The Sainbury’s Sport Relief Monkey Mile is here!
For Immediate release Date: 19 January 2012
Start limbering up!
Sport Relief is back and it’s coming to The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall
The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile is back – and it’s coming to The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall! The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall is set to host its first ever Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25th March, and needs local people to come together and show their support by entering now at www.sportrelief.com. As one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives – so it’s time to dust off those trainers and enter right now.
Setting off from the Monkey Sanctuary car park, the Monkey Mile will pass through Millendreath and take in the sights of the scenic coast path. It is set to be an incredible event. Entrants don’t have to be sporty to take part, but can choose to complete 1, 3 or 6 miles knowing that all the money raised will help to change the lives of people living unimaginably tough lives right here on our doorstep, across the rest of the UK and in some the world’s poorest countries.
Hayley Dann, race organiser at Wild Futures said: “The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile at the Monkey Sanctuary is here and it’s your time to shine. From teeny-tots with their mums and dads, to super sprinters up against the clock there’s something for everyone on the big day. This is the first Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in Looe and it’s set to be a great event. So come on, pull your Sport Relief socks up, enter the Mile and do something amazing!”
Sport Relief has a unique history of dedicated people doing extraordinary things to rise to the challenge. Last September, David Walliams started Sport Relief off with an epic splash when he completed The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. Despite battling a nasty bacterial bug and bitingly cold water, David swam a staggering 140 miles and has so far raised over £1million for Sport Relief. And that’s not all; there will be even more amazing celebrity challenges to get the whole nation geared up for the Sport Relief weekend!
The Sport Relief Weekend kicks off on Friday 23rd March when everyone gets active, has fun and raises cash at home, at work or at school; before settling down to watch a night of top Sport Relief TV on BBC One. There will be even more BBC radio, online and TV coverage throughout the weekend to keep you entertained. By the end of the weekend everyone will be raring to go, when the whole nation comes together to take part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25th March.
To enter the Looe Monkey Mile visit sportrelief.com.
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Notes to Editors:
Wild Futures (Charity reg. No. 1102532) is an educational and environmental charity promoting the welfare and conservation of primates, and working to end the abuses of primates in captivity. Its flagship project, The Monkey Sanctuary, in Cornwall, is home to victims of the primate pet trade. Drawing on over 45 years of primate expertise, Wild Futures acts as an advisory body to sanctuaries and conservation organisations in the UK and overseas and advises DEFRA on UK animal welfare legislation.
For more information or photographs, please contact:
Hayley Dann, Head of Income Generation and PR
www.wildfutures.org +44 (0) 844 272 1271
Rachel Hevesi, Head of the Sanctuary
Brooke Aldrich, Primate Welfare team