Local Councillors have been inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games and have signed up to the Gold Challenge, an Olympic and Paralympic Legacy programme.
Leader of the Council, Councillor Paul Crossley, who is also the Olympic and Paralympic Champion for the Council, has set down the challenge to all his fellow Councillors to collectively walk, run, jog, swim or row 2,012 km during 2012 and raise £2,012 for their chosen charity Dorothy House.
Councillor Crossley (Lib-Dem, Southdown) said: “It is important to lead an active, healthy lifestyle and what better way to celebrate the Olympics and Paralympics as Members of Bath & North East Somerset Council, than us all taking part in our own Gold Challenge, keeping fit and healthy, and at the same time raising money for Dorothy House.”
The Gold Challenge has two main objectives, to inspire people of all ages and physical ability to play sport, and to raise substantial sums of money for charity.
Anyone interested in taking part in their own Gold Challenge, can do so under three simple packages to inspire them:
- 2012km Challenge – record 2012km through any combination of run, swim, walk, sail, canoe, row, horse-ride, cycle
- Olympic/Paralympic Sport Challenge – learn 5 or more sports
- Family Activity Challenge – learn one sport, take part in two others.
For more information log onto http://www.goldchallenge.org/bathnes.
