alk for WellChild is a fun and exciting way that you can make a difference to the lives of seriously ill children and      their families in the UK. The challenge is that, during 2010, we want you to take part in any kind of sponsored walk to help WellChild – it’s as simple as that! You will be joining with other schools, colleges, clubs and workplaces throughout the country who will all Walk for WellChild. Click on the pictures on this page to see some great ideas. At the heart of our efforts will be Walk for WellChild Week from Saturday May 8th to Saturday May 15th. During this week the big Just Walk event will take place on the South Downs with hundreds of WellChild supporters taking part in it to raise as much money as they can for sick children.

But our aim is that, up and down the country, lots of other WellChild supporters will be putting their best foot forward for the cause. What form your walk takes is up to you – it can be as serious or silly as you like – anything from tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks to walking a Zebra Crossing dressed as the Beatles – or joining a leg of the British Coastal walk the only limit to ways to take part is your imagination. Perhaps you could have a 24 hour sponsored stair walk, walk to work week, or a fancy dress walk – or why not sign up for the ultimate challenge of climbing Kilimanjaro.

The money raised will go to help with our work of Care, Support and Research to aid seriously ill children in the UK. Our particular aim this year is to raise as much money as we can for our WellChild Nurse Appeal which aims to increase the number of our nurses who work hard to get long term children out of hospital and back at home with their families.