HOW TO JOIN
SELF FUND OR SUPPORT A CHARITY
Take on an Ultra Challenge as INDIVIDUAL or as TEAM. There are 3 sign-up options, depending on whether you wish to simply pay for your place - or to fundraise for a charity of your choice. Check out what's the best option for you, before heading to the 'Sign Up Now' page & online registration form for your 2023 Ultra Challenge.
Sign Up Online...
Sign up via our online form, and pay the appropriate Registration Fee. You'll receive a confirmation email with important details and access to your Ultra Challenge App, with the resources to help you prepare. If you choose one of the charity fundraising options we'll confirm that with the charity you've selected, and they will be in contact to welcome you within 7 - 10 days.
Choose how you want to join the Challenge – register via that option and its associated online form. Then enter your personal details.
- Option 1 – Self Funding
- Option 2 – Charity Sponsorship
- Option 3 – Mixed Funding
NOTE – For 2023 with the Charity Sponsorship Option – it’s up to 50% OFF the Reg Fee if you choose one of our ‘Official Partner Charities’.
* For 2023 a ‘Platform Booking Fee’ of 2% is applied to all event registrations.
Confirm the challenge distance you wish to take on – Full (~100km), Half (~50km), or Quarter (~25km). You’ll need to chose an hourly start time window (actual start times are confirmed 4 weeks prior to the event).
Everyone needs to register as we require personal details & declarations, but within the form you can choose to ‘Create’ or ‘Join’ a Team. Teams can be of any size – members can opt for the same or different funding options, charities, or distances.
- Create a team – you become the Team Captain. You need a Team Name, and a Password for others to join. Then invite members to join you!
- Others then join the Team as they register, by searching for the Team Name and using the Password
If you’re fundraising you’ll confirm which charity you’re supporting via a drop down menu. Be careful to pick the correct one. Your confirmation email details how to set up an online JustGiving page for sponsorship donations.
All sponsorship goes direct to the Charity via your online JustGiving page. At least 50% of the sponsorship target should be with the Charity by 3 weeks prior to the Challenge. At this time the Charity pays a Fee for your place to the Organiser (similar to the Self Funding cost – or half of it for Mixed Funding as you’ve already covered half).
Failure to meet the deadline may result in cancellation by your charity.
The remaining 50%, and any extra, should be with your Charity by 4 weeks after the Challenge.
Our Multi Deals are the Best value if you’re up for a 2 or more challenges in 2023 and plan to ‘Self Fund’. There’s also the new ‘PAYMENT PLAN’ option if you sign up before 1st February – to spread the load, stay active and do more Ultra Challenges!
MULTI DEALS CLOSE – 31 MAY 2023
For those aged 18 or under there’s a ‘special deal’ to help families get active & involved. It’s 1/3 rd OFF normal adult prices – subject to minimum age rules / distance ( ie at least 18 for 100km / 16 for 50km / 14 for 25 km – and those under 18 need to be accompanied by an adult participant).
SUMMER DEAL
SAVE ££'s
£10 OFF 100km, £7.50 OFF 50km, OR £5 OFF 25km CHALLENGE
applies to all funding types
*Conditions apply & ends 3 July '23
Prices & Options
Choose from below:
Option 1
SELF FUNDING FOR YOU
PAY FOR YOUR PLACE IN FULL. NO FUNDRAISING REQUIRED - BUT YOU CAN STILL FUNDRAISE FOR A CHARITY IF YOU WANT (WITH NO minimum TARGET)
FULL CHALLENGE ~100km
£198 Reg Fee paid online &
No fundraising commitment.
HALF CHALLENGE ~50km
£129 Reg Fee paid online &
No fundraising commitment.
QUARTER CHALLENGE ~25km
£79 Reg Fee paid online &
No fundraising commitment
Option 2
SPONSORSHIP FOR CHARITY
PAY A LOW REGISTRATION FEE & FUNDRAISE FOR A CHOSEN CHARITY. GET UP TO 50% OFF THE NORMAL REG FEE WITH OUR PARTNER CHARITIES!
FULL CHALLENGE ~100km
£45 Reg Fee & at least
£595 charity sponsorship
HALF CHALLENGE ~50km
£30 Reg Fee & at least
£395 charity sponsorship
QUARTER CHALLENGE ~25km
£15 Reg Fee & at least
£250 charity sponsorship
Option 3
MIXED FUNDING FOR CHARITY
YOU INITIALLY PAY HALF OF YOUR EVENT PLACE COST & ALSO FUNDRAISE A SMALLER MINIMUM TARGET FOR YOUR CHOSEN CHARITY.
FULL CHALLENGE ~25km
£110 Reg Fee & at least
£330 charity sponsorship
HALF CHALLENGE ~50km
£72.50 Reg Fee & at least
£220 charity sponsorship
QUARTER CHALLENGE ~25km
£45 Reg Fee & at least
£135 charity sponsorship
300+ Charities to fundraise for
There are 300+ charities working with us, and you can fund-raise for any of them! Our Charity Partners appear on the ‘sign up pages’ – and on drop down lists within the Registration Form. All fundraising goes directly to the charity, via an online sponsorship page that you set up (e.g JustGiving).
