Light the Way
Thu 27 - Sun 30 Mar 2025 Anywhere Fundraising required

Light the Way

Gather your glow sticks and Light the Way for Missing People with a sponsored walk. Free entry, free glow stick, and win a free beanie, torch and t-shirt!

  • Thu 27 - Sun 30 Mar 2025
  • Fundraising required
Anywhere

Light the Way

18:00

All ages

FREE

  • 1 day walking

Event overview

Host a Light the Way walk between 27th–30th March 2025 and feel the glow as you shine a light for Missing People.

It’s free to sign up and you can choose a place, time and distance that suits you. Help Missing People raise awareness and support for people who are missing and those who miss them by entering now.

it’s always darkest before the light

Highlights

  • Free to enter and free glow stick
  • Choose a place, time and distance that suits you
  • Win a free beanie, torch and t-shirt as you fundraise
  • Raise or donate as much as you can
  • Walk in tribute to a loved one or to raise awareness of their missing appeal

Event video

  • All fitness levels
  • Dogs allowed
  • Families
  • Fancy dress
  • Newcomers
  • Teams
  • Virtual option
  • Wheelchair users

Ways to participate

  • As an individual

    Fundraise on your own or join a team/organisation.

  • Start a team

    Get your squad together and fundraise as your own team or for your organisation.

solo walkers
Individuals
couples
Pairs
family
Families
groups
Groups of friends and colleagues

How it works

  • Sign up

    It's free to enter! Invite your family, friends and colleagues so they can receive their free glow stick, plus beanie hat and torch rewards.

  • Choose your location and route

    This could be around your local park, a stroll through woods, march together through your town centre, or take on a longer, more challenging route. You are encouraged to create a route in a place that is special – either to yourself or to your missing loved one if you have lived experience.

  • Take on your Light the Way walk

    Personalise your dress and create as much colour and light as possible, such as pink shoe laces, sweatbands, tops and glitter!

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Alternative dates

If you can’t make the March dates, you can still take part at a time that suits you.

Included

  • Free on sign-up

    Get your free Glow Stick to help Light the Way on your charity walk.

  • Raise £75

    Earn your free beanie hat, wear it with pride and keep warm on your walk.

  • Raise £150

    Reach target to get your a free LED-Torch keyring, to help you continue to Light the Way.

  • Raise £300

    Go above and beyond your target to get your extra prize, a free Missing People t-shirt.

prizes

More prizes to be announced soon!

Team support

team
The dedicated team is here to help you. They'll provide you with glow sticks and posters for the event and are always happy to share top fundraising tips to help the funds roll in!

  • Fundraising incentives
  • Fundraising materials
  • Fundraising required
  • Fundraising support

Missing People

Raise or donate as much as you can.

By organising a sponsored Light the Way walk, you’ll be shining a light for every child and adult who goes missing in the UK and sending your support to the family that misses them.

You could walk in tribute to a loved one, or walk to raise awareness of their missing appeal.

About the charity

Someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK.

That means life is lonely, scary and uncertain for 170,000 families every year.

Right now, people are searching for children, fearing for their safety. Searching too for mums, dads, siblings and grandparents who suddenly feel very vulnerable.

But with your help, Missing People can be there to support the missing and those who love them, for as long as it takes.

They’re the only UK charity dedicated to supporting missing children and adults, and their loved ones.

How your support helps

  • £98 could

    Provide intensive support to the family of a missing person for a month.

  • £160 could

    Launch 14 urgent poster campaigns to help find missing people.

  • £500 could

    Recruit and train a Helpline volunteer to support 100 people in crisis a year.

Fundraising resources

  • Bunting

    Easy-to-print bunting.

  • Fundraising guide

    Practical suggestions on how to reach your fundraising milestones.

  • I'm walking for

    Walk in tribute for someone who is missing or who has been missing.

  • Light the Way poster

    Encourage friends, family and colleagues to join.

  • Raised so far poster

    Keep people updated on your fundraising total as you move closer to your goal.

  • Sponsorship form

    Collect donations from friends and family ahead of your walk.

  • Banners

    Social media and email banners to make your campaign look professional.

email banner
Example email banner

  • All ages
  • Entries open
  • Enter on day
  • Enter online
  • Event merch available
  • Fundraising required
  • Race pack by post

Entry fees

Entry fee

£0.00