A fun and memorable event for all abilities over 12, 6 or 1 miles, starting in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park.
Walk for Scotland
A fun and memorable event for all abilities over 12, 6 or 1 miles, starting in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park.
How to take part
Starting at 11am in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, The Walk for Scotland us on Sunday 6th June 2010. Anybody can take part, walking individually, or in teams.
Use the walk to raise money for your favourite charity or just walk for fun. Whether you do it on your own, with family, friends, colleagues or as a competitive team, it’ll be a great day out for all. Dogs can enter too (but must be kept under strict control).
The Walks
Our aim is to make Walk for Scotland a fun and memorable day out for everyone, no one will be excluded. There are two options of walks, a 12 and 6 mile version, both enjoying the sights of the beautiful city of Edinburgh. They will commence with a mass start at Holyrood Park at 11am on Sunday 6th June 2010.
Golden Mile
The Walk for Scotland Golden Mile is primarily aimed at the very young, elderly and disabled, who feel they cannot manage the longer walks.
Fundraising
Fundraising is not getting any easier, so that’s why Walk for Scotland is giving all walkers incentives to help you with your fundraising.
All walkers will receive Walk for Scotland sponsorship forms which will have the name and address of your chosen charity on them.
Top fundraisers will be rewarded with bronze, silver and gold medals, with commemorative plaques for teams raising in excess of £1000.
About Challenge Scotland
Challenge Scotland is the fruit of decades of work by Terry Crossley, former organizer of the old Evening News Charity Walk, the Great Scottish Walk and more recently, Walk for Scotland.
Terry’s fundraising efforts over the years have helped raise millions for charity, and Challenge Scotland builds on that, and brings all these events together under one, sustainable and flexible platform.
About Terry Crossley
In November of 1967 Terry Crossley (event organizer) was serving in the Royal Navy as a Physical Training Instructor when his ship visited South Africa.
He took part in the ‘The Big Walk’ from Simonstown to Cape Town, a distance of 22 miles and was so impressed by the event that when he settled down in Edinburgh the following year, he thought the South African walk was just right for Edinburgh.
The very first Edinburgh Christmas Walk was held from Usher Hall out to the old Edinburgh Airport and back, on Sunday 22nd December 1968. The walk attracted several hundred entries and raised over £500 for the British Heart Foundation.
In 1970 the walk moved to the then new Meadow bank Stadium and for the next 27 years became known as the Evening News Charity Walk and over the years raised over £1 million for Edinburgh charities. The last Evening News Walk was in 1995.
In 1998 Terry originated and organized the first Great Scottish Walk which has raised in excess of £6 million, over the past ten years.
A big thank you…
Without the support of our many volunteers and sponsors, our work would not be possible. Thank you:
