Buds Fitness are proud to host our totally non for profit Together We Lift.
In 2022 we hosted one event in Atherstone and raised nearly £500.
In 2023 we hosted one event in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire and raised nearly £3000.
In 2024 we took our events on the road and raised;
- £2579 - for Mental Health Aberdeen with Nicola Buchan at NBFitness in Peterhead.
- £883 - for Mental Health Matters at the BHF Priory Centre.
- £2055 - for CPSL Mind at Sawtry Academy Leisure.
Our journey for 2025 started in Derbyshire with and incredible event hosted at The Unit in Ilkeston by Dean Butler and we raised another amazing £1973 this time for Derbyshire Mind.
Through 2025, we aim to put on a further 9 events across the UK with an ambition to raise over £20,000 for localised Mental Health Charities!
If you'd like to find out more about how you could enter our events visit the link below:
Together We Lift 2025!
Here come the girls' - The League
After the huge success of our 2024 series, we will be working with ALFitness and Hannah Fitzgerald of Nova Performance once again in 2025 to bring Here Come The Girls 2025'
Event 1. Atherstone, 13th April 2025
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Event 2. Sawtry, Cambridgeshire 29th June 2025
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Event 3. St Ives, Cambridgeshire. 14th September 2025.
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Podium sponsorship
Throughout 2024 & 2025 Buds Fitness have worked closely with ALFitness be the proud podium sponsor for ALL ALFitness events.
Upcoming Competitions

Men: Mixed, Beginners, Novice
Women: Mixed, Beginners, Novice
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Mental Health Fundraiser, raising money and awareness for Scarborough Survivors

Men: Beginners, First timers, Opens, Intermediates, Novice, Masters 40+ Open, Masters 50+ Open, u70KG, u80KG, u90KG, u105KG, u120KG
Women: Beginners, First timers, Novice, Intermediates, Opens, Masters 40+ Open, Masters 50+ Open, u57kg, u64KG, u73kg, u82KG
Canterbury, Kent
Charity event raising money and awareness for localised mental health charities. https://www.justgiving.com/page/together-we-lift-keep-talking-services

Men: Beginners, First timers, Novice, Intermediates
Women: Beginners, First timers, Novice, Intermediates
Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire
Mental Health Fundraiser, raising money and awareness CPSL Mind.

Men: Beginners, First timers, Novice, Intermediates
Women: Beginners, First timers, Novice, Intermediates
Somerset
Mental Health Fundraiser, raising money and awareness for Mind Somerset
Past Competitions

Men: First timers, Novice
Women: Novice, First timers
Erewash, Derbyshire
Mental Health Charity Event to raise money for Mind Derbyshire.

Men: Beginners, First timers, Mixed
Women: Beginners, First timers, Mixed
Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire
Non-For-Profit Mental Health Event

Women: Novice, o73kg, u73kg, Masters 40+ Open
Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire
Women's only strength league! This is leg 2 of 3 of Here Come The Girls - The League

Mixed
Barnsley
Non-For-Profit Event raising money for local mental health charities.

Women: Novice, Masters 40+ Open, u73kg, o73kg
You can enter each event individually for £40 each

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Deadlift Event designed to raise money and awareness of mental health.

Women: Amateurs, Novice, First timers, Intermediates
Men: Beginners, First timers, Intermediates, Novice
Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire
£25 of your £35 entry fee goes directly to Mind CPSL.