Tag: Athletic Events
This month, a group of fundraisers are taking part in ‘Run the Maine’, a point-to-point Half Marathon through Central Victoria’s bea...
In 2022, Shake It Up fundraiser Sarah Buckpitt and her cycling friends put together the Pedal for Parkinson’s Tasmania tour. Riding 500km across 5 d...
This October, Shake It Up supporter Thomas will be participating in the Bike-Around-The-Bay event to raise money for Shake It Up Australia. This will ...
This month, thousands of runners will hit the pavement to take part in the TCS Sydney Marathon for 2024. With 50 fundraisers running in support of Sha...
From burpees to bowling, our Shake It Up community is constantly inspiring us with the ways they choose to take personal passions and turn them into a...
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In 2022, Shake It Up fundraiser Sarah Buckpitt and her cycling friends put together the Pedal for Parkinson’s Tasmania ...
In September, our fundraiser Matthew will be running the 100km Surf Coast Century Ultra Marathon, running along the magnificent scenery in the Great O...
Long time Shake It Up supporter and Parkinson’s advocate Will Boag, along with his wife Corrie, have undertaken a huge project, Will to Walk. Togeth...
This November, Shake It Up supporter Jeremy will undertake the fisiocrem GC50 Run Festival, tackling his first ever 50km Ultra Marathon in honour of h...
In 2018, mother-daughter team Emma and Marie joined a group of trekkers in the Camino for a Cure trek through Spain, raising over $20,000 for Parkinso...
In July 2024, 30 fundraisers ran in the Gold Coast Marathon to raise more than $15,000 collectively for Parkinson’s research and Shake It Up. Th...
At Shake It Up, we are passionate in our belief that everyone can make a difference in their own unique way. That’s why we encourage supporters ...
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On Sunday August 4th 2024, I’ll be running the Sri Chinmoy 100km Ultra Marathon in Canberra. It’...
Earlier this year, Shake It Up supporter Brodie took on the Noosa Ultra-Trail – one of the premier events on Australia’s trail running calenda...
Long-time Shake It Up supporters and fundraising champions, the Monkey Mia Boys, have done desert trips, rides across the country and even online art ...
This year, we have 22 fundraisers participating in the HBF Run for a Reason in Perth, the first time Shake It Up has been part of this event! Together...
In April, the Canberra Times Marathon Festival will welcome runners to lace up and run together across a scenic route. This year, one of the participa...
This September, a group of trekkers will Step Up with Shake It Up to trek the Great Ocean Walk for Parkinson’s. Taking part along with ‘Te...
In 2024, for Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Shake It Up Australia is encouraging the Australian community to take part in #Pancakes4Parkinsons to ...
Last year, one of our supporters Andrew, took on the Cape to Cape race with his good friend Darren, to challenge himself and raise funds for cutting-e...
Many of our Shake It Up supporters raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s research by embracing their creative pursuits and artistic passions...
In November 2023, a group of dedicated fundraisers took on a massive challenge – the world’s toughest road half marathon, Point to Pinnacl...
This week, our Shake It Up hero is Suzanne Cox, a regular Shake It Up fundraiser who this year completed the Everest Base Camp Trek in memory of her f...
At Shake It Up, we are passionate in our belief that everyone has the power to make a difference. While some of our fundraising heroes take on athleti...
Did you know there are around 200,000 Australians currently living with Parkinson’s and a further 38 people diagnosed every day? One of our inspirin...
In September 2023, a group of motivated fundraisers laced up their runners and hit the pavement for the Sydney Marathon, fueled by the desire to hit t...
Many of our supporters at Shake It Up participate in fundraisers that involve tough athletic feats to help raise funds and awareness for ParkinsonR...
At Shake It Up we have many adventurous supporters who take part in all kinds of athletic events to raise both funds and awareness for Parkinson’s. ...
Did you know that 38 Australians will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease today? The Lambooy family are on a mission to make sure more people ...
Brother and sister duo, Tim and Abby, are challenging themselves to run for Parkinson’s this year. They were originally planning to run the 21km...
Our hero this week is Andrew, who recently ran in the Gold Coast Half Marathon for Shake It Up. Andrew had a great time at the event, finishing the ha...
Father-son duo Brian and Mark Upton are no strangers to a challenge. They raced and run in some iconic triathlon events, including multiple Iron Man c...
Our fundraising hero this week is Brodie, who ran a half marathon in the Brisbane Marathon Festival and raised $2,020 for Shake It Up to further Parki...
Our hero this week is Lucy, who was planning to run the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon recently. When the event was cancelled due to the Sydney C...
Our hero this week is Alistair, who took on the mighty challenge of the Brisbane Half Marathon for Parkinson’s. Alistair is inspired by his Da...
Our heroes this week are Kerrie, Melissa and Nathan who ran the Virtual Melbourne Half Marathon together to speed up a cure for Parkinson’s. T...
A couple of weeks ago we brought you our top do-it-yourself fundraisers of 2019. This week, we’re celebrating our top fun run and charity challenge ...
Inspired by her Dad and creating a better future for those with Parkinson’s, our hero this week Rowena set out to complete 100km of running during t...
Our heroes this week are our fearless fundraisers running the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival this weekend! They’ve been training for months now ...
Running season is not far off with events like Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, City2Surf and Westpac City-Bay Run just around the corner. We spoke...
As winter approaches, training has begun for fun run season. Half marathons, marathons and running festivals, become popular in Spring so in preparati...
Andrew “Pegs” Pengelly is an inspiring story of courage in the face of adversity. After learning of his diagnosis in his early fifties, Andrew set...
Inspired by the impact of Parkinson’s on his mum, Tim Ashelford is running a half marathon this weekend to fundraise for Shake It Up. And he’s got...
Motivated by her father’s Parkinson’s diagnosis, Christy is embarking on a huge 1,300km bike ride along the East Coast of Australia, all the way f...
Parkinson’s is very misunderstood in the broader community and so often people with Parkinson’s suffer in hiding, afraid to let others know about ...
If you’re looking for a challenge, the so called ‘World’s toughest half Marathon’, Point to Pinnacle in Hobart would certainly fit the bill! T...
Saf’s story is a heart-warming example of finding the positivity in supporting a family member with Parkinson’s. Saf worked hard to complete the 5...
For Grace, a seasoned obstacle racing competitor, Tough Mudder was about more than getting muddy and jumping over incredible obstacles. The race becam...
Fun runs and physical challenges are a great way to get your friends and family talking about Parkinson’s and donating towards a cure. There are so ...