Sue Ryder

We support people living through the challenges of life-changing illness. We support people in our residential and day centres, day clinics, in the community or at home. We help people affected by cancer, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, stroke, brain injury and life changing illnesses.

Testimonials from previous participants

"Taking part in a Big Wigs Challenge is brilliant for lots of reasons. It develops teambuilding and builds entrepreneurial skills. It is a clever and effective way to raise unexpectedly large amounts of money for Sue Ryder. And it is great for networking. So why would anyone not get involved – go for it!”

Geoff Burch, Business guru, author and star of BBC2s recent hit programme – All over the shop

"We took part in Big Wigs as part of our charity adoption to challenge ourselves as a team. We did various fundraising activities including a company football fun day. The competition brought different departments within Royal Mail together that would not normally work together and boosted morale within the organisation at a difficult time."

Royal Mail

"We have had a fantastic time taking part in Big Wigs. All the staff got involved and their imaginations ran wild with ideas! Our personal highlight would have to be our Bad Taste Day and Bike-a-thon. All the staff dressed up in bad taste and our Lab Technician, Steve McCauley, cycled 26.3 miles on an exercise bike outside the branch. Everyone that we approached was more than willing to donate for such a good cause. We will definitely get involved in 2010!"

Specsavers

“We found is that this event really brought out the best in people, from staff leadership and organisation to friendly competition amongst members. We also had some great publicity from taking part in the Challenge and appeared on BBC Radio Berkshire as well as having coverage in the local papers. We smashed our target of £3,000 and raised over £4,000 through a series of sponsored events including a river walk, an in house sponsored virtual channel crossing, raffles, a silent auction and a sponsored slim."

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