Cookes Furniture Team Challenge'08

We're delighted to welcome our main event sponsor Cookes Furniture as sponsor of the 2008 Team Challenge.

Last year’s recipient of the Cookes Furniture Team Challenge Trophy was St Giles Hospice - which offers high-quality specialist medical and nursing care for people with cancer and other serious illnesses, as well as providing support for their families and helpers. Its team members raised a record-breaking £31,000.

Cookes Furniture, a family business, now in its third generation, is recognised as one of the leading independent furniture retailers in the UK. Two inspiring showrooms - its flagship store in Erdington, Birmingham and a second in Christchurch, Dorset - offer a relaxed, comfortable environment in which to browse, with acres of the best brand name furniture displayed in individual room settings to help you appreciate how your new furniture will look in your own home.

Deciding on a personal look and style that’s right for your home is vital, which is why you will always find friendly, experienced furniture consultants on hand to offer genuine assistance and advice. Further details are available by visiting Cookes Furniture web site: www.cookesfurniture.co.uk or phoning 0121 250 5050.

The Cookes Furniture Team Challenge is designed to encourage businesses, clubs, charities, schools, societies and sports teams, indeed any group of people to participate in the Great Midlands Fun Run, while at the same time raising money for their own nominated charity or voluntary group.

There is no additional entry fee to enter the Team Challenge. All you need do is ensure you follow the extra instructions in the box at the foot of this page when completing your entry form. You can enter a team from 2 up to 200 or beyond, the choice is yours. However, you can be certain your effort in raising valuable sponsorship money for a charity/voluntary group of your choice will be even more rewarding.

Don't forget that you can also ask your sponsors to gift aid their donation, which will add a further 26p for every pound you raise. Full details on the gift aid can be found on your sponsor form.

All sponsorship money must be paid into the Great Midlands Fun Run Sponsorship account, using the official pre-printed Fun Run/Lloyds TSB credit slip included in your information pack, which will be posted to you 2nd class on Friday, 16 May, 2008.

The closing date for paying-in sponsorship money to be included in the Cookes Furniture Team Challenge is Friday, 19 September 2008.

If you have any further queries please email cookesteamchallenge@greatmidlandsfunrun.com.