Jump Rope For Heart is 25!
Jump
Rope For Heart is our fun educational fundraising programme,
designed to help children skip their way to
health.
We are celebrating the silver anniversary of our hugely popular
Jump Rope For Heart event. Since it began 25 years ago, we have had
over 25,000 schools and youth groups sign up to
the event.
It is recognised as a fun and enjoyable aerobic activity
that gets children active, while raising money for
their school or youth group and our life-saving work.
Once
registered, schools receive a
free skipping resource
kit (containing equipment worth over £100) to help them
introduce and develop skipping to children, including skipping
ropes, sponsorship forms, posters and an extensive Teacher’s
Manual.
When the children have mastered the basic skipping skills a
Jump Off (a sponsored skip) is held, which can
involve one class or the whole school, teachers and parents!
The total sponsorship money raised is split:
- 20% is retained by the school to spend however
they wish,
- 80% is used by us to fund pioneering research into the causes
and treatment of heart disease, patient care and support.
Children will be given a sponsorship form and all children
who have raised money will receive a certificate
to say that they have taken part.
Order a fundraising
kit
Benefits
- JRFH can contribute to the achievement of Healthy
Schools Award, Activemark, Sportsmark and Sports
Partnership awards
- JRFH fits into the National Curriculum for
Physical Education
- JRFH encourages a whole school approach to the promotion of
physical activity
- Skipping at break times can contribute to the recommended one
hour a day of moderate intensity physical activity for children and
young people
- Teachers have an exercise routine that is easy to organise,
plus a comprehensive teacher’s pack. The free
resource pack that schools receive includes 31 brightly coloured
skipping ropes, two Double Dutch skipping
ropes and a Skipping Skills
DVD.
This fun event is available to any kind of
youth
group that works with children between the ages of 7-16
years, including Brownies & Guides, Cubs &
Scouts, Sea, Army & Navy Cadets and Boys’ &
Girls’ Brigades.
Once registered, you will receive a free skipping
kit worth £30 to help you introduce
skipping to children in your group and develop their skipping
skills.
Order a fundraising
kit
Benefits
- Your group gets to keep 20% of the money
raised to spend on whatever you want
- It encourages a whole group approach to the promotion of
physical activity
- It’s an exercise activity that is easy to organise
- It includes a free resource pack which includes 10 skipping
ropes, sponsor forms, posters and a step-by-step guide to help you
organise the event.
As a celebration of the event's huge success we have put
together the 'Silver Skip' video, which is fun and easy to learn.
The skip can be tried by all and the step-by-step tutorial video on
this page can be paused as you learn new techniques together such
as cross-overs and arm wraps.
Any questions?
We always here to help, so if you have any
questions, you can email us or
call 01892 893 913.