We all have bad health habits that sometimes seem impossible to break, but what about if you have a much bigger problem you wished to succeed for? The issue I'm talking about is bullying and child sexual abuse. Helping a charity that is committed to helping keep children safe from abuse is much more rewarding than seeing the number on the scales decrease, as lovely as that is! So I suggest you ditch the scales and commit to your goal for Kidscape.
Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. They believe that protecting children from harm is key and feel that their work is vital given the frightening statistics that:
•Each year 10-14 youth suicides are directly attributed to bullying (The Home Office)
•Bullied children are 6 times more likely to contemplate suicide than their non-bullied counterparts
•1 in 12 children are badly bullied to the point that it affects their education, relationships and even their prospects for jobs in later life
•66% of paedophiles are known to the child
Kidscape works UK-wide to provide individuals and organisations with practical skills and resources necessary to keep children safe from harm. The Kidscape staff equips vulnerable children with practical non-threatening knowledge and skills in how to keep themselves safe and reduce the likelihood of future harm. This is why I wish to support this charity.
My Proposal to you:
Please consider either option.
A) You commit to the 'QUIT CHALLENGE'. Meaning you quit something you love/rely on for a minimum of a week, but ideally a month. You choose something that will better your health for your own personal self motivation and well-being. Choosing to give up something that will be a challenging for you so friends and family wish to back you.
B) You get behind us and choose to sponsor someone who is doing the 'Quit Challenge'. You sponsor them a recommended £1 donation for every week they complete the challenge and a extra £1 if they do a full calender month so a total of £5 for the whole month. Obviously higher donations are delightful, but every little helps so even smaller contributions are greatly received. You choose what you wish to donate :)
I've wanted for a long time to be involved in helping children suffering, but recently I watched a video recorded by Amanda Todd not long before she took her own life. Not enough was done to help her and it's easy to say we would of done something had we known her, but that doesn't quite cut it. The best we can do now is to try and do something for the next victim.
My past and desire to help people achieve health goals makes me very passionate to get this project of the grown.
How will it work?
Once I have people wishing to be involved I'll get a fundraising page set up. I'll the add the individuals taking part in the desciption and their challenges and you invite friends/family to pop over to the page and sponsor you.
Who will benefit?
The charity, the kids and their parents as well as you improving your own health.
Ideas for the challenge:
♥ Give up the car
♥ Quit smoking
♥ Quit Alcohol
♥ Quit sweet treats or something specific if you have an addiction to something particular i.e chocolate, fizzy drinks etc
When will we commence?
I hope to start middle the of November, but obviously this depends entirely on when I have everything in place to make it happen.
This is what I need:
♥ People to take part in the Quit Challenge
♥ People to sponsor those taking part in the challenge
♥ Businesses to offer their services complimentary - literature designed or printed, raffle prizes to further help fundraising or blogging/promoting about the fundraising campaign etc.
Please leave me a comment if you wish to support this project so I can get it off the ground.
Hoping to make this a big success,
Miss Work it Baby x x x
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