Big Wild Walk - FAQs

The Big Wild Walk is The Wildlife Trusts' annual fundraising challenge where we ask nature-lovers to set themselves a distance target and raise money for our vital work. Fundraisers can walk, cycle and even swim!

You can do your Big Wild Walk anywhere you like! The Big Wild Walk is a virtual fundraising event, meaning that you are able to complete your challenge wherever you wish.

It can be somewhere you know well, or you can use the opportunity to visit one of our reserves - maybe try somewhere completely different!

Nope! The suggested challenges are themed around our 30by30 goal - which is why we chose 30km. But the Big Wild Walk a completely flexible fundraising event, which means you get to choose your own challenge.

• Choose the distance of your Big Wild Walk – 30km, 15km, 3km, it’s entirely up to you!

• Go as slow or as fast as you want – Complete your goal over 7 days, or run it in one hour!

• Even take part from the comfort of your own home – complete your Big Wild Walk however you want.

Wheelchair users and other mobility aid users are encouraged to sign up and take part just as much as everyone else. 

The Big Wild Walk is a completely flexible fundraising event*, and you can set the distance of your challenge to whatever feels realistic for you.  

Completing your Big Wild Walk 

• Complete your challenge using any mobility aids you typically use in your day-to-day life. 

• You know yourself better than anyone – so set yourself a reasonable challenge that's suited to your abilities. 

• If you want to find an accessible nature reserve, visit www.wildlifetrusts.org/nature-reserves. You can use the filters or contact sites directly to find out if a reserve is wheelchair accessible and has accessible toilets. 

* See the above question, ‘Do I have to do one of the suggested challenges?’ 

We encourage everyone to get out in nature if they can, however we understand that wild spaces aren’t accessible to everyone (just yet). 

If you don’t have access to a wild space, you can complete your challenge wherever you can. You could: 

• Go for a walk through the city 

• Walk or cycle to work every day throughout the Big Wild Walk week 

• Do a few laps of the car park on your lunch 

• Visit the gym and walk on a treadmill 

If you want help or advice with finding local walking routes, you could: 

• Find your nearest nature reserve 

You can create your fundraising page by following this link. If you'd prefer, you can fundraise via JustGiving, Facebook, or by simply using a sponsorship form.

Nope, it's completely free to take on the Big Wild Walk challenge. 

Yes you can - anyone can take part in Big Wild Walk! Of course, always take the appropriate safety precautions when walking long distances or anywhere ‘wild’ with children.

If 30km looks a bit far for little legs, you might want to try the Hedgehog Walk, which we will be running in March 2025. The target distance for the Hedgehog Walk is 3km, which you could do in a day or across the week. 3km is the distance that a hedgehog can travel in one night! You can still find all the co-created assets for Hedgehog Walk with our friends Timmy Time here.

Why not take your challenge to the next level by taking part as a team, either with friends or through work? As a team you can inspire and support each other - or you can create a challenge of your own! Taking on a challenge together can build trust, encourage creativity, improve morale, enhance communication, boost motivation and inspire collaboration.

When you register, you can choose the option to create a team and send invites to other members of your team to join. There's also the option to find an existing team when you register by entering the team name.

Everyone who raises at least £30 for their Big Wild Walk will receive an exclusive Big Wild Walk pin badge through the post, as well as a certificate that we’ll email to you after the Big Wild Walk week.

After you sign up to take part, you'll receive an email with links to your Big Wild Walk resources (make sure to check your junk folder!)

Of course! You can email us at info@lrwt.org.uk, and we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.