Youth and Family Gold Challenge

The Youth and Family Gold Challenge offers three challenge options to choose from, appropriate for all ages. Select your preferred challenge, choose your sports, and get your whole family involved in the build up to London 2012.

Choose how to do your challenge

This is your challenge and you can choose how you do it:

• Complete your challenge indoors or outdoors
• Choose completely new sports, or push yourself further in your favorite sport
• Complete it as an individual or as part of a team

Choose your challenge

1. The 2012km Challenge

This Gold Challenge celebrates the excitement of the Olympic year. Choose your target distance at 2,012, 201.2 or 20.12km and then complete this in your preferred sports. You need to be aged seven or over to register.

Cover your chosen distance via one or more of the following sports (for families or groups this is an aggregated total):

• Running
• Walking
• Cycling
• Swimming
• Canoeing/Kayaking
• Horse-riding
• Rowing
• Sailing

2. Olympic Sport Challenge

This Gold Challenge is for those of you who want to get outside your comfort zone and try out new sports. Pick 5 Olympic or Paralympic sports to learn or improve on, then coach or take part in a competitive event to complete your challenge. You need to be aged seven or over to register.

Use Gold Challenge's sports finder to locate the nearest club or leisure centre for your chosen sport.

3. The Family Activity Challenge

This is a two part challenge, perfect for families as it's all about doing sports together, regardless of age or ability. Firstly, choose one new sport to learn from a list of 30 Olympic sports. Then do two of the following as a family:

• Swim 500 metres
• Run 1,500 metres
• Walk 5,000 metres
• Cycle 10,000 metres

Use the Family activity tracker - Gold Challenge to record your activity.

Register now

To take part in any of these challenges, all you need to do is register for free on the Gold Challenge website and select the NSPCC as your chosen charity.

Our support

If you do your Gold Challenge for the NSPCC we will support you every step of the way, including:

• A welcome pack to get you started
• World class training support from our partner Liz Yelling, Olympic marathon runner
• Top-notch fundraising advice from a dedicated team at the NSPCC
• A dedicated Facebook page to get in touch with your fellow NSPCC Gold Challengers
• Regular e-newsletters and a support hotline
• An exclusive running vest or t-shirt to wear during your challenge
• A Gold Challenge totalizer to keep track of your distance

Where your money goes

All money you raise for the NSPCC will go to support our work to protect vulnerable children across the UK.

Find out more

For more information about the Gold Challenge, email goldchallenge@nspcc.org.uk or call 0207 825 2905. You can also visit the Gold Challenge website.