MHFS Mens 10k - Bellahouston Park, Glasgow

2012 Race Day - Sunday 17 May - Bellahouston Park Glasgow

The Haven is calling all men to join our team in Glasgow for the Men's Health Forum Scotland 10K for Men. This is the sixth year of this unique men-only Father’s Day 10k.

Whether you are a first-time or a seasoned runner, we hope you will join our team and take part in this wonderful event. It is the focal point of National Men’s Health week.

More than 5,000 men will take to the streets of Glasgow’s scenic South Side. Join The Haven team for a memorable event experience and we will support you every step of the way.

In return for pledging to raise money for The Haven, we will support you by providing you with:

a Haven T-shirt

a welcome pack full of fundraising and training advice

To enter race

 Please note that you will need to secure your place in the event with the race organisers before joining The Haven's Team.

To register click www.mhfs.org.uk/10Kor alternatively telephone 0141 550 7515 to request an entry form.

Once you have registered with race officials they will send your race pack to you. This pack will include important items such as your timing chip, race number, an information booklet and also MHFS race T-shirt.

For any queries regarding the race at anytime please call the race officials on 0141 5507515

What you need to do next to join Team Haven

You will need to contact us at The Haven to provide us with your race registration number. We will then be able to send you your welcome and fundraising pack, along with your Haven unique reference number and t-shirt in advance of the event. You can either do this by calling June Sutherland on 01698 727505 or by email june@thehavencentre.com

Please let us know the following details:

your full name

address

telephone number

email address

running t-shirt size (S, M, L, XL)

how you heard about The Haven

Training

Training is essential to your Men’s 10k preparation. The more you put in the more enjoyable your experience will be!

Please visit www.mhfs.org.uk/10K to download your training plan.

Fundraising

Social networks

Remember, it’s your network of friends, family, colleagues and contacts that will support you with your training and fundraising. Remember to keep them updated every step of the way with your Facebook profile, blog or Twitter account.

Tell them how your training is going (with pictures for added impact) and let them know how you’re getting on with your fundraising target. You can even upload pictures on the day to show everyone your progress along the route! If you follow The Haven on Facebook we will keep you up to date with the goings-on here, and keep you on track with support and tips.

Online fundraising makes it so easy!

Now you can raise sponsorship without all the hassle. No more dealing with cash and cheques, no more chasing friends after the event. Simply create a free, online fundraising page, personalise it with a photo and message, and email it to your friends, family and work colleagues. They can donate quickly and securely online with a credit or debit card. Online donations from UK taxpayers are worth almost a third more to us with Gift Aid, which can be claimed on online donations. Follow the instructions to set up your unique JustGiving page

Textgiving

You can also raise funds by text and we recommend you sign up to JustTextGiving and follow their easy step by step guide to create your very own Text fundraising code.

Once you’ve created your page and text code, email the links to friends, family, colleagues and classmates. You can even add the JustGiving applications to your Facebook page to make it even easier for your friends to donate.

For more information or help setting up your page, visit www.justgiving.com or call the Justgiving helpdesk on 0845 021 2110.

Please note: Justgiving money will only be attributed to the person who set up the Justgiving page, so please do not set up joint pages as we are unable to share the money between several people.

How do I pay in my sponsorship?

There are a few ways in which your sponsorship money can reach us:

JustGiving

If you have decided to create a Justgiving fundraising page, then you do not need to do anything as all your sponsorship money will automatically be sent directly to our bank account. Please note that it can take up to four weeks to show up on your fundraising record at The Haven.

Cheque

Please send all cheques to the address below:

The Haven Centre, Blantyre Health Centre, Blantyre, G72 0BS

Don’t forget to write your name, your unique Haven fundraising reference number and event name on the back of your cheques and please enclose copies of your completed sponsorship forms to enable us to claim any Gift Aid.

Online

You can also pay money in directly on The Haven website if you use our online paying in function then please remember to send us your sponsorship forms so that we can claim Gift Aid.

Enclosed in your welcome pack, which you will receive from us when you inform us of your race registration number for your event, will be your pay-in forms. You can send them to us along with your sponsorship money payment and sponsorship forms. Please do not send cash in the post.

We would greatly appreciate if all sponsorship monies could be collected and returned to The Haven by 31st August 2012.

Thank you for your support!