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Take on a SPOTacular schools challenge

Whatever your students do for fun, challenge them to turn it into something sponsorship-worthy by going further, longer, bigger or brighter. Test their skills with an on-the-spot challenge, wear something spotty or simply feel SPOTacular!
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On-the-spot challenges

Rubik's cube

Game-a-thon

Whether it's chess, Pudsey Rubik's cubes or a our SPOTacular games, challenge your students to work on their logic and problem solving.

Make-a-thon

Students with a creative flare will love the chance to spend the day getting sponsored to paint, craft or draw something SPOTacular.

Keepy uppy

Keepy-uppy-a-thon

Get sporty students challenging themselves to learn new skills day-by-day or in one go with a keepy-uppy challenge.

Hula-a-thon

Whether they hula solo or coordinate in groups, challenge your students to raise sponsorship by learning how to hula hoop.

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Skip-a-thon

Challenge students to master the skipping rope for sponsorship, whether they keep going through playtime or learn some new moves.

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Join in with runPudsey!

runPudsey is a great way to get your pupils active and raising money for BBC Children in Need. It doesn’t matter how you do it, whether your pupils run, cycle, swim or just do an active activity in PE. The aim is to get children to stretch their personal abilities and feel good whilst raising money.

Challenges around your spot

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Walk-a-thon

Whether it's a playground stroll or a walk-to-school week, get your students joining in with a sponsored walking challenge.

Nature-a-thon

Organise a scavenger hunt in the playground or local park. See how many birds, insects and trees your students can spot or challenge them to leaf art and sketching.

Sack race

Sports-a-thon

Dig out the old egg and spoon, sack race and obstacle course for a sponsored sports day to raise life-changing funds.

SPOTacular resources for your challenge

Ways to collect fundraising money

Whether you’re collecting money with our DIY Pudsey moneybox, setting up a JustGiving fundraising page or using our free downloadable sponsorship form, here’s everything you need to know about collecting and sending in money.

  • Online fundraising page
  • Create-your-own moneybox
  • Downloadable sponsorship form

Pudsey goodies to boost your challenge

Why join in?

By taking part, you can support children and young people experiencing rising poverty and mental health concerns due to the cost of living crisis.

With your help, we can continue funding vital projects so that every child has the chance to thrive.

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