Whether you're participating in a marathon, 10K, triathlon, cycling event or swimming race there is no better opportunity to put your effort to good use and fundraise for charity at the same time. We promise that awesome feeling you get when you cross the finish line will be doubled when you realize how you've managed to help those less fortunate among us by simply adding a little fundraising into your preparations.

No time to chase friends & colleagues with your sponsorship form?
Not to worry, although some events still have this option, many are now looking at online fundraising as a quicker, more effective and all round simpler process to fundraising for charity. Charities make more, it's easier to donate and you get to enjoy FUNdraising even more!

Your very own online fundraising page - for free!
A personal online fundraising page is a fun, simple and efficient means of raising money. It'll only take you a few minutes to build your page using a service such as myfundraisingpage.com and you'll then have your own unique page that you can email to your friends who can then donate by credit card, you watch the total grow and the money is sent straight to your chosen charity.

How can I get my fundraising page?
Setting up your own fundraising page is incredibly easy. Visit www.MyFundraisingPage.com, click on 'Let's Get Started' button and follow the step-by-step guide. There will be space for you to include your own message about why are taking part in your particular event and also room to include a photo of yourself - maybe even one of you in training!

Letting everyone know
Once you have set up your fundraising page (it takes less than 5 minutes and you can use your Premier Marathons Member Profile details to log in there as well and save entering all your personal info again) the next step is to let every know. You will receive an email from MyFundraisingPage.com informing you of your own unique internet address (URL) for your page - and then you can start to share this around! MyFundraisingPage helps you to email this to your contact lists and address books and even helps you with writing the email to maximize donations. Some other good ideas may include posting it on your work notice board, listing it on your Facebook profile, adding to MySpace etc. This helps spread your fundraising net much wider as you can even get donations from friends and family abroad.

Changed your goal?
You can go access your page at any time anywhere you have an internet connection and change your message so it's a great way of keeping people up to date with your progress. It's good to get people involved in your challenge, they may be more generous and supportive if they better understand what you're doing and your efforts in training, for example.

Is it secure?
MyFundraisingPage.com operates a safe, secure and encrypted website. All online payments are handled by Network International (part of Emirates NBD) and are fully secure. MyFundraisingPage.com doesn't spam or share/sell personal details so you don't need to worry about your family and friends receiving unwanted mail.

If you'd like to help others while you participate in your next event, visit MyFundraisingPage.com for more information