The challenge
What is ActiveApril?
ActiveApril is our annual fundraising challenge where we ask you to get active every day in April while raising money to support peole affected by bowel cancer.
Where does ActiveApril take place?
Anywhere! Whether that’s at home, your local gym or or out in your community, you chooe how and where you like to get active.
How much is it to register?
IIt's free to sign up to ActiveApril but we ask everyone to fundraise a minimum of £125 to help us continue to fund our vital services and lifesaving research. We'll send you an exclusive ActiveApril sports t-shirt and wrist sweatband once you raise your first £10.
When will my wrist sweatband arrive?
Wrist sweatbands will be posted daily Monday to Friday and should arrive between five and seven days from the despatch date.
If you registered before Monday 25 March it will be delivered in time for the start of the challenge.
If it's been over seven days since you ordered you registered for ActiveApril and you haven't received it, please email us at events@bowelcanceruk.org.uk.
How long do I have to be active for each day?
There's no specific time you need to be active for - we just ask you to get active each day. ActiveApril is for everyone which is what makes it so much fun!
How can I get a t-shirt?
T-shirts are available to purchase for £10 by logging into your fundraising account and visiting the shop.
Watch our short help video below for further support.
When will my t-shirt arrive?
T-shirts orders will be processed daily Monday to Friday and should arrive between five and seven days from the despatch date.
Orders placed before Monday 25 March will be delivered in time for the start of the challenge.
If it's been over seven days since you ordered your t-shirt and you haven't received it, please email us at events@bowelcanceruk.org.uk.
How do I join the Facebook group?
Join the group here. Share updates about your activity in April, chat to others taking part and get answers to any questions you may have.
Activities
What type of activity could I do?
How can I connect fitness apps to my fundraising page?
You can link your Strava, Fitbit, Garmin or MapMyFitness accounts with your fundraising page to automatically sync your activities.
Watch the video below to see how to connect your account(s):
How do I manually add an activity to my fundraising page?
Fundraising
How much do I have to raise?
We ask everyone to raisie a minimum of £125 to help us continue to fund our vital services and lifesaving research.
Where can I view my fundraising page?
How can I add updates to my fundraising page?
Watch our help videos below for step by step guideance on adding updates to your fundraising page:
How to add a photo update:
How to add a blog update:
What happens if I don't reach the fundraising target?
While we ask everyone to commit to raising £125 to help support our work, we're grateful for every pound raised.
If you need support with your fundraising, look at our fundraising tools, or get in touch with us at events@bowelcanceruk.org.uk.
I've already hit my fundraising target, do I need to continue fundraising?
Congratulations and thank you for raising £125! You don't have to continue to fundraise but the more you raise, the more work we can do to support everyone affected by bowel cancer.
How do I personalise my fundraising page?
Watch our guide videos below to learn how you can personalise your page.
How to update your profile photo
How to update your story
How to change your fundraising target
Can I raise money offline?
Yes. You can download your offline sponsorship form here. but recommend raising money online where you can.
How do I pay in sponsorship raised offline?
There are many ways to pay in offline donations. Find out more here.
Teams
I'm taking part with a team, how can we fundraise together?
Everyone on your team needs to sign up and create their fundraising page.
When setting up your team page, you can make it public, so anyone can search for and join it when they register, or you can allow others to join by invitation only.
Once they’ve joined, you’ll be able to see how much everyone has raised individually as well as collectively.
If you want to create a team after you've already registered, watch the video below to find out how:
I've created a team fundraising page. How do I invite others to join my team?
One ther person who created the team can access these settings. Follow the steps in the video below to invite others to your team:
