This is a year long challenge to all our members, supporters and friends to cycle/walk/run around the coastline of the mainland UK, which I am told is about 5,000 miles, over the coming 12 months.

The aims of the event are to raise much needed funds for the work of Afasic; raise awareness of the hidden disability of speech, language and communication impairments; and raise awareness of Afasic and how we can help. If you decide to take part you should therefore look to get sponsored and publicise your participation in the challenge.

You can do this on your own, in groups, just once, or have as many trips as you want. It could be for a few hours, a day, a weekend, a week or a number of different trips, it is entirely up to you. The only stipulation is that there is a minimum distance of 1 mile, other than that you can do as much or as little as you want.

All we ask is that you let us know what you plan to do / have done towards it; let us know where you start and finish so that we can map it all, and send us your photos and stories. It would be especially great to hear from anyone with a special story about their trip, anyone doing a long distance, raising large amounts of sponsorship, doing a distance in the most unusual way (e.g. backwards, on a unicycle, in fancy dress etc), children or young people taking part etc!

We will hold a central master map and can advise people what bits of the coastline have been done already to avoid duplication of effort. Please encourage others to join in and so help us to raise as much money and publicity as possible.

To enter, and for more information, help and resources for this challenge please contact Mark Thompson.

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