Will you Step Up for RNID with the BIA?

Across the UK, 12 million people have hearing loss, and 1 in 7 adults live with tinnitus. Despite these staggering numbers, there are still no clinically approved treatments available for those who need them.

RNID is the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding hearing research.

RNID connects innovators with the infrastructure and expertise they need, at EVERY STEP of the translational pathway.

Challenge: Step, cycle, swim, wheel, or run however, whenever, and wherever you want to connect the BIA’s HQ in London with the global hearing research community and raise funds for RNID!

Target Distances: Support your team reach 200km to 5,000km over four weeks.  

Competition: Compete with BIA member organisations across UK life sciences to be crowned as team and individual winners - (prizes for the furthest distance & most funds raised) at the BIA Summer Party! 

  • When: 6th-31st May 2024 (Deaf Awareness Week is 6-12 May)!
  • How: In teams (2 -10 people), sign up, agree a target destination distance, get sponsored* and prepare to start moving from the 6th May!
  • Why: Every step you take and £ you raise will support the acceleration of global development efforts for new treatments and therapeutics aimed at preventing and treating hearing loss and tinnitus.

*Kickstart your fundraising with a £30 per team member donation, and we'll send you exclusive RNID branded running tops! (while stocks last!)

Are you up for the challenge?

Sign up now and Step Up for RNID with the BIA!

 

RNID is the national charity supporting the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the voice of the innovative life sciences and biotech industry, enabling and connecting the UK ecosystem so that businesses can start, grow and deliver world-changing innovation. Helping biotech and life sciences sector to influence, connect and save.  www.bioindustry.org

 

 

registrations are not available

There are currently no entry options available for this event.

 

 In teams, connect the BIA's headquarters in London with global cities where hearing therapeutics are being researched:

  • 200km - Sheffield, UK
    • Research focus: Cell therapies for the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss
    • Best achieved by: walking, running, wheeling, swimming, cycling
  • 700km - Tubingen, Germany
    • Research focus: Enhancing and preserving hearing for people with sensorineural hearing loss
    • Best achieved by: walking, running, wheeling, swimming or cycling
  • 900km - Montpellier, France
    • Research focus: Therapeutic solutions to treat, prevent, and restore hearing
    • Best achieved by: running, wheeling, swimming or cycling
  • 3,000km - Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Research focus: Gene Therapies for inherited hearing loss
    • Best achieved by: running, wheeling or cycling
  • 5,000km - Boston, USA
    • Research focus: Gene therapies to restore, improve, and preserve hearing
    • Best achieved by: cycling