OFFICE OLYMPICS SPORTS KIT This kit contains all you need to get into a competitive and fun spirit during the Olympics – whilst raising for young patients at Birmingham Children’s Hospital Welcome to... Birmingham Children’s Hospital Office Olympics Sports Kit

In this kit you will find:

With the 2012 Olympic Games P2 Programme of events, only a mere sprint away, now is including suggested games the time to get your colleagues you can play in the Olympic spirit. P2 Equipment Check List Office Olympics can suit everyone, from the fitness fanatic to the sloth- P3 List of participating nations like office worker. It is the creative for the sweep-stake way to take part in the Olympics P5 Template to cut out The without breaking into a sweat! Olympic Torch for the From the lighting of the torch to the Opening Ceremony final award ceremony, you will find P6 Template to cut out for everything you need in this kit to Olympic Bunting create your own Office Olympics with minimal effort for a high outcome P7 Template to cut out for of fun! Have a look at ‘The Games’ medals for all the winners section and if you’re feeling really P9 Handy hints and tips energetic after that then get creative and come up with a few of your own games.

All we ask is that every participant makes a donation to partake in The Games – and then all these funds are given to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

PAGE 1 PAGE PB Let the Games Begin!

Opening Ceremony Why not nominate some Olympic Ambassadors to do a lap of the building with the torch to begin The Games! On pages 5 and 6 you will find a template to cut out an The Olympic Torch so there really is no excuse!

Programme of Games An optional extra for the Opening We have laid out some examples of Office Olympic Ceremony: why not hold an Opening Games for you to choose from, or to give you ideas to Ceremony Feast? Each competitor create your own Games. could provide a dish from around the 1. Shot Put - Use an eraser and a strong arm to lob world and athletes and supporters it into a nearby bin. Closest throw wins make a donation to try a dish. 2. Rowing - Line up your swivel chairs and row to the other end of the room. Fastest team wins Equipment check list: 3. Archery - Use a rubber band and make a target on a nearby wall to see who has the best aim Office Chairs 4. Arm Wrestling - Host different competition Ball of paper categories from light weight to heavy weight Erasers 5. Badminton - Screw up recycled paper into a ball, Wastepaper bins use your mouse mat and ping it back and forth Rubber bands over the desk with another sportsman Mouse mats 6. Javelin - make a paper aeroplane to see who can throw the longest distance Ribbon to hang the medals The Olympic Torch (provided Additional ideas in this kit) (but they’ll need equipment): Bunting (provided in this kit) Medals (provided in this kit) 1. Rhythmic Gymnastics - you’ll need some hula hoops and some swinging hips First Aid Kit – just in case 2. Table Tennis – play tiddlywinks across the desk Camera - don’t forget to send your photos to us! Last but not least...a sense of humour!

PAGE 2 PAGE 3 Organise a sweep-stake Why not make it interesting? Organise a sweep stake within your office, pick a country and make a donation. The person with the country who has the highest medal tally wins 50% of the money, with the remaining funds donated to help children with cancer at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Antigua and Afghanistan Albania Andorra Angola Algeria Argentina Armenia Aruba Barbuda Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Burundi Belgium Belize Bosnia- Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bahrain Botswana Belarus Brazil Herzegovina British Virgin Central African Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Cambodia Canada Cayman Islands Chad Islands Republic Chile Taiwan Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Dominican Cote-d´lvoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Republic Arab Rep. of Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland Egypt France Gabon The Gambia Germany Ghana Great Britain Guinea-Bissau Georgia Greece

Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary

Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Israel Ivory Coast

Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Kenya South Korea North Korea Kuwait Rep. of Laos Latvia Saint Lucia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lichtenstein Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Rep. of Moldova Marshall Islands Maldives Malta Mali Mauritania

Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Netherlands Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niger Antilles Papua New Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Palestine Paraguay Peru Guinea Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Rhodesia Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Kitts and Sao Tome and St. Vincent & Gr. Samoa American Samoa Western Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Seychelles Nevis Principe Sierra Leone Senegal Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Slovakia Swaziland Serbia

