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Run or Dye invites good cause nominations to benefit from gift of colour
Howard Lake | 15 April 2015 | News
Charities and good causes can benefit from a colour-themed thank you gift from Run or Dye, “the world’s most colourful 5km” run.
The Run or Dye series will be taking place across the UK in 2015. As part of the series, organisers are offering to bring “colourful gifts to those who deserve a lift to brighten their lives”.
Nominations now open
Schools, organisations and individuals in need can be nominated via the Run or Dye website to request gifts for worthwhile causes.
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The person nominating can suggest the gift, but it must have a colour theme. It could be repainting the local playground, creating a brigh mural for a community space, or even simply arranging for a bunch of flowers to be delivered to someone in need.
The closing date for nominations is 30 April 2015. Run or Dye will then select a number of those in need close to the UK Run or Dye event locations.
Run or Dye series 2015
The Run or Dye series starts on 18th April in Manchester and will be followed by at least 14 events around the UK.
It is inspired by the Hindu festival of Holi, also known as the ‘Festival of Colours’. Run or Dye gives runners, walkers and those at all speeds in-between the opportunity to experience and celebrate in full colour the thrill of the Festival and introduce the idea of ‘living life on purpose’.
Participants can run dressed in white or their favourite and most extravagant costumes.
After crossing the finish line, runners, and spectators, can celebrate in the world famous Dye Festival as clouds of brilliant colours are blasted all around.
The events are:
18th April – Manchester, Platt Fields Park
9th May – North London, Trent Park
16th May – Bath, Bath Racecourse
30th May – Exeter, Great Fulford
6th June – Liverpool, Aintree Racecourse
27th June – Cheshire, Cholmondeley Castle
5th July – Kent, Penshurst Place
11th July – Bournemouth, Kings Park
18th July – Perth, Scone Palace
25th July – Ipswich, Chantry Park
1st August – North Yorkshire, Castle Howard
26th September – Oxford, Cornbury Park
3rd October – South London, Hever Castle
10th October – Derbyshire, Chatsworth House
18th October – Edinburgh, Hopetoun House
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.