Frequently Asked Questions
About the challenge
What is the challenge?
This challenge asks you to walk 100 kilometres across the month of February.
You can split this out however you like to help you hit your target, and you can change the challenge to whatever works for you - make it harder or easier!
How do I sign up? How does it work?
It’s free to take part in Walk 100km in February and easy to sign up:
1. Sign up here to request your free t-shirt.
2. Once you sign up, you will receive your own fundraising page too. You can personalise this page to make it uniquely yours!
3. Share the link to your fundraising page with all your friends, family and colleagues. Tell them about your challenge and ask them to sponsor you.
4. Walk 100km throughout February and share regular updates.
5. Feel a huge sense of pride and joy for completing the challenge!
Can I alter my challenge, so I cover a longer or shorter distance, or start and finish earlier or later?
With it being a personal challenge, you can alter the challenge as needed as we understand that it’s not always possible to complete the challenge as planned. We want you to take part in whatever way works best for you, whether you reduce or increase the distance you cover or give yourself a different time frame to complete it within.
You aren’t required to let us know, unless you wish to, but it’s best to let your supporters know by posting an update on your page.
Please note, the distance leader board and badges are set to specific distances and run between 1 – 28 February. If you hit milestones outside these dates, you can request these badges by emailing facebookchallenge@gosh.org
How do I track my distance?
Please visit the Resources tab within My Dashboard to find your walk tracker to keep count of your activity. We will also send a copy of your tracker in the post with your t-shirt.
You can also add your walks to your fundraising page automatically by syncing up your Strava, Garmin, MapMyRun or Fitbit app in your Dashboard. Or if you would prefer, you can add your walks manually instead.
The most important action to take is posting regular updates on your challenge progress on your social media channels and fundraising page so your friends and family can see how hard you're pushing yourself!
Fundraising
Is there a fundraising target?
There is no fundraising target for this challenge, but we ask everyone to raise as much as they can.
All money raised in our Walk 100K in February challenge, will be added to your site fundraising total.
We would encourage you to set a fundraising target, it will help to make your friends and family more generous to help you reach it.
Do I receive a fundraising page when I sign up?
Yes! Once you sign up to Walk 100km in February, you will receive your very own fundraising page, which you can personalise with your story, updates and pictures.
From your fundraising dashboard, you can also invite friends and family to join you, send out messages asking for support and access our Walk 100km in February resources.
Other
I didn't receive an email once I registered for the event. What do I do?
After registering, you should receive a welcome email from us within a few minutes, so we're sorry that you haven’t received this.
Please check your junk/spam folder as it can sometimes end up in here by mistake. If it isn’t there, please email us at whitbread@gosh.org with your full name and we can resend this to you.
When I registered, I ordered a t-shirt. When will this arrive?
T-shirts will be posted in batches from the previous week every Tuesday and Friday in January and February.
Usually, it will take up to 10 working days from posting for your t-shirt to arrival. Please be aware that we have been seeing slower postal times so please bear with us.
I ordered a t-shirt but it hasn't arrived yet. Where is it?
T-shirts will be posted in batches from the previous week every Tuesday and Friday in January. Please allow up to 7 days for your t-shirt to be despatched and up to two weeks for it to arrive (as this allows for any potential slower postal times).
Please note, we will not be sending replacement t-shirts until 17 February. This is due to the time and costs involved with resending t-shirts. Nearly all original orders go onto arrive, with some arriving slightly later than expected. By doing this, we can ensure more of your incredible fundraising can go towards our work in helping seriously ill children.
If your t shirt does not arrive by 11 February, please fill out this form to reorder. The form will be open between the 11-16 February.