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The Live Fearless Challenge is an annual personal fitness and fundraising challenge that runs from 1-30 September.

Participants can walk, run, swim, cycle, workout or just get active on their own, or with a team of friends, family, colleagues anywhere and any time during September.

It's FREE to register and participate in the Live Fearless Challenge.

Sign up to start your challenge and help empower the lives of people with IBD.

Register – Enter your details, set your fundraising target, and get ready to go.

Promote – Enlist support and seek donations by sharing your personal fundraising page URL with your friends, family and colleagues via email or on social media.

Live Fearless – Start your challenge, and track your kilometres from 1 September to make the target goal of 150km.

Be seen and be fearless during the Live Fearless Challenge in September.

We have Live Fearless merch available for purchase including a purple LFC t-shirt and white LFC cap.

You can order your gear from the CCA shop here.

This is a personal challenge so you can choose how you do your km. You can walk, run, swim, cycle, workour, do yoga or any other manner of physical activities. If you do not run or walk significant distances, then you can start by doing yoga and stretching and build up to walking or running during the month. Feel free to mix up the activities and have fun. It's all about setting a personal challenge and getting active your way.

If you choose to walk or run, we recommend as a guide that you work towards 40km a week for four weeks. This is only just over 5km a day, or a third more than the current Australian average distance walked each day.

If you choose the walking option, then yes the 150km can include all of the steps you take. You can manually record your fitness activities on your fundraising page.

This distance is still less than the recommended daily 10,000 steps, coming in at 7,000 steps or just 30% more than the average Australian’s current daily step count. Try not be daunted and if you need to shoot for a lower target, that's fine as well. This is a challenge, but one which is designed to be done your way to help you get fitter and be more active. Remember you can also mix up the activities, do some gentle yoga stretches or swimming if you prefer. You could also create a team and they can help you acheive the kilometres and fundraising goal.

Any GPS enabled devices like fitness wristbands or watches (think Fitbit, Garmin etc) will do the trick. We have linked up with Strava, Fitbit and mapmyfitness to automatically sync with your fundraising page and add to your kilometres each time you record an activity

If you’re not already connected with these devices, you can always use your Smartphone and download Strava, Fitbit or mapmyfitness to get started.

Once installed and your account has been created with your preferred app, login to you’re Live Fearless Challenge profile page and head to the 'My Fitness Activity' tab. Here you can now connect up to your preferred fitness app. Click on the icon of the app you'd like to connect - this will ask you to login and authorise us to access your fitness account.

When using your fitness app, remember to create a new activity through your app and stop when you're finished each time - this will ensure your kilometres are recorded onto your Live Fearless Challenge page.

You can also manually add an activity through the 'My Fitness Activity' tab too.

See full instructions in the 'How To Log Your Km' tab here.

LFC is a fabulous team exercise. Teams come in all shapes and sizes. Friends, family, or work collagues.  A team of two or a team of 10. Create the team that works for you!

You can create your team when you register by simply following the prompts as you move through the registration process.

You can also set up your team at a later date, or join an existing team through your fundraising page.

How to create a team after you've registered:

1. Go to your dashboard of your account
2. Select the Create a team button
3. Follow the prompts to create your team

To join a team during registration, you will need to do the following:

1. You need to start the registration process then you get to the team section.
2. You will see the search for your team on the page. This will provide the ability to either join a team.
3. Click the team you want to join. Public teams you can join without approval but private teams, team captains will need to approve you.
4. Once you have done that, you have joined a team.

If you require further assistance, please contact our support team via email at [email protected] or call 1800 138 029.

1. Login to your account. 
2. Click the blue donate button in the top right corner
3. Enter the team name that you are looking for in the Search for a Fundraiser box
4. Once you find the team, click their profile image
5. Click 'Join Us' button on their team page 
6. If there is no "Join Us" option it is because the team is private, and you will need to contact the team captain who will invite you to join.

If you require further assistance, please contact our support team via email at [email protected]

Each member of the team completes their own 150km goal, but members can share the number of km between each other if they wish to (e.g. one member may do 100km while another does 200km). Just like those completing the challenge as an individual, each team member can also lower or raise the standard 150km goal depending on what is a challenge for them.

We have a lot of wonderful people in our community who are not living with IBD. These are the people in our support network. They are our friends, our family and our work colleagues.

To give these people the chance to recognise who they are supporting by participating in the Live Fearless Challenge, we offer space on the fundraising page to share these details.

If you are doing the Challenge for someone – give them a shout out here. Otherwise, simply leave it blank when you register.

If you require further assistance, please contact our support team via email at [email protected]

To reset your password, click the 'Forgot Password' link on the login screen and follow the prompts.

If you do not receive the reset email here are some helpful tips:

• Add [email protected] to your contacts list
• Check your junk or spam folders and update settings

Contact us via email at [email protected] or call 1800 138 029 and we can reset your password for you.

