Walk for Hearts

This is a virtual fundraising challenge for the BHF. We're challenging you to walk 20, 31 or 50 miles in May, which is also National Walking Month! It's your challenge, so you can choose when and where you complete your miles. You can track your miles using your phone, smart watch or other device. 

Grab your comfy walking shoes and get started!  

No, this challenge is free to take part in!

When you sign up, you can choose whether you would like to receive a free BHF t-shirt from us and select your size. You will also receive your mile tracker with your t-shirt. 

We will start sending out BHF t-shirts on w/c 17th March 2025. Please allow up to 10 days for your t-shirt to arrive.

No, you can set your own target, but we encourage everyone to raise £150 to receive their exclusive Walk for Hearts medal. If you fundraise £300, you'll also receive a BHF walking top! 

We encourage everyone to complete this challenge in May, so that you can be part of our supportive community of walkers taking on this challenge together! However, if you need a few extra weeks to complete your miles, feel free to extend your challenge into June.

We would encourage you to set up a JustGiving page to get started with your fundraising. All the donations made to your JustGiving page will be sent to us automatically, and your page will close automatically a few weeks after the challenge ends. 

You can share your progress on social media and in your groups chats for friends, family and colleagues to see. We will also send you plenty of fundraising tips and support throughout the challenge to help you raise as much as possible!

Of course! You can either pay any cash donations onto your fundraising page or you collect donations on a sponsorship form. Once you've finished collecting your donations, you can find full details of how to pay your donations into us here.

Anyone who raises £150 on their JustGiving page will receive an exclusive Walk for Hearts medal through the post (UK only).

If you raise £300 on your page, you'll also receive a BHF walking top through the post (UK only). 

You don't need to do anything to claim your rewards, we'll pop these in the post for you automatically once you have raised £150 or £300. Please allow up to four weeks for your rewards to arrive after hitting your target. If it's been longer than four weeks and you still haven't heard from us, please drop us an email to [email protected] and we'll send these out to you.

Medals and walking tops will start being sent out when the challenge begins in May.

You can track your miles however you wish, whether it be making a tally or using your preferred app. You can track your miles each day using your mile tracker if you choose to receive one. You're responsible for keeping track of your own mileage. 

If you use Strava or Fitbit, you can link your account to your JustGiving page. This way, you can track your activities and share your progress with your family and friends. You can find instructions on how to connect your Strava account here and your Fitbit account here.

Make sure you only set this up once you are ready to start your challenge, as all of your activities will upload to your page after connecting your account.

Please see JustGiving's help pages if you're having a problems connecting.

If you prefer not to use an app, you can manually add your progress to your fundraising page instead by clicking on the 'Add manual data' button in the Fitness Activity box, under the 'Connect with Strava' button.

Of course! You can join our Facebook Group and be part of our supportive online community.