a fantastic charity.
To sign up go to the Run Everyone website by clicking the image here and sign up. Don’t forget to join Team #Power2InspireUK when you sign up so that we can all run virtually together as the biggest team for Inclusive Sport.
THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK!
Living Sport Awards 2020
The Living Sport Sports Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of talented sports people, the significant contribution made by coaches and volunteers, and showcases the organisations and clubs who are using sport and physical activity to make a positive impact on people’s lives across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.
We are delighted to announce that our inspirational Founder and CEO, John Willis, has been shortlisted for the ‘Services to Sport Award’ – an award that recognises an outstanding, long-term service to sport.
In a highly competitive category, Living Sport noted
We received some exceptional nominations in this category; well done to all nominees, your dedication and achievements are hugely inspiring.
In more amazing news, Power2Inspire have also been shortlisted for the Matthew Warn Power of Sport Award. This award recognises sport projects or initiatives that have harnessed the POWER OF SPORT to make a positive impact on the lives of under-represented groups in sport. It is for the amazing Seat-Based Exercise Classes in Partnership with Oak Activities that we have been shortlisted.
Since starting in March, at the beginning of the first lockdown, we have had over 300,000 views of our live, online seat-based exercise classes that have helped keep the elderly and disabled community healthy and connected.
In a year defined by unprecedented challenges, and with little face-to-face sport and physical activity taking place, Power2Inspire – driven by John Willis – have adapted and thrived in championing inclusive sport, and bringing it to as many people as possible. We are delighted to have made the final shortlist in both these categories.
The awards will be held online on Thursday 3rd December at 7pm, hosted by Olympic medallist Louis Smith, on Facebook Live. You can access the page by clicking the button.
Thank you to all of our amazing supporters who voted for John and Power2Inspire!
Cambridge Half Marathon 2021
Sunday October 17th 2021
The Cambridge Half Marathon 2021 is to take place through the streets of Cambridge on 17th October 2021. If you would like to pre-register your interest with Power2Inspire please send us your email address. We will then get in touch with more details.
You can find out general information about the event at the official site by clicking below
Zach's story
Back at the beginning of October our CEO John Willis returned to Quilters Junior School in Billericay, Essex for their 3rd Annual Paralympic Week! You can read all about their amazing week by clicking the image.
We just heard back from a parent of one of the young children who took part in the Paralympic Week, and wanted to share their story. At Power2Inspire, we want to inspire those around us through the power of sport – creating a society where nobody is left on the bench. Stories like this make it all worthwhile!
Hi John,
My son Zach came home on Monday very excited about his day. He said he’d learnt new games and you have the same car as us (but better and red!)
As the week went on, he’d been chatting about the different activities, and when I took part in the Year 5 day myself, I was able to ask better questions!
He lit up when I mentioned sitting down netball, he said it was the best game ever. His younger sister Zara asked how you play it, and he eagerly told her. We set up a little court at home and they played for half an hour.
He’s since asked if they might play it at school again soon!
It’s been lovely to meet you!
Best wishes,
Zoe Howe
And it looks like Zach wasn’t the only one inspired!
Check out this fantastic video from two of the teachers at Quilters who invited all 60 of the children involved in Paralympic week to write down some of the ways in which John had inspired them.
Thank you to Miss Theobald and Miss Murray for sharing.