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Event Details
When: Friday 4th June 2010
Start Time: 10pm Finish sometime after 12.30am
Where: We start and finish at Custom House Square, Belfast
Distance: 5 miles approximately
What to wear? Whatever you like, however fancy dress or wearing purple will attract spot prizes and add to the fun. To help you we will be providing every registered walker with an official hospice purple t-shirt!
We suggest reasonably sensible shoes as 5 miles is quite a long walk! Also you will want comfortable shoes for the warm up time in the square
Do- come prepared with an outer layer of clothing as it may get a bit cool as the midnight hour approaches.
Walk Facilities: We hope to have a choice of local vendors selling refreshments in Custom House Square throughout the event and portaloos on- site.
The evening will commence at 10pm with an hour of fun and entertainment led by U105’s radio road show and a big group warm up before the walk commences from Custom House Square.
There will be spot prizes awarded for the best fancy dress and person most eye catching in purple…(our hospice colour)…so feel free to dress up wild and wacky if you wish.
Fancy dress is optional and all participants who register will automatically receive a hospice t-shirt to wear on the night with pride.
Why Walk?
Last year our Midnight Walk was a huge success, it attracted over 300 walkers and raised £15,000 towards the cost of caring for 3,250 adults, children and young people living with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses here in N.Ireland.
If you helped support the event last year a very big thank you!
This year we want to raise £25,000 which will be enough to fund the cost of a hospice nurse for a year at the Adult Hospice in Somerton Road, Belfast, and ties in with us celebrating our 25th anniversary.
About the walk
Our walk takes in some of Belfast’s key landmarks such as the City Hall and Queens University and is open to men, women and young people over 13 years, provided they are accompanied by a parent/guardian.
We are hoping for an exciting party atmosphere and the order of the evening is Fun! Fun! FUN!, with lively action and spot prizes for best fancy dress and the person who looks most eye-catching in ‘Purple’. .our hospice colour!!! So dress up wild or as wacky as you like, even get your face painted with our hospice logo…its all in a good cause after all!
Want to walk in memory of a loved one?
Walkers can, if they wish, walk in memory of someone special in their life and we will provide a Candle bag, which can be personalised and decorated as you like prior to the event. Walkers are invited to bring their personally decorated candle bag with them on the night so that we can display it with the hundreds of others to form a sea of flickering lights in Custom House Square at the end of the walk.
How to Register
Please note there is a registration fee of £10 per person which can be paid by completing your debit/credit card details on the form below or by enclosing a cheque made payable to ‘Northern Ireland Hospice’ when you post your completed form to us. Alternatively registration fees can be received by calling our hotline telephone number below.
There are 3 simple ways to register for our Midnight Walk,
1. Download and complete the registration form below and post with your registration fee of £10 to:
“Midnight Walk”, Northern Ireland Hospice,
18, O’Neill Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6WB.
2. Download and complete the registration form below and email to laura.gray@nihospice.org. (This email address is being protected from spam bots) You will need to supply us with your daytime telephone number so that we can contact you
3. Call 02890 777123 to register your details over the phone. Please have your debit/credit card to hand so that we can take your registration fee (Office hours only for card payments)
Help us raise vital funds for Hospice
The registration fee of £10.00 per person (non refundable) includes a free t-shirt, goodies on the night including candle bag, fundraising pack and covers the cost of organising the event. This ensures that every penny you raise in sponsorship will go straight towards helping Northern Ireland Hospice care services.
Participants are requested to raise as much sponsorship money as possible. Please note one registration form is required per person. Places are limited and registration closes 2nd June, so register today to get your place secured and help us reach our target!!
Not able to walk? Why not volunteer?
If you or someone you know would like to volunteer on the night with registrations, marshalling or giving out goody bags etc, please contact Laura on 02890 777123.
Under 18 years old?
For legal reasons, under 18s cannot enter individually, but must be entered by someone over 18 and accompanied on the evening of the walk. Participants must be over 13 years old
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Disclaimer
The competitor, acknowledges that he/she will be participating entirely at his/her own risk and to the extent permitted by the Unfair Contract terms Act 1977. The organisers will not be liable for any loss, damage, illness or injury whatsoever directly or indirectly occasioned by or resulting form negligence, wrongful act or default of the organisers, the charity, employees or agents or from any cause including an act of God or the physical condition of the competitor.
If you have any doubt as to your fitness and ability to take part in this event, then it is advised that you should consult your GP in advance.
