Now turn to section 2. Section 2. You will hear a talk about Runwell, a charity that raises money by organising running races. First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 17. Now listen to the first part of the talk and answer questions 11 to 17.
I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to tell you something about the Runwell charity and the work we do. I'll give a brief overview of what we do and I hope you may be able to help and then there'll be time for questions at the end. Runwell's founder, Mike Hughes, took up long-distance running in 1987, raising money by doing sponsored half marathons and in 1992 established the charity as we know it today.
By 1997 the runs were being filmed by local TV and today they appear on national TV every year. All the funds collected by Runwell go to the hospital, with the idea that those fit enough to run use their energy to assist the provision of people who are unwell for whatever reason. Now if you want to race, and I assume that's why many of you are here, let me explain a couple of the basics.
Races are run by teams, so you need to form and register a team. What you wear to run in is up to you, and I know some teams come up with some pretty wacky ideas. We have a standard design for your numbers, which we ask you to reproduce, so you make them up according to that standard.
We don't want to spend valuable funds on doing that ourselves. Now the races run as a kind of relay, so while you won't actually compete side-by-side, we do recommend that you train as a group. This helps to optimise performance and build team spirit.
It will also give you a fair idea of how much you need to eat and drink over the race distance. This is clearly essential for an effective performance, so please make sure you come along to the race with sufficient food and drink. Again, we don't spend money on providing that, but you do need to keep yourself going for the 20km course.
The course goes through the town, then out through Highfield Park, concluding in the main square, where the applauding spectators will be ready to greet you. There are many different prizes, including oldest runner, youngest runner, team with the most sponsorship, team with the best costume. That one's donated by Zoom Fashions.
The Mayor will introduce the Minister for Health, who will hand over each prize to the winners, and then the Hospital President will make a short speech. Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 18 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 18 to 20.
Okay, that's the big race, but I know there are many people who don't feel they are up to running a 20km race, but who would nevertheless like to raise money for RunWell. Over the years, we've had experience of many ways of trying to collect money, some very successful, others less so. Now, of course, 20km is too far for children to run, but there was a sponsored swimming event at the local school last year, and that did very well.
People have also tried to organise food-based events, such as selling homemade cakes and bread and so on at the market, and there was a large picnic arranged in Fawbright Gardens, although these events failed to justify the efforts put into them, though I'm sure they were very tasty. These days, so many people are out at work all day that going from house to house to collect money isn't very effective, but it is possible to raise useful funds by selling small promotional items, such as badges with the RunWell motif on them. We're currently checking to see if postcards, perhaps showing the race's winners each year, might also be a good idea or not.
We do appreciate the efforts that have gone into selling second-hand goods, but to be honest, the returns have not been very high on this. One very dedicated group organised a team quiz recently, which went very well, and it would be good to see more such activities. There's also been talk of a concert, but we'll have to see how plans for that progress.
Now, are there any questions at this stage? That is the end of section two. You now have half a minute to check your answers.