London Halloween Walk 2024
Treat yourself to a hair-raising hike around some of London’s scary streets!
Select “Sign up for a listed charity” and select Mikaere Foundation in the Registration form
When
26 October 2024
Minimum fundraising
Charity sponsorship – £240, Mixed funding £150
Reg fees: £10, Mixed funding £50
Minimum age
14+ for the 25km distance and
8+ for the 10km distance.
All under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
About the London Halloween walk
Why not treat yourself to a hair-raising hike around some of the city’s scary streets and historic haunts?
You can choose from 25k and 10k options, and walk as an individual or a team.
Once you escape, there are ghostly looped routes, with zombie rest stops, and if you manage to get back in one piece there’s a macabre medal, a glass of the Devil’s fizz, some horrific hot food and drink – and a souvenir bobble hat to ward off the spirits as you head off home.
You’ll start at the dungeon, near the Oval Cricket Ground in London. And there’ll be a rest point halfway through. The whole route is signposted with clearly marked arrows.
How much does it cost to sign up to the London Halloween Walk?
There are 3 ways to sign up for the London Halloween Walk 2024.
Option 1 – Charity Sponsorship
If you sign up and fundraise for The Mikaere Foundation, you pay a small registration fee, do lots of fundraising, and we cover the cost of your event place.
25km challenge: £20 registration fee and £240 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
10km challenge: £10 registration fee and £150 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
Option 2 – Mixed Funding
In this option, you pay for half of the registration and we’ll pay for the other half. You’ll need to do a bit of fundraising, but with more achievable funding targets.
25km challenge: £50 registration fee and £150 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
10km challenge: £25 registration fee and £75 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
Option 3 – Full Costs
In this option, you pay the full cost of the event place and you can fundraise what you can.
25km challenge: £89 registration fee and your best fundraise/sponsorship efforts.
10km challenge: £49 registration fee and your best fundraise/sponsorship efforts.
What support will I get?
You’ll get:
- A free neck buff
- Midpoint rest stop (for the 25km option)
- Free snacks, drinks and hot food
- Finishers Halloween medal and certificate
- Fully Signed Route
- Medics and Marshals
The Mikaere Foundation also offers all our walkers a fantastic support package, including:
- Loads of training and fundraising advice, with regular email updates
- A Mikaere Foundation t-shirt
- A dedicated event coordinator to give you information and support in the run-up to your event
Select “Sign up for a listed charity” and select Mikaere Foundation in the Registration form
Why we need you
The Mikaere Foundation needs your support more than ever. By fundraising, you’ll help fund:
- Groundbreaking research into effective treatment and gene therapy therapy for Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH) – drastically changing the outcome for children born with NKH.
- Support services for children and families living with NKH. With NKH comes seizures, dystonia, pain and developmental delay.
- Outreach to newly diagnosed families, so they have support in their corner, right when they need it.
- Getting NKH specific information to families, nurses, therapists, carers and doctors.
£50
could fund special restriction enzymes, used in NKH Research. These work like molecular scissors to cut up the long strands of DNA in our cells. This is vital in helping us learn more about the genetic mutations of NKH.
£100
could fund a months worth of outreach, providing NKH information to newly diagnosed families right when they need it most.
£1250
could fund a week of a post doc researcher, analysing sample assays, which tell us if NKH gene therapy is working in our models, getting us closer to a cure.
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