£30k for 30 years
30 years of supporting families in the Winchester district who are facing adversity, helping them to embrace their future with confidence.
In our 30th year, we have challenged ourselves to raise £30,000 by our birthday on 7 November and we need your help.
Introducing Wellness Walks
The link between exercise and wellness is well known, and good mental health is at the heart of our mission at Friends of the Family. Our team were inspired to create their own Wellness Walks to help reach our fundraising goal, and walked through the summer in our amazing city and countryside!
3 ways we walked for wellbeing (and are still walking!)…
Winchester Wellness Walk
Friends of the Family staff kicked off our walking by leading a Winchester Wellness Walk on Wednesday 26 July. It was a very enjoyable gentle route around Winchester with great views from St Giles Hill and ice creams at the end! We were pleased to be joined by some of our volunteers and the children they support.
30 on Thursday
Every Thursday at 9am from 6 July 2023 to 25 January 2024, our trustees, Nicky and Locket walked up St Catherine’s Hill. They clocked up some serious mileage and step counts!
30 climbs on 30 September
Jo (Operations Manager) and Rebecca (Trustee) took on our biggest challenge yet on 30 September – planning to walk up St Catherine’s Hill 30 times that day.
Joined by friends, followers and dogs they clocked up way over their intended number of climbs, managing 76 climbs in total!
Walk your way
We have compiled a list of other short walks (and slightly longer walks) around Winchester to help you get out and about. Click here to take your pick!
While the emphasis is on wellness, we are linking our walks to fundraising: £30k for 30 years. Anything that you can do towards that would be really appreciated, whether it’s pence or pounds. Maybe you could be sponsored per mile or per walk, or for how many hills you climb – Winchester has plenty!
Let us know what you plan to do. Share your photos and your mileage, not matter how short or long your Wellness Walk is – we’ll add it to the Friends of the Family mileometer! Let’s see how many miles we can cover between us.
If walking’s not your thing…
Don’t worry, you can still get involved. Here’s how:
Organise something different
From bake sales to car boot sales, the possibilities are endless! Do you what you enjoy while helping us fundraise – click here for ideas.
Help us spread the word
Tell your friends what we’re doing. If you organise your own event or activity, tell everyone you know!
Simply donate
Help us to carry on for another 30 years. All donations, no matter how small or large are very much appreciated.
