How it Works

REGISTER FOR THE CHALLENGE

You can register HERE for the 2024 Buddy Up Challenge.

PLAN YOUR CHALLENGES

View the challenges and choose which ones you want to complete throughout the month. Planning your challenges in advance help you stay on track. You can view all challenges. You can view all challenges HERE

SHARE SHARE SHARE & FUNDRAISE

Tell the world what you are doing and why you are doing it. This is also an opportunity to encourage your friends, family, and wider network to support your fundraising efforts and make a donation to you. Use your personal URL to share. Whilst fundraising is not mandatory, we do encourage it. Our Leader Board page  will show who is the most successful in two areas: fundraising and challenge completion

Don’t forget to check out our Resources page for useful tips and templates.

GET STUCK INTO THE CHALLENGE

Start ticking off the challenges from 1st of June 2024 till 30th of June 2024. We encourage you to continue ‘SHARING’ during this time as well.

LOG YOUR CHALLENGES

Don’t forget to log your challenges! Go to your page and click your dashboard under your name and select the date you finished the challenge. Upload or drag a picture in it to show proof you have done it and click SUBMIT and off to the next challenge.

Have questions?

Check out our FAQs page

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View the challenges

Eat a spoon of Vegemite or Marmite

Dress up for a whole day

Sing a song in a public space

Make a flower arrangement

Write a poem

Bake a Buddy Up Cake

Get crafty and make a door wreath

Declutter and Donate

Volunteer your time to make a difference

Write a thank you note for your local emergency service and drop it off

Meet up with a friend for a cuppa and share what you are grateful for

Have a movie night or go to the cinema

Organise your wardrobe

Take a Bowel Cancer Test

Donate blood or plasma

Go on a Zip line / flying fox

Drink a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar

Donate your Containers for Change to BUA

Grab your friends for dinner and everyone brings a home made platter

Plant a tree

Take a dance class

Buy a stranger a coffee

Do 30 push-ups with your buddy

Walk 10 kms

Draw a Picture of yourself

Bake a loaf of bread

Learn to write your name in Japanese

Start a compost bin or wormery

Reconnect with 1 friend you haven't seen in a long time

Spend 90 seconds in an Ice Bath

Sit down and have a family dinner together

Complete a 750m Ocean Swim

Read a book

Watch a sunset with a Buddy

Try a martial art class

Attend a Yoga Class

Complete a 15km Bike Ride

Attend your local parkrun

Give a hug to a friend or a stranger that may just need one

Check in with a buddy to see how they’re doing

Make your own bookmark

Attend a surf lesson

Get a photo with an Emergency Service Officer

Walk a dog / your dog with a Buddy

Wear a Buddy Up T-Shirt to Work all day

Eat a sour lemon without any expression on your face

Hold a handstand for 5 seconds without any support

Hold a plank for 2 minutes

Arrange a Game Night

Grab a Buddy or team of Buddies and try a game of volleyball

Plant an edible garden

Dress up your pet as a superhero

Recycle & Reuse