Join our Big Fun Step community and take on a meaningful challenge this spring! Ramble, stride, or stroll through March with purpose – choosing to walk 10,000, 12,000, or even 15,000 steps each day. Every step you take honours precious memories of your loved ones and raises essential funds for North London Hospice.
Take steps to get fit, explore North London, and support us in caring for our patients and their families. Join the Big Fun Step Facebook community for tips, support, and inspiration from others taking on this exciting challenge.
Not quite convinced just yet? Here are three good reasons to join us:
- Honour Your Loved Ones – Walk in memory of someone special, knowing every step you take is a tribute to them and a way to support compassionate care for others.
- Explore & Connect – Discover new parks and green spaces in North London and find peace in nature as you walk in memory of those who have shaped your life.
- Choose Your Challenge – Whether it’s 10K, 12K, or 15K steps a day, every level supports our mission to provide essential end-of-life care for people in Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey.
How to take part:
Join for free and get sponsored for your challenge. There is no fundraising target for this challenge – we just ask you to raise as much as you can for patients and their families. You’ll join our friendly online community, receive weekly newsletters and be entered into prize draws!
Take steps that count this March – for your health, your loved ones, and our North London community.
Frequently asked questions
Big Fun Step is our inspiring Facebook challenge that brings together our community to ramble, stride, or pace through March! Join us in committing to walk at least 10,000 steps every day for the entire month. Each step honours the thousands of cherished memories of loved ones and helps raise crucial funds for North London Hospice.
The challenge runs throughout the whole of March.
- Register here to take part.
- Join our Facebook group
- Set up your fundraising page. We recommend you use Facebook or JustGiving.
- Get involved! Our Facebook group is there to motivate and support you during your challenge. Ask the rest of the community questions, share your successes with them and join in.
It is free to take part.
You can set your own target, we suggest £155 (that’s £5 for every day in the month of March).
Everyone who sets up a fundraising page (either on Facebook or JustGiving) and raises at least £10 on their page will be sent a special Big Fun Step prize. We will also have various other prize incentives, including luxury gym packages and health and fitness related gifts.
All donations that are made to your online fundraiser will be sent directly to North London Hospice.
The money you raise will enable us to provide essential end-of-life care to people throughout Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. North London Hospice is a registered charity, and all our services are provided completely free of charge. However, hospice care is expensive to provide and it costs over £16 million a year to keep our services going.
Around 40% of our funding comes from the NHS and we rely on donations and support from generous people in the community to provide the cost of caring for three out of every four patients. Without this support we simply wouldn’t be able to provide our services each year.
Absolutely! Cash donations should be paid into your own account, then you can make the equivalent donation to your online fundraising page. Alternatively, you can send us a cheque or make a bank transfer.
Yes! Once you’ve signed up please join our Facebook group to chat away.
You can track your steps however you wish. Use your favourite app or make a tally.
If you use Strava, you can link your account to your fundraising page to track your activities and share your progress with your supporters. See the full instructions for Strava here.
Only connect once you’re ready to start your challenge as all of your activities will upload to your page.
If you don’t use Strava, you’ll find a button to add manual data in the Fitness Activity box, under the Connect with Strava button. You can manually add your activities to keep your supporters updated on your progress and track your total activity.
Yes there is! You can join it here.
We trust you, and you don’t need to provide evidence in any way. Make sure to keep your family and friends up to date on your Facebook fundraiser, this is really important!
If you have questions, please email fundraising@northlondonhospice.co.uk.
