Start Stop

What is Start Stop?

Start Stop is a virtual challenge that you can take on solo or team up with family, friends, or colleagues. What you do is up to you – choose something that takes just a day, a week or lasts for the whole month of January. 

You could START something new, improve or share your skills, or try a 31-day challenge! Or you could STOP a bad habit or make a positive change. Here are some ideas to get you started.

• Get knitting and make a scarf to auction off at the end of the month
• Push yourself by completing a 31-day burpee, push-up, sit-up or squat challenge
• Do Dry January. Get sponsored to give up alcohol while you fundraise for Duchenne UK
• Complete your reading list. Challenge yourself to read all the books on your reading list before the end of January
• Start playing an instrument and learn a song to perform by the end of the month
• Take part in Veganuary. Give up eating meat and try a plant-based lifestyle for the month
• Sell unwanted items and donate the proceeds to Duchenne UK
• Give something up. Smoking, takeaway, chocolate, biting your nails, procrastination, snoozing your alarm – whatever it is, do it for the whole of January
• Start sharing your skills. Help others learn a new skill in return for a donation, what about gardening, drawing, photography or a new language?
• Online streaming. Host a DJ set, a gaming event or a musical performance. Add a donation link to your stream
• Ready, set, cook. Learn some new recipes and host a dinner party for friends
• Start moving. Walk, jog or scoot! Set a daily steps target, set a distance target to complete over the month or challenge yourself to beat your personal best