{"id":1912,"date":"2010-08-20T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2010-08-20T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:34:20","slug":"take-part-in-northern-ireland%e2%80%99s-first-bigfoot-walk-for-aware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/08\/take-part-in-northern-ireland%e2%80%99s-first-bigfoot-walk-for-aware\/","title":{"rendered":"Take part in Northern Ireland\u2019s first Bigfoot walk for Aware!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lorraine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1913\" title=\"lorraine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lorraine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a>Runners have marathons. Cyclists have \u2018sportives\u2019. What do walkers have? Sunday Strolls and Bigfoots, that\u2019s what! A Bigfoot is a walkers\u2019 marathon and there is one happening on the 12<sup>th<\/sup> September. The 18 mile walk from Armagh to Dungannon follows the footsteps (approximately 40,000 of them) of our ancestors, Vikings and settlers. Setting off from the Mall in Armagh, the route finishes at Dungannon  Castle, where you can climb the tower and survey the route you\u2019ve just walked, if you have the energy left! It\u2019s a massive challenge, so why not participate and raise some sponsorship for Aware Defeat Depression.<\/p>\n<p>Aware Defeat Depression is the only charity in Northern   Ireland that works exclusively with people experiencing depression and bipolar disorder. With one in four people in the country experiencing symptoms at some stage in their life, it is one of the most common illnesses in NI, but we need your help to keep our vital services operating. Aware run a network of 20 support groups, right across the province as well as a phone helpline service; your donations can help us help someone who is experiencing depression.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to participate in the Bigfoot Walkers\u2019 Marathon, just go to their website to sign up (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfootwalk.com\/\">www.bigfootwalk.com<\/a>) then contact Lorraine at Aware Defeat Depression for sponsor forms and your Aware walking vest, just email <a href=\"mailto:lorraine@aware-ni.org\">lorraine@aware-ni.org<\/a> or call 9073 1734.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the work that Aware Defeat Depression does or information about the support groups, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aware-ni.org\/\">www.aware-ni.org<\/a> or call the helpline on 08451 20 29 61.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runners have marathons. Cyclists have \u2018sportives\u2019. What do walkers have? Sunday Strolls and Bigfoots, that\u2019s what! A Bigfoot is a walkers\u2019 marathon and there is one happening on the 12th September. The 18 mile walk from Armagh to Dungannon follows the footsteps (approximately 40,000 of them) of our ancestors, Vikings and settlers. Setting off from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/08\/take-part-in-northern-ireland%e2%80%99s-first-bigfoot-walk-for-aware\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[817,816,820,821,818,819],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1917,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}