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Make Your Mark with a Ball

And the winners are….

Well done to all those who took part.  We can announce winners for the following categories*: 

Best Visual: Benjamin Shine

Best PR & Marketing: Birkdale School

Workplace: Benjamin Shine

School: Waldegrave school 

*Sadly there were insufficient entries in some of the categories.
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Paula Radcliffe imageMake Your Mark teamed up with Sport Relief and ran an exciting national fundraising competition with people all across the country using one or more balls to raise money for Sport Relief.

What's it all about?

Make Your Mark with a Ball is a competition designed to develop people’s enterprise skills through their passion for sport and to raise money for Sport Relief at the same time. It’s really easy to get involved – take one or more balls, come up with an enterprising and creative idea, and raise as much money as you can! All the money raised through Make Your Mark with a Ball will be donated to Sport Relief.

Any type of sports ball(s) can be used and we’re looking for the most innovative and creative ideas.

Download the Make Your Mark with a Ball postcard (PDF - 939 KB)

Who can apply?

This competition is open to primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, youth groups and workplaces, and you can enter as a team or as an individual.

Just let us know you're taking part by registering your details.

For more information, download the information pack.

Why get involved?

Help change the world

Make Your Mark with a Ball is a great opportunity to use your enterprising ideas to change the world for the better. All the money raised for Sport Relief through Make Your Mark with a Ball will be spent helping vulnerable people living incredibly tough lives both at home in the UK and in the world’s poorest countries.

Develop enterprise skills

Make Your Mark with a Ball is designed to develop people’s enterprise capabilities, in particular relation to their:
  • can-do attitude
  • financial capability
  • innovation
  • creativity
  • business understanding
All these skills are a fundamental part of fundraising and key to developing an enterprising mindset.

Please remember to let us know you're taking part in Make Your Mark with a Ball so we can update you on any important competition information.