Walking & Trekking
There are many possibilities for walking and trekking to raise funds towards our work and whatever you decide to do, Afasic will support you as much as possible. We can provide you with sponsor forms, information about Afasic, stickers, and fundraising tips. We are also on hand to help you with training information and fundraising advice. Just get in touch to let us know what you are doing. Please support Afasic; you really can help to make a difference to a child’s life.
Some suggestions are below:
Afasic Sponsored Walks
All of our walks have a friendly and supportive atmosphere, with lots of encouragement along the way, first aid and stewards to keep everyone moving.
Please sign up for our latest charity walk and help raise much needed funds for Afasic.
This year you can join us for the Afasic ‘Quizzy City Walk’, that will take place on Sunday 26th October. The walk is approx. 8km (5 miles) long and will take you to parts of the City of London that you probably didn’t know existed!
The event is a fun walk with lots of things to find / questions to answer along the way!
It will start and finish outside Farringdon Station, which is readily accessible by public transport. You can take part as an individual or as part of a group, it is up to you.
It is a circular route and we will meet up again at the finish location to compare notes, check the answers and come up with a winner, with a small prize available, and then maybe a celebratory drink!?
It should be a fun event and we very much hope that you will want to take part.
Please read our terms and conditions
Then for for more details and to enter, please click HERE
Here is a report of our Thames Bridges Walk last October 2024:
What a lovely day it turned out to be, with 28 amazing walkers setting off from Gabriel’s Wharf to take on the 8.5km walk on a Sunday. It was surprising how busy it was, we even had walkers from Southampton attending. In most part it was flat but there were a lot of steps up and down the bridges, some of the less able walkers noted! We all wore our bright yellow Afasic T-shirts with the Berenberg kids logo emblazoned on the front, Berenberg Kids very kindly supported the event.
We crossed over 6 bridges and had some amazing views of famous buildings the walkers were asked to fill in some answers along the route and we hope they all enjoyed that, especially the youngsters who were all smiling a lot especially at the end!!
The walk took about three hours and a bit but it did include a stop for some refreshing fluids! Our mascot Ted also did the walk and he was looked after by the amazing Amelia who has DLD and is a Young Ambassador for Afasic.
4 Afasic staff who also did the walk said it was an amazing day and wanted to thank all the walkers who took part. Some amazing fundraising was done and we raised over £2,600 with one young person who also has DLD raising £800 this was an amazing effort thank you.
Other walking challenges that you could consider:
Ultra-Challenge Series
Offers a range of 14 fully supported events across the UK along stunning coastlines and countryside trails. There are 25km, 50km, and 100km options available to choose from. More information is here: https://ultrachallenge.com/
Trekfest
Why not take part in the charity walking challenge organised by ‘Trekfest’ in the Brecon Beacons – with route options of either 25km or 50km. For more information and to register go to: http://www.trekfest.org.uk/
“What a totally awesome weekend! Thank you everyone at Trekfest for a super time. The whole event was so well organised and although the route was incredibly hard at times, the views were spectacular and the people we met were second to none. Thank you so much for the best weekend for a long time.” (Joanne, Stewart and Vicky).
Long distance footpaths
Try a long-distance footpath such as the South Downs Way, the Ridgeway, the Pennine Way, Pembrokeshire Coast Path and many more. For details of the official long distance footpaths and to plan your hike you can go to http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/
Or just ‘do your own thing’ – get a map and go off for a ramble in the countryside!
