About the challenge
What is the challenge?
The challenge asks you to walk 150K across the month of October. 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 150K in October 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. 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 150K throughout October 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 – 30 September. 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?
Do I receive a fundraising page when I sign up?
From your fundraising dashboard, you can also create a team, send out messages asking for support and access our Walk 150K in October resources.
Can I fundraise offline too?
Yes, you can fundraise offline as well as online. You can download a sponsorship form within the Resources tab of your fundraising dashboard.
To pay in your offline donations, you can either:
- Pay it directly onto your fundraising page.
- Pay online using our website form. Please select Facebook Fundraiser to then click Walk 150K in October in the list of events.
- Call us on 020 3841 3131 to pay over the phone. Be sure to mention Walk 150K in October!
I belong to a Brighter Future Fund, Team GOSH Fund or corporate partner of GOSH Charity. Can my fundraising go towards my specific fund or organisation?
Yes, we can arrange this for you. Please email us at facebookchallenge@gosh.org and we can make sure this sorted for you.
Can I choose what my fundraising goes towards?
If you would like to talk to us about a specific area you would like to fundraise for, please email us at facebookchallenge@gosh.org and we can talk you through your options.
Where does my fundraising go? What does it pay for?
All the amazing fundraising you do will go towards helping seriously ill children from around the UK being treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Your fundraising will help to fund pioneering research into life-changing treatments, state-of-the-art technology that helps save young lives, vital patient family support services and wellbeing services for GOSH’s superhero staff.
Money raised will also go towards the creation of new child-focused surroundings at the hospital to help children feel safe and calm during their appointments and treatments.
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 facebookchallenge@gosh.org with your full name and we can resend this to you.
When I registered, I ordered a t-shirt. When till this arrive?
T-shirts will be posted in batches from the previous week every Tuesday and Friday in September and October.
Usually, it will take up to 7 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 September. 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 9 October. 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 9 October, please fill out this form to reorder. The form will be open between the 9-13 October.