Best Value 'MULTI DEALS' for 2 events or more. Save up to 30%!
Choose your Challenge
To join an Event – visit the event ‘Sign Up Now’ page using the quick links below…
BOOKABLE EXTRAS
HELPING YOU PLAN YOUR CHALLENGE
Each Ultra Challenge has optional 'Bookable Extras' to make the planning of how to join, leave, and take on your challenge easy. Parking at key venues, shuttle bus transfers, and camping packages - all need booking in advance, with 'Baggage Transfer' options available on-the-day. NEW - you can hire a 'GEO TRACKER', so friends & family can follow you in real time every step of the way ! Click below for details.
Our 2023 Charity Partners
We’re proud to work with a range of fantastic charities, which will benefit from the ~£7 million fundraising each year. Our Ultra Challenge Series Partners are some of the UK’s major national charities, and there’re also regional and local charities as Challenge Partners for each event – and a range of Associate Partners. Choose to fundraise for a Charity Partner and you’ll get up to 50% OFF normal Reg Fees – and they’ll provide support to help you reach your target!
Series Partners
50% OFF charity sponsorship REG FEE
Challenge Partners
UP TO 50% OFF charity sponsorship REG FEE
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
25% ofF charity sponsorship REG FEE
or fundraise for ONE OF 300+ other CHARITIES
FAQs
Most frequent questions and answers
You will receive a receipt via email, along with a Confirmation Email welcoming you onto the challenge detailing any next steps and timelines you need to be aware of, and letting you know where to find all the information you will need for your challenge. If you don’t receive this within 24 hours, please check your spam/junk mail folders.
Yes you must be 18 or over on the day of the challenge if taking on a Full Challenge, 16+ & accompanied by an adult if taking on a Half Challenge, 14+ & accompanied by an adult if taking on a Quarter Challenge.
Under 18s taking part cannot sign themselves up – they must be signed up by someone over 18.
No – however we have a great New Year deal on which will give you a great saving!
- Yes you can sign up others, but not in the same transaction – you will need to go through the registration questions & payment per person.
- When signing up on behalf of others, please ensure that the YOUR INFORMATION section is always filled with YOUR information as the account holder (regardless of whether you are personally taking part or not).
- The next section (PARTICIPANT INFO) asks ‘Who is this registration for?’ and you can then select ‘Someone Else’ and proceed with their details.
- Where possible, please avoid using the same email address for more than one person.
In the TEAM INFO section (towards the end of the registration questions), you will be asked if you would like to ‘Join a team’ or ‘Create a team’.
If selecting to create a team, you will be asked to create a Team Name and Password. Subsequent team members to register can then select to join a team, and will be asked to provide these details in order to join it.
We ensure that registered teams are assigned the same start wave (where distance/challenge option allows), and your team name will be printed onto your bib.
There are no restrictions on our regular Flexi-teams – you can be any mixture of charities / distances / funding types (i.e. Self Funding, Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding), and can have any number of members (even 1!).
‘Our Charity Team’ is special registration option and is restricted; if you sign up on this option your team must have at least 4 members, all fundraising same charity (and this must be one of our official Series ‘Partners’).
Yes – as long as you are fundraising for the same charity, you can create a team fundraising page on Just Giving (we recommend letting your charity know this is how you will be fundraising together). However, please be advised that the minimum fundraising targets remain per person (not per team), so you will need to reach the combined total fundraising amount on your page for your group.
If there is a charity you would like to fundraise for that does not appear on our list, we ask that you speak with your preferred Charity about what you would like to, and ask them to register with us via our short contact form which can be found on our website page www.ultrachallenge.com/the-charities/
Once they’ve registered with us, it will take about 5-7 working days to add them onto our registration forms, and you can then sign up to your chosen challenge in aid of them.
Alternatively you can raise for one of the 500+ charities we are currently already working with, or you can Self Fund your place and raise for them on the side with no commitment.
Please note: the above is relevant for Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding places only. If you are entering as a Self Funder you can fundraise for any charity of your choice (only if you want to) & we do not need to be informed
If you are entering on a Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding place then NO – you must select one prime charity for your fundraising. This is because your charity will be paying for a portion of your place on the event (out of the fundraising you generate). If you wish to also fundraise for another charity, you can do so on your own terms but only as long as you reach the minimum target your first/prime charity.
If you join as a Self Funder however, you have complete flexibility on who you fundraise for – with no targets or deadlines, and no cost to those charities.
If you have chosen to fundraise for a charity (from our list), we will pass your details over to them and you can expect to hear from them with a welcome pack within 14 days. If for some reason you do not hear from your charity after this time, please contact them directly.
