The Brainathlon is a new virtual walk, run and climb event brought to you by three leading neuro research charities: Brain Research UK, Brain Tumour Research and Epilepsy Research UK
Funds will be distributed equally to support research, improve outcomes and help people affected by neurological conditions, including epilepsy and brain tumours.
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Walk 10 miles, run 15 miles and climb 1.2 miles (by walking up 2,500 individual stairs or equivalent) to complete the Brainathlon. Enter as an individual to do all three parts of the challenge yourself, or as a relay team of three with each undertaking one section.
Complete the challenge during Brainathlon Week, Monday 19th April to Sunday 25th April 2021, and raise £100 per person to receive your specially commissioned Brainathlon medal. All funds raised will be divided equally between the three charities to support their inspiring work.
You can undertake your challenge all in one go, or break it up into bite-size parts throughout the week – it's up to you. Keep track of your challenge through your favourite running app for your walk and run sections, and take photos of you climbing some of the 2,500 stairs you will climb. Simply submit your evidence and, combined with reaching your fundraising target online, your Brainathlon will be complete and a well-deserved medal will be yours!
Our team will check your event evidence and that you have raised £100 (£300 as a relay team) before sending you a medal out! For individuals that raise over £300 (£900 as a relay team) we will also send you a t-shirt from each of the charities you are supporting!
You will have the opportunity to select to hear more from the charities you are supporting. Whichever organisation/s you choose to hear from will be in touch once the Brainathlon is complete.
To get you in the mood for the event and to keep you motivated through your training, we have created our very own Brainathlon Playlist.
So 'Don't Stop Believing', you were 'Born to Run'. Just take it 'Step by Step', 'Keep on Movin', climbing 'Higher and Higher' and you'll soon feel 'Top of the World'!
We ask everyone taking part to raise £100 each, setting up their online fundraising page on JustGiving. Everyone who completes the Brainathlon and raises £100 (relay teams who raise £300 cumulatively) will receive a specially designed Brainathlon medal celebrating your amazing achievement in support of three incredible neuro charities.
Our vision is a world where everyone with a neurological condition lives better, longer.
Brain Research UK is the leading dedicated funder of neurological research in the UK. We fund the best science to achieve the greatest impact for people affected by neurological conditions.
There are hundreds of neurological conditions. We fund research to discover the causes, develop new treatments and improve the lives of those affected. It is only thanks to the generosity of our much-valued supporters that life changing, lifesaving research can be funded.
Brain Tumour Research exists to raise the awareness of and grow the funding for scientific research into brain tumours and improve outcomes for brain tumour patients.
We are the only national charity in the UK dedicated to funding continuous and sustainable scientific research into brain tumours. We are a leading voice in this country calling for greater support and action for research into brain tumours.
Epilepsy interrupts the lives of ordinary, extraordinary people. It's invisible. It's unpredictable. It's frightening.
Epilepsy Research UK's vision is 'A life free from epilepsy'. Our mission is to drive and enable life changing, life saving research into epilepsy. We are the only UK charity exclusively dedicated to promoting, encouraging and funding research into the causes, diagnosis and treatments of epilepsy.
We launched the #ALifeInterrupted campaign in October 2020 to highlight the disruptive, interruptive impact of epilepsy, address the inequalities in research funding, and call on people affected by epilepsy to shape the future of research. Find out how you can take part here.
A life free from epilepsy is possible. But only through research.