Singapore Spain Sudan Surinam Syria Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad & Thailand Togo Tajikistan Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Tobago United Arab Uganda Ukraine U.S.A. US Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Emirates Vietnam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe

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Cut out the flame and stick to the You will need: inside of the The Olympic Torch. • Scissors (The base is on the next page) • Glue or sticky tape • String (for the bunting) • Ribbon (for the medals) 1. The Olympic Torch This comes in two parts. Cut the base of the The Olympic Torch out and roll to form a cone shape. Secure it with a suitable adhesive. Cut out the flame and stick to the inside of the base. 2. Bunting Cut out Olympics bunting, attach to a piece of string and decorate your workplace. Feel free to print out more pages if you need more bunting. 3. Medals A suitable reward for your winning athletes! Trim them out and tie a piece of apply glue here ribbon or string through the hole. Top tip: Mount the medals on card to give them a heavy weight feel.

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BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OFFICE OLYMPICS 2012

Should look like this (but a bit bigger!)

PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 Use the Office Olympics bunting to decorate your workplace

BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OFFICE OLYMPICS 2012

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PAGE 7 PAGE 8 PAGE 9 How You... Can Make A Difference

Being in hospital can be a difficult and confusing experience for anyone, but especially for children so everyone at Birmingham Children’s Hospital works really hard to make any hospital visit as welcoming, comfortable and reassuring as possible. Gifts from generous people like you go a long way to contributing towards a positive experience in hospital, from purchasing leading edge equipment to play items for children of all ages. The current fundraising priority is to redevelop our cancer unit which is housed in a 1960’s extension. With over 10% of children in the UK living with cancer coming to our unit because we are considered experts in the field, we want to be able to treat even more children by building more bed spaces, adding playrooms, upgrading the parent’s room and generally, improving the layout and look of the unit. Read on to find out the difference you will make from one of our parents’ perspectives:

Izzy’s Story Have you ever had one of those moments, when you know that your life is going to change forever? It’s a gut feeling; someone squeezing at your heart and you know that from this point everything will be different… but you just don’t know how. In July 2010 I had that feeling, my daughter Izzy was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. After 6 weeks of treatment, Izzy was responding well, but shortly after, her bone marrow test showed that she was “high risk for relapse”. In essence, it meant that Izzy would have to undergo 47 weeks of aggressive chemotherapy. If I could have done it for her, I would, but to see how she coped was inspirational. Birmingham Children’s Hospital has never shied away from telling us the truth. They have always been there to reassure us, comfort us, answer every question, and go the extra mile to help. They are saving my daughter’s life. But the unit is old and tired and the one thing that would really lift everyone’s spirit would be a bright, cheerful unit that is purpose built to the needs of a modern family. Izzy and I both hope that you have so much fun competing in Office Olympics and that you’ll also be really proud of everything you’ll be doing to help families such as ours. Thank you, Vic x

PAGE 7 PAGE 8 PAGE 9 Handy Hints & Tips! Disclaimer Whilst we intend for the Office Olympics to be an opportunity for some fantastic team building, it is important that all participants do not put themselves at risk whilst at work. Birmingham Children’s Hospital does not provide any liability insurance for protection of individuals, business entities, groups, organisations, spectators, or others who may participate in the Office Olympics. How to send your donation to us All cheques are to be made payable to ‘BCH Charities’, and should be Why not create a timetable accompanied by a covering letter stating of events to organise the your contact details and if you would like to support a particular ward/department order of the day amongst at the hospital other than our Children’s Cancer Appeal. If you’ve any questions your staff. Promote it on about this, please do not hesitate to your intranet for maximum contact us. Please send all correspondence to: exposure. Office Olympics Team Fundraising Department Could you organise Birmingham Children’s Hospital different departments Birmingham, B4 6NH If you wish to make an online donation, to enter as a country to please contact us for the details or pay encourage the competitive online via our website: www.bch.org.uk team element? And finally... Thank you so much for supporting us! We really do appreciate it, and would love to see some photos of you in full swing. Visit You can email them to www.bch.org.uk [email protected] for information about other exciting events we have planned! BCH Charities Registered Charity Number. 1074850

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