Once you have connected your fitness app it will keep track of your daily activity which can be manually added to your fundraising page.

Follow these steps to manually add your daily activity:

1. Download the Fitbit, Strava or MapMyFitness app and set up your account.
2. Log in to your Live Fearless Challenge page dashboard and select ‘My Fitness Activity’.
3. Under ‘Add activity’, enter the date and distance that has been stored on your fitness app and hit save.
4. The number of kms will now appear on your fundraising page!

If you want to automatically sync a workout (for a run, swim or bike ride) you must start a workout, stop the workout and save it to ensure it can be logged.

Follow these steps to automatically log a workout:

1. Download the Fitbit, Strava or MapMyFitness app and set up your account.
2. Log in to your Live Fearless Challenge fundraising page dashboard.
3. Under My Fitness Activity and the heading ‘Connect your preferred fitness app’, click your chosen app.
4. Follow the prompts to connect your account.
5. Start a workout, stop the workout and save it.

Your distance will be published on your Live Fearless Challenge fundraising page 24 hours later.

If you require further assistance, please contact our support team via email at [email protected] or call 1800 138 029.

You can update your kilometres by logging into your fundraising page and heading to the 'My Fitness Activity' tab. Set your new target distance, scroll down and 'Save Changes' and you're done!

Fundraising makes amazing things happen!

The Live Fearless challenge is CCA's main annual fundraiser. We need your help to spread the word, so we’ve created some tools, tips and social tiles on the 'Resources' page to help you with your fundraising.

The #1 reason people donate to charities is because they were asked!

Use the tools to post to social media and send an email update to friends, family and colleagues letting them know you’re participating in the Live Fearless Challenge. You'll be surprised by how much support you will receive by simply sharing your fundraising page.

Tips

• Include a link to your fundraising page in a social post and email to make it quick and easy for people to donate
• Send update emails on your progress throughout the challenge, eg: halfway to my km goal, or halfway to my fundraising goal. See the Resources page for some fun social tiles to share and remind people that you have commited to a month long challenge
• Remind your community that a small donation can make a big difference, (and it's tax deductible!)
• Ask your employer/workplace if they will engage in "matched giving" where they pledge to match your donation with an equal or predetermined amount

Crohn's & Colitis Australia's primary purpose is to provide support services, advice and encouragement to people with IBD. This includes research, education and advocacy programs. Donations raised through LFC go towards funding these vital programs.

Crohn’s & Colitis Australia is a Deductible Gift Recipient, and accordingly all donations of $2.00 AUD or more are tax deductible.

For more information about CCA's vital work visit crohnsandcolitis.org.au.

At Crohn’s & Colitis Australia, we believe in living fearlessly.  Being fearless is all about showing courage, confidence and having the ability to face things head on.

As a thank you to participants who raise $1,000 or more in support of Australians living with Crohn’s and colitis, we’ve introduced the Fearless Fighter.

To acknowledge this achievement a new badge is unlocked under your profile photo on your fundraising page.

Unlock your Fearless Fighter badge today, get started on asking your community for support!

If you need further assistance, please contact our support team via email at [email protected] or call 1800 138 029.

Firstly - well done on achieving your original fundraising goal!

Keep yourself motivated and push yourself further by increasing your fundraising goal for the remainder of the challenge.

Login to your online fundraising page and go to 'Edit My Page'. You will see your fundraising goal there. Click edit to select a new goal beyond what you have already achieved.  Amazing!

There are few ways you can share your fundraising URL with your network.

1. There is an opporunity for you to share your page as part of the registration process 
2. Your registration confirmation email includes the link to the URL for you to share
3. Your Dashboard Page inclues a link that you can copy and paste

Your dashboard in your personal space for the duration of the Live Fearless Challenge.

 Have fun with your dashboard and make it your own.  Connct with your friends and family, and keep everyone up to date with your achievements.

• Add a profile picture
• Include a personal story to let everyone know why you are taking part in the Live Fearless Challenge 
• Post regular updates of your progress to keep your donors and potential donors in the loop. Write about your latest session and share photos along the way
• Share your updates on social media
• Share your URL with friends, family and colleagues via e-mail and social media – the more people you ask, the more people will donate!

1. Go to the donate button at the top of the page
2. Use the Search function to find the individual or team you wish to donate to
3. Click on their page - you will see a panel on the right side titled Please help reach my goal
4. Select one of these amounts, or nominate your preferred amount and hit the red Donate button

If you need further assistance, please contact our support team via email at [email protected] 

Crohn's & Colitis Australia's primary purpose is to provide support services, advice and encouragement to people with IBD. This includes research, education and advocacy programs.  Donations raised through LFC go towards funding these vital programs.

For more information about CCA's vital work visit crohnsandcolitis.org.au.

Crohn’s & Colitis Australia is a Deductible Gift Recipient, and accordingly all donations of $2.00 AUD or more are tax deductible.