Gold Challenge Q&As

Who Can Take Part in the Gold Challenge?

Everyone aged 16 and over.

Can I Take Part If I'm not Sporty?

Yes - there are versions of the Challenges for everyone irrespective of how sporty or fit you are.

Can I Take Part if I Have a Disability?

Yes - and please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us on 020 7099 8895 if you have a disability and need any help with your Gold Challenge.

What if I'm Under 16 or Want to Do the Challenge With My Family?

Please check out the Youth & Family Gold Challenge.

Can I Do My Challenge as Part of A Team ?

Yes - all the challenges have team and individual options. Teams can have 2-30 team members and all team members need to register.

How do I Choose my Challenge?

There are three different challenges to choose from:

2012km Challenge - perfect for teams and anyone who wants to push themselves

Olympic Sport Challenge - ideal for those who want to learn new sports or take their existing skills to a higher level.

Gold Challenge In A Gym - Gold Challenge 2012km in a gym

Do I Need To Fundraise for a Charity?

Yes. The Gold Challenge is a charity challenge so please choose a charity from our list of over 125 wonderful charity partners.

Is There a Minimum Fundraising Commitment?

During registration, we will suggest a fundraising target. The target is based upon discussions with our charity partners and is the amount they'd like you to fundraise. However, you are free to change the amount - hopefully by increasing it!

How Much Will Cost Me to Do the Gold Challenge?

Registration is free. You may be asked to pay for lessons at your local sports facility if you choose to learn a sport as part of your challenge.

Where Can I do My Challenge?

The great thing is that all the challenges can be done locally. If you choose to do the Olympic Sport Challenge, then please use the Sports Finder to find local clubs, courses or events to do your chosen sport. If you are having any trouble doing any sports, or any aspect of your challenge, then please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us on 020 7099 8895.

When Should I do My Challenge?

We recommend everyone tries to complete their challenge by the opening day of the 2012 Olympics - 27th July, 2012.

How Do I Register?

Just complete registration. Registration is free, simple and should only take a couple of minutes.

Fundraising

We have over 125 Charity Partners to choose from - take a look at the full list in the Charity Section. Just click on their logo to find out all you need to know about them.

Our Fundraising Section has full details on fundraising including our top ten tips. However, the first step is to set up a fundraising page on either VirginMoneyGiving or JustGiving. And the great news is that we will do this for you!

During registration, simply tick the box confirming that you'd like us to set up a fundraising page for you and we'll get it done and send you an email with your page details. Remember, you can always edit your page to personalise it later.

About My Page

My Page is your personal page to customise and share with your friends and family. Make it as fun as possible by uploading photos, telling people about all the new sports you are taking on and keeping track of your fundraising progress.

Once you have registered for the challenge, you will be sent an email containing your Gold Challenge Username and Password to log in to your personal Page.

Once you login - here's some of what you can do:

• Add a picture to your Gold Challenge page
• Tell people about your challenge
• Select the sports you want to take on, or start logging the distances you've covered, or the times you've completed.
• Print off completion certificates for each sport
• Add your online fundraising URL to your page
• Edit your details
• If you're in a team - see how all your team mates are doing
• Share your page URL with all your friends and family so they can keep track of it.
• And more!

Teams

All our challenges have both team and individual options but please note that all team members need to register and all need to fundraise for the same charity.

The 2012 km Challenge - Doing this challenge as a team means that each team member's distances count towards the overall distance.

The Olympic Sport Challenge - If you take this on as a team, then each sport can be done by as many team members as you choose. (Feed-back from existing challengers is that its fun learning new sports with other team members.)

Gold Challenge In A Gym -Taking this on as a team means you'll just need to cover 2012km together as a team.

And if you're a company looking for a new team challenge, check out our dedicated Employee Challenge to find out how you can do the Gold Challenge

Team Captains

As team captain, you will be taking the reigns of your challenge, organising your team mates and leading the way.

It's also your responsibility to create a fundraising page and share the link with all your team mates! Then you can send it to everyone you know and start raising money.

And to thank you for your all your effort, make sure you request your free Gold Challenge Captain T-shirt by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or calling our helpline.

Don't forget, we're always here to support you. Just email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will always do our best to help you out with whatever you need.

Points

If you're doing the Multi Sport Challenge, then you can score points as you complete your sports.

Points are scored as follows:

• 10 points for completing a sport by undertaking 3-5 hours of coaching
• 20 points for completing a sport by undertaking 6+ hours of coaching
• 20 points for completing a sport by taking part in an affiliated competition
• 10-50 points for completing a sport by finishing a distance event.

Distance events such as marathons, triathlons and the 10km open water swims score 50 points ; shorter distance events score lower points. For full details see our points section which is coming soon!

Frame Your Certificate

Make it official by downloading your Gold Challenge certificate from the media centre and getting your coach or a sporting official to award your points and sign it off.
This is a nice memento to keep, and shows your sponsors just how serious you are about your challenge, and how well you're doing!

Top The League Tables

Now you've got your points, enter them into your Results Tracker in The Challenge, and see how well you're doing in all of your sports

Win Prizes

Sometimes, we run competitions and offer different prizes that depend on you completing the sport. The only way we will know if you have is if you enter your details in your Results Tracker. So always make sure you do!