This Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 (3rd–9th February 2025), we are thrilled to team up with Laura Beacom, European Sport Stacking Champion, to bring the ASCERT Cup Stacking Challenge to schools across Northern Ireland!
Meet Laura Beacom – Inspiring Young Minds Through Sport Stacking
Laura Beacom is a born and bred Northern Ireland Champion who knows first-hand how exciting this sport can be – improving focus, co-ordination and mental wellbeing. Through this challenge, Laura hopes to inspire students to build resilience while having fun.
Cup stacking is an engaging activity that:
- Encourages teamwork and friendly competition
- Reduces stress while building motor skills and resilience
- Improves hand-eye co-ordination and reaction times
- Helps aid cognitive development, creativity and imagination
- Supports opportunities to build social skills and bond with others
Raise Funds to Support ASCERT’s Services for Young People
By joining the ASCERT Cup Stacking Challenge your school can raise funds through sponsorship or participation fees AND eligible schools, youth groups and clubs will be entered into a draw to WIN an EXCLUSIVE Sports Stacking Assembly visit and Masterclass for the winning team from Laura Beacom!
Everything you raise will go toward ASCERT’s essential services supporting young people’s mental health across Northern Ireland.
What is the ASCERT Cup Stacking Challenge?
This challenge is STACKS of fun for all ages and your school can join in by:
- Fastest Stacker Competition: Who can stack and unstack a set of cups the quickest?
- Team Relay Stacking: Classes or groups work together in a timed relay.
- Tallest Tower Challenge: Build the highest tower using only the provided cups.
How to Sign Up
Email marketing@ascert.biz with your contact details, school name and information on your planned challenge and date which will ideally be during Children’s Mental Health Week (Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th February 2025), or as close to this week as possible.
We’ll provide all the resources you need to get started including instructional videos, tips for setting up a JustGiving page and printable sponsor forms.
Exclusive Benefits for Participating Schools & Youth Groups – FREE RESOURCES
- Exclusive Cup Stacking Video Tutorial: Learn techniques and tricks directly from our award-winning local champion Laura
- Mindfulness Journals for Children & Teens
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- A Coping Strategies Lesson Plan (Post-Primary)
- A Drug and Alcohol Prevention Booklet (Post Primary)
Schools raising over £500 & Youth Groups raising over £200 will be automatically entered into a draw to win an EXCLUSIVE Sports Stacking School Assembly Visit and Masterclass from Laura Beacom!
Your support will help young people like Alex, who shared this about her experience with ASCERT’s Young People Services:
“ASCERT has helped me leaps and bounds since I started sessions with them. They have helped me realise that you need to take a step back and enjoy the simple things in life when there is a tornado going on around you. My keyworker has been fantastic. We have gained a trusting working relationship. ASCERT isn’t there to judge; they’re there to help you move forward when you are a few steps behind.”
Thank you for helping us take the next step toward brighter futures.
*Alex’s name has been changed to protect the identity of the young people ASCERT support #ASCERTcupstack