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40 in 40

40 in 40

1st

FEB

2025

1st February - 12th March

Registration deadline: 5th March

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What will you do over 40 days to mark St Helena Hospice’s 40th anniversary?

Take part in our virtual challenge to celebrate 40 years of hospice care.

This virtual challenge is free to enter and takes place from 1st February to 12th March 2025. All we ask is that you raise £40 (or more) for completing your challenge, or be a St Helena Hero and donate £40 upon entry which could cover the cost of a doctor for an hour. 

Below we've shared some ideas for what you could do for your 40 in 40, but you can be as creative as you like and choose to do whatever you fancy to support the hospice!
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Ideas for all ages and abilities

  • Write a 40 word poem or story about what St Helena Hospice means to you
  • Sell 40 cupcakes, bracelets or something you can make
  • Send 40 postcards 
  • Play 40 board games 
  • Read 40 books 
  • 40 acts of Kindness
  • Donate 40 items to our charity shops
  • Organise a raffle with 40 prizes
  • Write a poem every day for 40 day
  • Meet 40 new people
  • Volunteer for 40 hours over 40 days
  • Go to 40 new places
  • Try 40 new dishes
  • Learn a new skill in 40 days
  • Collect 40 different stamps
  • Keep a diary for 40 days
  • Spend more time with family and friends for 40 days
  • Grow a plant in 40 days

Fitness specific ideas

  • Walk 40 miles in 40 days 
  • 40 squats a day for 40 days
  • 40 sit ups a day for 40 days
  • 40 lunges a day for 40 days 
  • Swim/cycle/run 40 miles (or km) in 40 days (or every day for 40 days)

Read the 40 in 40 terms and conditions here and our FAQs below. 

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When you make a donation to St Helena Hospice, we are charged transactional fees by other companies, including fees for processing payments made to us, looking up addresses and validating bank account details.

We are very grateful to our donors who offer to offset some of these fees with a minor addition to their total amount. This is however completely optional and we are very grateful for your support whether or not you choose to contribute to processing fees.

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About Gift Aid

We are able to claim an extra 25p on every £1 on your donation amount for no extra cost to you, as long as you are a UK tax payer; have paid enough income tax or capital gains tax in that tax year; and are donating your own money. If you pay less income tax and/or capital gains tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all of your donations in that tax year it is your responsibility to pay any difference. For more information about Gift Aid, please visit https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid
 

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