London Winter Walk 2025
Walk off the festive celebrations and kick start the New Year with an invigorating winter jaunt!
Select “Sign up for a listed charity” and select Mikaere Foundation in the Registration form
When
25/26 January 2025
Minimum fundraising
Charity sponsorship: £150-£300, Mixed funding £75 – £150
Reg fees: £10 – £30, Mixed funding £50 – £75
Minimum age
12+ for the Half Marathon distance and 8+ for a 10km/10 mile distances.
All under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
About the London Winter walk
A great event to walk off the Christmas and New Year celebrations, and maybe kick start the new with a bang! All distances start and finish at The Oval Cricket Ground, and take in highlights of the Thames, its historic bridges, and many of the Capital’s landmarks.
You can choose from 42km, 25km and 10km options, and a NEW family fun 5K on Sunday (that’s accessible!) Walk as an individual or a team.
How much does it cost to sign up to the London Winter Walk?
There are 3 ways to sign up for the London Winter 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.
Marathon (26 miles): £30 Registration Fee and £300 minimum fundraising/sponsorship target
Half Marathon (13 miles): £20 Registration Fee and £225 minimum fundraising/sponsorship target
10km Walk: £10 Registration fee and £150 minimum fundraising/sponsorship target
10km CHALLENGE
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.
Marathon (26 miles): £50 Registration Fee and £150 minimum fundraising/sponsorship target
Half Marathon (13 miles): £40 Registration Fee and £120 minimum fundraising/sponsorship target
10km Walk: £25 Registration fee and £75 minimum fundraising/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.
Marathon (26 miles): £99 Registration Fee and your best fundraising/sponsorship efforts
Half Marathon (13 miles): £49 Registration Fee and your best fundraising/sponsorship efforts
10km Walk: £49 Registration fee and your best fundraising/sponsorship efforts
What support will I get?
You’ll get:
- Free Coffee, tea and biscuits at the start
- Rest stops en-route, with a range of snacks & drinks (for full & half marathon distances)
- Hot food at the finish for everyone!
- Medal and certificate for finishers
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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