Host your own coffee morning and help raise money for UpsnDowns during World Down’s Syndrome Week. Email for your fundraising packs.

This year we have booked 360 Play at Rushden Lakes for a Christmas Party Play Session.

UpsnDowns will have exclusive use of the venue so that our members and families can play feeling safe and secure.

Sadly, our annual Riding for UpsnDowns cannot go ahead as planned this year due to Coronavirus. This is usually one of our biggest fundraisers of the year and particularly important for our charity.

This year, we have had to adapt our annual cycling sportif so that it can still go ahead.

We need your help from Friday 17th July to Sunday 26th July to take UpsnDowns ‘around the world’.

We aim to build a team of cyclists who will join together this summer to ride around the world in 10 days. So whether you are out on the roads, on the MTB trials or at home on your rollers or turbo, we hope that you will join us over these 10 days and help us achieve this goal.

The more people that sign up, the more likely we are to make it around the world. In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has put pay to a majority of charity events, this is a great opportunity to support the charity’s income which is wholly dependent on fundraising. Our events have usually taken place in the form of a group ride, with an incredible 160 riders taking part in 2019.

We will start our epic journey on Friday the 17th of July from a virtual Earls Barton and we will be travelling around the globe over the next 10 days around the 52nd parallel, hoping that we cycle enough miles to get back to Earls Barton on Sunday the 26th of July. We will go via Germany, Belarus, Ukraine, China, Russia, Alaska, British Columbia, Ontario, Ireland and Wales to name a few of the countries on our route.

This event is not only for keen cyclists, we would love lots of families to join in too.

If you would like to enter as a family, you can do so. All you need to do is to register once on UltraBritain and then upload daily miles onto Strava (app) as a group. The entry fee is £10 for an individual cycling alone or families.

Throughout the 10-day event we will be publishing the progress of ‘miles cycled’ each day on social media. The cyclist that rides the most miles will win a £200 Wiggle Voucher.

Once registered, you will receive an email that gives you all the details on how to set up a JustGiving page for people to sponsor you.

Please note, we have changed our event to enable full support of the government's current guidance regarding Coronavirus. We would encourage everyone to ensure that they follow any government guidance in relation to recreational activities including cycling.

PLEASE SIGN UP HERE… https://www.ultrabritain.com/events/ups-and-downs/ups-n-downs-go-around-the-world

Join us for our Annual Charity Sporting Dinner along with special guest, Alan Shearer. Tickets are £60, this includes reception drinks, a 3-course meal with wine, a Q&A session with our special guest and a disco. Dress code - black tie.

Riding for Ups 'n' Downs 2025

Date: Sunday 13th July 2025

Venue: Earls Barton Cricket Club

Come and help us celebrate our Riding for Ups 'n' Downs 11th anniversary ride, with over £110,000 raised for the Northamptonshire charity since we started.

This year, we’re proud to be supporting another local Northamptonshire charity BacZac. They are hosting their first one-day cycle event and bringing along a fantastic group of new riders, backed by their own sponsors and supporters. All entries will be made through our platform – just make sure to tick the box on the entry form to let us know if you are Riding for Ups 'n' Downs or BacZac.

When we first started in 2015, there were just 34 of us riding 90 miles. Since then, the event has grown year by year, and we now welcome riders of all abilities to get involved, show their support, and most importantly, have fun along the way.

ABOUT THE EVENT

We have 3 amazing route options (100, 60 and 25 miles) starting and finishing at the same location.

PRICING

This year we are providing a drawstring bag decorated with the sponsors logos as well as a 750 ml branded bottle for each rider. Some special gifts will also be hidden in random bags for a lucky few to find.

If walkers would like one of our bags, then please request them in the entry form - these are available for an additional £10 each. For more details, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/riding4und/

WHY TAKE PART?

Riding for Ups 'n' Downs is the perfect opportunity to come together and make a difference while having fun and getting active. Whether you're an experienced cyclist or just looking for a leisurely ride with friends and family, this event is open to all abilities.

We are looking forward to the event, please feel free to invite friends and family to join the ride, or the drinks and BBQ and raffle from 12.30pm onwards back at the Earls Barton Cricket Club.

Riding for Ups 'n' Downs 2025

Date: Sunday 13th July 2025

Venue: Earls Barton Cricket Club

ABOUT THE EVENT

PRICING

WHY TAKE PART?

Charity Quiz & Curry Night

Monday 8th September

at The Raj Restaurant

46-50 Rockingham Road, Kettering NN16 8JT