As the clock turns midnight on New Years Day, lots of us think about making resolutions with a common theme around our personal wellbeing.  Whether we want to get fitter, lose weight, stop drinking or even stop smoking – we make pledges that we don’t necessarily keep for too long.

If you are looking to make a change this January and would like some extra motivation to keep focussed, why not take on our Step into January challenge and raise funds for your local NHS Hospitals and Community Services at the same time.  You can choose your favourite ward, department, hospital, or trust to fundraise for.  And for everyone raising over £75 you will receive one of our fun charity technical tshirts.  (T-shirts are also available to purchase if you would like one for the start of the challenge.)

Commit to walking/jogging/skipping/wheeling 10,000 steps a day in January and start to reap the health benefits of being more active. 

Your step challenge is personal to you and you can do this alone, with friends or family and even include your four legged friend! Why not challenge your work colleagues to do this with you and see how far you can travel throughout the month as a group.

10,000 steps a day approximately equates to 5 miles depending on our stride length, so after 31 days you will have covered around 155 miles! 

Entry for this event is free.

Your fundraising page will automatically set up on entry.  Please remember to upload information about your step challenge, the NHS ward, department, appeal, hospital or trust who you are fundraising for in your fundraising story and also include your picture.   If you are on strava, you can also sync this with your fundraising page.  Don’t forget to include updates throughout the month to all of your supporters.

It is not a requirement of the challenge to fundraise, but if you would like to make a donation on checkout to support the work of the charity, we will be very grateful.

If you would like to celebrate taking part in the challenge with one of our charity Superhero Medals, these are able to purchase for £5 at the checkout.

If you have any questions, please contact the charity team by email: [email protected] or phone us: 01604 626927.