Become a champion and help defeat dementia this summer
The Rio Olympic Games will bring us sporting heroes from across the globe. Take inspiration and become a fundraising hero this summer. From holding an Olympics-themed quiz to your very own Office Olympics, we ve got a fun idea waiting to power you on. This is how it works: Step 1: Recruit your teams Get your Office Olympics ready before your event. You will need at least three teams for those bronze, silver and gold places. Ask the teams for a donation of your choosing (recommended 20-30 per team) to sign up. Step 2: Choose your events Compile a list of events to hold during your tournament. We ve created some handy, ready-to-go ideas for you on the next page! Take a look through this pack and choose your favourites or feel free to use your own. Step 3: Get the word out Promote your events and ask each team to choose their participants for each event. We ve provided a poster you can use to help you advertise. Step 4: Let the games begin! Make sure your Olympics Organiser prints off our scoreboard to keep track of the results. The team with the most gold medals wins! On your marks, get set, go!
Here are our ideas to get you going but feel free to use your own! Opening ceremony on 5th August Hold a party to get everyone in the Olympics spirit. Get your teams to dress up in their nation s traditional dress and have food and music from that country. Team kit day A great excuse for a dress down day. Get your colleagues dressed down in the kits from different events or countries! Question of Sport Download our Battle of the Brains quiz pack from our Resources page here: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/ corporate-resources/competitions-andchallenges and add in our special Olympicsthemed round included in this pack. Great for a lunch time activity! Get sporty! Feeling inspired by the amazing athletes on telly? Introduce some sporty challenges around the office. Download our Plank Challenge scoreboard from our Resources page or get some walking meetings going. Made-up marathon Get your teams to hook up their pedometers or activity trackers to record how many steps they take each day. The winning team is the first to cover 26.2 miles! Get teams to record their distances each day on our tracker included in this pack. Feeling lucky? Try your chances with our Olympics sweepstake you can find one at the back of this pack. Which country will win the most number of medals? Charity Pentathlon Hold your very own office pentathlon. Choose 5 activities from the list below or add in your own! Bin archery: Participants take rubber bands and, using two fingers, try to flick them into waste bins. Participants aim to get their elastic bands into the bins from the furthest distance away. Chair rowing: Participants race each other on wheeled chairs, with bonus points for making a rowing motion with their hands! Finger skating: This is a touch-typing contest, where participants from each team have sixty seconds to prove their typing prowess. Use www.typingtest.com to time and judge the results, and show the event on a projector. Each team will be ranked according to their typing score for speed and accuracy Paper aeroplane javelin: Hold a paper planes competition and the plane that gets the furthest wins. Download our Paper Plane Challenge pack from our Resources page. Rock paper scissors judo: A knockout rock paper scissors competition between teams. Who will keep fighting until the end? School sports day: Remember the three legged race, egg and spoon, sack race and other favourites!
Hot tips! Ask each team to design a team flag to encourage enthusiasm. If teams really get into the spirit, they could even come up with their own anthems! Remember that it will take some time to plan each event, so it s best to make the most of what you have in the office! Hold a closing ceremony to celebrate your fantastic tournament. Print our homemade gold, silver and bronze medals to give out to winners! With this year s Olympics taking place in sunny Rio, why not hold a Brazilian carnival party?
Take on our Olympics challenges and help defeat dementia Events: Start date: Sign up by contacting: donation per team. Tweet your pictures @ARUKnews.
Leaderboard Use this to record the team scores and see who has the most gold medals. Fill in the event names at the start of the Office Olympics and don t forget to total up the scores if you re holding a Charity Pentathlon. Team Name Event 1 results Event 2 results Event 3 results Event 4 results Event 5 results Total score Who will win gold, silver and bronze?
Awards page Silver Bronze Bronze Silver
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Quiz Questions 1. How many gold medals did the UK win in 2012? 2. Where were the Olympics held in 2002? 3. In which Olympic games was sailing first contested? 4. Name the events in the modern pentathlon. 5. How many members are part of the International Olympic Committee? 6. How many countries took part in the 2000 Sydney Olympics? 7. Where will the 2022 Winter Olympics be held? 8. Who is the President of the International Olympic Committee?
Quiz Answers 1. How many gold medals did the UK win in 2012? 29 2. Where were the Olympics held in 2002? Greece 3. In which Olympic games was sailing first contested? 1900 Paris Games 4. Name the events in the modern pentathlon. Pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse riding and running 5. How many members are part of the International Olympic Committee? 115 6. How many countries took part in the 2000 Sydney Olympics? 199 7. Where will the 2022 Winter Olympics be held? Beijing 8. Who is the President of the International Olympic Committee? Thomas Bach
Made-up Marathon Tracker Team Name Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Total Which team will rack up their 26.2 miles first?
Rio 2016 Olympic Sweepstake Rio 2016 Olym Sweepstake As the long awaited Brazil Olympics 2016 approaches, why not get competitive and try your luck in Alzheimer s Research UK s sweepstake? The excitement begins with the opening ceremony on 5 August, so now is a good time to draw teams and help defeat dementia. If your colleagues would like to enter more than once, or if you have a big office, you can print as many copies as you like. Rules and instructions to play 1. Cut out each of the team flags so that your colleagues can draw them from a hat or envelope. 2. Ask for a suggested donation per country and write down who picked each one. 3. The person who draws the country with the most gold medals at the end of the Olympics wins! Half the money goes to the winner and half to Alzheimer s Research UK. Pick your countr Australia Belarus Brazil Rio 2016 Olymp Sweepstake Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Germany Great Britain & N. Ireland Cuba Pi Pick your cou Hungary Australia Belarus Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Austra Cuba Czech Repu New Zealand North Korea Poland Rom Germany Great Brita N. Ireland Germany Grea N South Africa South Korea Spain Ukraine Jamaica Japan New Zealand North Korea Poland Jamaica South Africa South Korea Spain New Zealand South Af corporate@alzheimersresearchu Charity numbers 1077
Rio 2016 Olympic Sweepstake Pick your country Australia Belarus Brazil China Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Ethiopia France Germany Great Britain & N. Ireland Hungary Iran Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Poland Romania Russian Federation South Africa South Korea Spain Ukraine United States
Rio 2016 Olympic Sweepstake Use this sheet to record who draws which country Country Name Country Name Australia Belarus Brazil China Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Ethiopia France Germany Great Britain & N. Ireland Hungary Iran Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Poland Romania Russian Federation South Africa South Korea Spain Ukraine United States