Webdurance

The 24 hour charity webhack - July 2010 - Newcastle

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  • Sarah Kirkpatrick
  • British Heart Foundation
  • Alexander Horre
  • Andrea Stephenson
  • Mark Hill
  • Steve Archbold
  • Fred Pernet
  • Colette Hume
  • John Hudson
  • Simon Leonard
  • Yisheng Yao
  • Faith Caisip
  • Emilia Flockhart
  • Sarah Cox
  • Johnathan Au
  • Daniel Cottrell
  • Rob Colling
  • Christine Thompson
  • Torunn Seim Skrogstad
  • infinitetech

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Chepstow Stampede at Chepstow Racecourse

October 24, 2010 all day
Set within the stunning grounds and challenging terrain of Chepstow Racecourse and Piercefield Park, the course promises to be different from any adventure run you have entered before!If running 10k across natural rugged terrain is not challenging enough for you, unique and varied obstacles will be in place to push the limits of all abilities and fitness levels. Take on obstacles like Zig Zag Woods, Cargo Net Valley and the Severn View Jump before competing in the Mile Time Trial and the Water…See More
Event posted by Sarah Kirkpatrick Aug 2, 2010
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Events posted by Sarah Kirkpatrick Jul 29, 2010
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Sarah Kirkpatrick is now a member of Webdurance Jul 22, 2010
Welcome Them!
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Newcastle Stampede at Newcastle Racecourse

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November 14, 2010 all day
****Brand New Event****Sunday 14 November 2010Think a 10k run and the terrain of the Newcastle Race Course is not hard enough for you then come and see if you can challenge this exciting obstacle course to push the limits of all abilities and fitness levels!Take on obstacles like Zig Zag Woods and Cargo Net Valley before competing in the Mile Time Trial and the Water Run. Try your hand at sledging down Toboggan Hill, clambering over The Gauntlet and up the ropes at Heartbreak Hill – Not to…See More
Event posted by British Heart Foundation Jul 21, 2010
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Webdurance - the North East's first charity hack!


Welcome to Webdurance!

This summer, Newcastle will play host to the 24-hour website build, Webdurance... 36 web programmers, designers and writers will be locked up in a room and challenged to the task of creating brand-new websites for 6 regional charities.

Why?

We want to do some good! And we also want to show to the world that the North East has a great web-scene.

When?

July 15th & 16th, 2010

Are you interested?

Regardless of whether you would like to help out or not, please show your support by signing up as a member - you'll receive irregular updates on the progress of the event. If you want to help out, then go one step further and join the appropriate group: Volunteers, Sponsors and Charities.


Event is for registered attendees only

Recent news on Webdurance

We have a new site
Check out the new site, complete with the Webdurance teams at webdurance.org - we even built this in under 24 hours just to prove that it can be done!

Team selection
We're busy putting together teams of volunteers based on the skills you have told us. If you think you're in the wrong skillset, can't make it for whatever reason or are missing from our list let us know using the comment thread.
http://oodavid.com/teams.php

List of confirmed volunteers
Want to know who will be volunteering at this years Webdurance? Mostly up to date..
volunteers list 0.91.txt

This cake is gonna be a monster!

Or a robot perhaps...Great news for any of our volunteers with a sweet tooth. Our friends at For Goodness Cakes (gotta love that name) will be making us a supercake - possibly in the style of our very own mascott! Please check these guys out if you would like a stunning cake for your wedding . Peruse wonderful cakes here .


We've nailed the awards categories!

To add a little razzle-dazzle and nonsense fun to the hack, we're having a cheeky awards ceremony during the 25th hour. Read about what we're awarding here.

Events

The organisers behind Webdurance

So far we've had some great help in planning and setting up the Webdurance event

David and Paul King (1DayLater) - Event initiators

Webdurance is the brainchild of 1DayLater.com and we're involved with many aspects of the event, from management to concept and website maintenance.

1DayLater.com

- helping companies save money by automating their timesheets and tracking staff activities including time, money and mileage

Sunderland Software City - Main sponsors

Sunderland Software City are devoted to driving forward the software industry in our region. They have kindly offered to help sponsor the Webdurance event and lend us their support.

SunderlandSoftwareCity.com

- regional innovation, world class connections

Touchscape multitouch technologies

Touchscape are specialists in developing hardware solutions and developer tools for multitouch systems. They have kindly given loan of their conference hall for the event along with the finest hand picked cherries from their development team.

Touchscape.org

- multitouch technologies

Esther Laverick - Event Organiser

Co-ordinating the Webdurance event and PR, Esther is here to answer all your questions:

01915166085

esther@webdurance.org

Esther also writes regularly on Webdurance event progress through her profile blog.
Esther's blog

Belinda White - Banner Design

Belinda very kindly helped us turn our ragged banner idea into a nice crisp, clean graphic to use on the site

arttia.co.uk

 
 
 

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