The Southern Sportive is one of the UK's classics and was the first event to use the daunting ridge of the stunning South Downs as it's course. First run in 2006, the event has been consistently praised as one of the most beautiful and flowing courses in the country.

The event base is at Churchers College in Petersfield, which sits right under the northern edge of the Downs and makes a memorable start and finish to the ride. Great road and rail connections to both London and the rest of the UK also help to make this a classic south of England event.

For more information about the route, click here.

If you want to take part in this event and still be part of The Unstoppables team, here’s how you can:

1. Get yourself signed up on the event website

2. Let us know you’re entered and that you’d like to fundraise for us
We’ll send you a fundraising pack including sponsor forms, a t-shirt, and a guide to all the ways we can support your training and fundraising

3. Set up an online fundraising page for us – it’s the best way to fundraise!

4. Train hard, fundraise hard and be unstoppable!

A great way to boost your fundraising if you're doing a sponsored event is to raise money online.

Setting up an online giving page with JustGiving or Virgin Money Giving is a great way to raise money, enabling people to sponsor you really easily. All you need to do is visit the site, select Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research as your charity and then create your page. You can then personalise it with photos and messages and send the link to everyone you know.

Use social networking websites

A great way to increase awareness of your event is to add details to your social networking site; be it Facebook, Twitter or MySpace. It's even possible now to link these sites directly to your online giving page, making it even simpler for people to donate. Another way to inspire people, and raise awareness, is to blog about how your preparation is going. If people see the amount of time you're committing, and why you're doing your event, then they'll be more likely to dig deep!

Email your family and friends

Target your most generous supporters first. People tend to match the amounts already listed on the page.

Be persistent

Try re-sending the link to your page one week before the event to get some last minute sponsors. Then send it one more time once you've done the event - it's never too late!

Raise money while you shop

If you shop online, you can raise money for us simply by signing up with easyfundraising. Visit your favourite online retailers through this site and they will donate a percentage of your purchase to us at no extra cost to you!

Sponsorship forms

General sponsorship form.pdf