Are you ready to show up, make a difference, and change lives?
From 1st-31st May, challenge yourself to complete 5 miles every day and help raise vital funds and awareness for children and young people cancer.
✅ Walk, run, cycle, or swim
✅ Take part from anywhere
✅ Chat with other people taking part and support each other
✅ Support children and young people through cancer
With every mile, you can help give children and families the support they desperately need, during the toughest time of their lives. Ready to get started?
Here's how you can get involved...
Join the Facebook group
Meet and chat with fellow participants and hear the difference your fundraising is making!
Set up your fundraiser
Create your page on Facebook or JustGiving and share it with friends and family to collect donations.
Rock your challenge T-shirt
Once you've raised £10, we'll send you your challenge t-shirt! Wear it throughout the challenge to raise as much awareness as possible.
Complete your miles
Walk, run, cycle or swim five miles each day between 1st-31st May. Don't forget to update everyone on your progress!
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What you could fund
£50
A birthday box for a young person in hospital on their special day.
£100
20 nutritious meals for parents staying in hospital with their child.
£150
Six nights of accommodation close to the hospital.
£250
A support group and safe space for patients or siblings.
Terms and conditions
- The Candlelighters Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales, charity number 1045077.
- Candlelighters provides emotional, practical and financial support to children and families affected by childhood cancer across Yorkshire, as well as investing in vital childhood cancer research. More information about Candlelighters can be found at https://www.candlelighters.org.uk/.
- If you have any questions about a challenge, please contact us at [email protected] or call us on 0113 3229283 (Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm) and a member of the team will be happy to help.
- By taking part in the ‘5 Miles a Day in May’ Challenge, you may join the Facebook group '5 Miles a Day in May! For children with cancer'
- By posting any content (e.g. photos and videos) in the Facebook group:
- You confirm that you own the copyright in the content and, if applicable, have all necessary rights and consents to include the person(s) featured in the content;
- You give Candlelighters royalty-free permission to reproduce and share that content as we see fit to promote fundraising or other activities for the charity; Candlelighters may remove any content posted by you if you do not comply with these rules.
- You enter the challenge entirely at your own risk. Candlelighters shall not be liable for any injury, damage or loss to you or your property that might occur as a result of your participation in the challenge.
- Challenge t-shirts will be sent out to participants living in mainland UK who have raised a minimum of £10 on their fundraising page, have completed the form to request one and provided the relevant details needed to fulfil their order.
T-shirts are subject to availability and Candlelighters reserves the right to withdraw them at any time. - T-shirts are limited to one per person completing the challenge.
- By providing your information when you sign up for a challenge, we will use this information for the purposes of administering the challenge, and may also contact you to discuss your fundraising activity and follow up on your progress.
- If you provide personal information on behalf of additional challenge participants, please only provide this if they have confirmed that they are happy for you to do so as we will use this information for the same purposes.
- Where you have consented to receiving further information from Candlelighters, we will use your personal information to send you these communications.
All personal data held by us will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws and Candlelighters' privacy policy which can be found here.