Earn a Medal with our Paget's Fitness Challenge!

As the team here at the Paget’s Association look forward to its 50th anniversary year in 2023, we have launched a fundraising campaign to raise £50,000 by December 2023. Could you take part in our fitness challenge? Alternatively, scroll down for information on how to donate and for fundraising ideas. We are challenging you to feel fitter and healthier by taking part in our Fitness Challenge.  Donations raised by achieving your challenge target will earn a Paget’s Fitness Medal and all money raised helps to support us in reaching our fundraising target of £50,000 for the 50th Anniversary of the Paget's Association in 2023. 

WALK, HIKE, RUN, SWIM, CYCLE, OR WHEEL

We have achievement medals for people of any age or ability who can challenge themselves to go a little further than they normally would. You can walk, hike, run, swim, cycle or, if you use a wheelchair, wheel your way towards your goal.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

1. Set your Fitness Challenge - This is your challenge. You can choose the distance, the place, and the time you will take to do it. It does not matter whether it is half a mile, five miles or a marathon. What matters is that you push yourself safely towards a goal that is a challenge for you and will improve your level of fitness.

2. Choose your Sponsorship Method and Contact us - Once you have decided on your challenge, we can help you get started, whether you are using sponsorship forms or an online sponsorship platform, such as JustGiving.  Contact us here or telephone 0161 799 4646 to request a sponsorship pack containing everything you need to start collecting donations. It does not matter if you have one sponsor or fifty, as long as you are improving your fitness and raising funds at the same time.

3. Make it Worthwhile - Ask your friends and family to sponsor you to raise funds for the Paget’s Association. They may even join you! All funds raised will go towards our 50th Anniversary target and your fitness will have improved.

4. Share your Achievement and Claim your Fitness Medal - To enable us to send you your Fitness Medal, you will need to let us know the details of the challenge you set, what you achieved, and the amount of money raised (please see the amounts required for each medal detailed below). In addition, if you have photos, we would love to see them. Some of you may wish to track your challenge, with a smart device, using an app, such as Fitbit or Strava. If you do this, do send us a screenshot of your achievement from your app.

• Bronze Fitness Medal: £25 minimum
• Silver Fitness Medal: £100 minimum
• Gold Fitness Medal: £500 minimum

Save Paper and Postage - Send an e-card

New Cards Spread Awareness of Paget’s and Help Protect the Environment
If you want to help reduce paper waste and make sending a card easier, you may wish to consider sending an electronic card (e-card), which supports the Paget’s Association at the same time.
By donating the cost of a traditional card and postage, you can support our vital work without being out of pocket. There is a wide range of card designs to choose from, including special designs created by the Paget’s Association
to help raise awareness of Paget’s disease.

Click here for full details

Thank You
We want to pass on our thanks to those of you who have already used this service to send cards to your loved ones, helping to support the work of the Paget’s Association.

A Very Special Gift

The Paget’s Association does not receive any government support and much of our funding comes from gifts kindly left by individuals in their Will.

By including a gift to the Paget’s Association in your Will, you play a part in assisting future research into Paget’s disease, and you could influence the impact that diagnosis has on future generations.

If you have already chosen to remember the Paget’s Association in your will, thank you. Large or small your contribution will always make a difference.

Chocoholics Tombola

Run a tombola at a local event. Here's an idea from one of our members:

Try a "Chocoholics Tombola". To get the best value for money, buy multi-packs of chocolate bars over a period of months, when they were on offer, and split these into individual bars. Also provide larger prizes (boxes of chocolates for example) to make the stall attractive. Have 100 prizes and sell the tickets at 25p each or 5 for £1, with a one in five chance of winning.

Will you share a Pot of Tea for Paget’s or maybe hold a coffee morning?

Why not hold a charity event with your family, friends and neighbours? Your guests for morning coffee or afternoon tea are asked to make a donation to support the work of the Paget’s Association. If you would like a box to collect the donations, please let us know.

All you need are a few key ingredients to make your event a success and join the fight to beat Paget’s disease:

• A venue  – which could be your home
• Some willing volunteers – cake bakers and tea/coffee makers 
• The invitations to send to your family, friends and neighbours - Ask for our 'Pot of Tea for Paget's Invitations'.

How we can help: If you can arrange a larger event for your village, for instance in your local Community Centre or Church Hall, we can supply posters, Paget's leaflets and invitations - call us on 0161 799 4646. 

When you have concluded your tea party, send the funds you have raised to us at The Paget’s Association, Suite 5, Moorfield House, Moorside Rd, Swinton, Manchester, M27 0EW or pay them in online through the donation link.

If you are willing to share the details of your event in our magazine, please do tell us about it and send us your photos.

Recycle for Paget’s?

Recycling is one way in which we can help lessen our use of resources and raise funds to help support those with Paget’s disease.

Jewellery

Do you have any unwanted jewellery you could recycle for Paget’s? This could be gold, silver, costume jewellery, watches (working or not). Even damaged, broken and incomplete items can be recycled. Please contact us for recycling details.

Printer Cartridges

Please contact us for details of which cartridges can be recycled.

Become a Member 

Receive an Information Pack and our quarterly magazine, 'Paget's News'

UK membership - £15 per annum for UK membership

Lifetime UK membership – a one-off fee of £150.

Overseas membership – receiving magazines and information by post to an address outside the UK is £20 per annum.

Are you a Health Professional or Paget's Researcher? Click here for details of free professional membership.

JOIN NOW

If you have any difficulties with the online form or prefer to join via post, please contact our office: telephone 0161 799 4646 or email membership@paget.org.uk