Theirworld, Your Walk FAQs

Theirworld, Your Walk is an annual fundraising challenge that takes place during the month of June.

This year, #YourWalk will raise funds to help children disrupted by war in Ukraine continue their education.

It’s easy to do, simply click the ‘Sign Up’ button on this page.

Combine your steps across the month to reach the ‘Magic’ 1,000,000 steps total.

First, one team member signs up and creates a team page on JustGiving. Then, click ‘Create a team’ and follow the instructions. You can then send the link to team members to sign up and create their own fundraising pages.

Your team page will show your team’s total funds raised.

We have a useful video guide to explain this whole process if you’re feeling stuck.

Challenge students to complete 300,000 steps on their own (or with their families if they’re a bit younger) – that’s 10,000 steps a day. Or encourage students to team up to walk one million steps together. They can team up in classes, year groups or even houses and combine their steps to reach that all important target. Teachers, support staff and parents may want to join too!

For further information and to have help with sign up email us: [email protected]

Form a company team or teams and engage employees to contribute their steps in June to reach the ‘Magic Million’ – while seeing how much money you can raise for essential education.

For further information and to have help with sign up email us: [email protected]

Of course, we’d love you to still get involved. Just pledge that in June you’ll get out and about, making sure that the distances are realistic for your level of fitness.

Yes, feel free to complete the distance in the way that works for you, making sure to keep in mind your ability and fitness levels.

Yes, absolutely. Just follow the ‘Sign Up’ button at the top of this page.

Children are welcome to take part but only if they are participating alongside a registered person over the age of 18.

Yes, it is completely free to register for Theirworld, Your Walk. We suggest you start with a fundraising target of £150/$150, but any money raised will make a real difference in our work and contribute to our overall target of £30,000/$30,000.

We ask that those taking on the walk raise at least £150/$150 for Theirworld. But why stop there? We have lots of resources and support to help you with your fundraising so that you can reach, and even exceed your target. Remember a laptop can be provided for every £200/$200 raised!

Modern smart phones tend to come with a pre-installed fitness app that will automatically track your steps when carried on your person. This is an easy way to count the steps you have taken. Alternatively, you can use a smart watch or a pedometer device too.

Don’t forget to update your network on how you’re getting on in June by posting updates on your JustGiving page about the number of steps you’ve taken.

You can see how you or your team are doing compared to others by looking at the Theirworld, Your Walk campaign page on JustGiving. This is where every fundraising page is linked to so you can see what others are up to.

Yes, you can. While JustGiving makes donating easy, we understand that fundraising offline has merits too. Simply download a sponsorship form from our resources section and get friends and family to sponsor you that way. At the end of your challenge, you can upload any offline donations to your JustGiving page so your total is up to date. Don’t forget you can still claim gift aid on offline donations.

Every pound raised will go toward Theirworld’s work to end the global education crisis. The money raised through Theirworld, Your Walk will help provide laptops to children who currently can’t access school or online learning because they lack devices.

For UK based fundraisers:

If the person donating is a UK Taxpayer, Gift Aid allows us to receive an additional 25p for every £1 they donate, at no additional cost to them.

Just Giving gives people the easy option to opt in for Gift Aid. If people donate in person, make sure you record their name and address on your sponsorship form and have them tick the Gift Aid box for us to successfully claim Gift Aid from their donation.

Please note that Gift Aid will not count towards your fundraising target but please do encourage your supporters to include Gift Aid in their donation as every penny counts.

For US based fundraisers:

Yes. You will receive email confirmation of your donation and will be able to download the receipt from your JustGiving account to use for tax purposes.

If you have a problem please take a look at JustGiving’s help section. If you still need help, then email [email protected]

Get in touch with the team by emailing [email protected]

To find out more about Theirworld and the work we do please visit the ‘about us’ section of our website: https://theirworld.org/about/

Everyone has different abilities, so when taking on Theirworld, Your Walk make sure you set realistic and achievable targets and keeping safe during your walk. To put your best foot forward (quite literally):

• Wear appropriate shoes or kit for your walk, including hi-vis clothing or accessories for any activities taking place at night or on roads.
• Always take routes that are well-lit and known to you and let a friend or family member know when and where you are going.
• Warm up properly before your walk and don’t push yourself too hard! If you feel unwell or injure yourself, please seek medical advice before continuing your walk.

Through our supporter, WalkActive, you can access a complete fitness education system – customised specifically for YourWalk – for FREE until June 30th 2024. This is proven by Professor Darren James and his team at South Bank Sports Performance Laboratory to improve posture, reduce joint impact, and increase walking speed by up to 24%.