Can you #StepUpForChildren in May and take 300,000 steps towards bettering their quality of life?

Imagine seeing the city you live in start to return to life beyond lockdown, knowing you cannot risk doing the same. This May, for National Walking Month, step out to support vulnerable families who are still stuck inside. Vulnerable families with seriously ill children who remain in complete isolation. Covid-19 threatens the life of their child.

You can help them still access the vital lifeline of Richard House. You can enable them to access emotional support and physical respite free of charge to help them cope. You can show them their local community cares for them.

2021 is the 21st anniversary of Richard House, a milestone achieved because of your generosity and those like you. Each month, the £300,000 raised by you all provides another 30 days of care for families. But now the pandemic threatens the continuation of children’s hospice services.

You can step up for 308 Richard House children by taking 300,000 steps across the month of May and raising £210 in sponsorship.

Your sponsorship will celebrate this anniversary and give families the care they need from Richard House in 2021.

How it works:

1. Register your free place for Step Up for Children via Enthuse. You can also create and join teams to take part with your colleagues. By joining a team your target is added together for both distance and fundraising, team sizes are a maximum of 6 members
2. Enthuse will prompt you to set-up your fundraising page. Share your challenge far and wide!
3. Receive your free Goody Box in the post with your Step Up for Children kit to help you along the way
4. Record your steps from 1st -31st May in your preferred way. Some ideas include: your phone; activity tracker watch; or a pedometer (you will be receiving one of these in your goody box)
5. Update your fundraising page with your step count throughout the month and share your triumphs throughout May
6. Complete 300,000 steps by 31st May and raise £210 sponsorship, be proud of your achievement for supporting life limited children
7. Receive your well-deserved medal in the post

What you’ll get

• To say a BIG thank you for taking part in Step Up for Children we will be sending you the following:
• Goody Box- including a pedometer to measure those all-important steps
• Wooden Medal to celebrate your success
• A calendar to mark off those daily steps

Covid-19

We encourage you to use your steps to get out into nature and explore, as this has numerous health and wellbeing benefits. As restrictions start to lift, this could also offer a perfect way to meet friends or loved ones; walk to the meeting point and cross off your steps for the day! Due to the changing government guidelines we ask all our supporters to take into consideration the latest guidelines on social distancing and any other restrictions that may be in place during the month of May.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need any help we’d love to hear from you.

Please email [email protected] and Jess, Kat or Katy will get back to you.

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