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This Lent, challenge yourself and take on The Big Lent Walk!
CAFOD and SCIAF are teaming up to bring the Big Lent Walk to Great Britain! Thousands of walkers from England, Wales, Scotland and beyond, will be tying up their purple laces and walking an incredible 200km this Lent to fight global poverty.
So, sign up to do the Big Lent Walk yourself, or join in with your school or parish. Then put your best foot forward with the biggest group of Big Lent Walkers yet.
When you sign up, you will receive a welcome pack with a wallchart and a pair of ‘Big Lent Walk’ laces. If you hit the target of £200 on your fundraising page, then you'll receive a ‘Big Lent Walk’ Tote Bag!
How would you like to walk? Are you a speed walker, a dog walker or perhaps a walker who enjoys your local area? Whatever type of walker you are, it's time to join and make a difference today.
Your group can have a joint fundraising page and a joint fundraising target so that you can fundraise collectively to reach a single goal. This helps increase feel-good factor! There is a fundraising target per person, but your group can set its own goal.
Every metre you travel to fight poverty counts. Getting up to make tea, gardening and walking to the shops all means you are going the distance. And you don’t have to be limited to walking or stepping – you can roll, cycle, dance or jump!
Walk to help fight global poverty.
A green and just world, free from poverty, is possible.
CAFOD and SCIAF are the official relief and development agencies of the Catholic Church for England and Wales (CAFOD) and for Scotland (SCIAF), and we are both members of the global Caritas Internationalis family.
They are teaming up this year because they know that working together means that everyone can make an even bigger difference.
Their goal: to get thousands of teams or individual walkers to join together, walking and fundraising and raising awareness of inequality across the world. Together means big change can happen.
The money you raise by taking part in the Big Lent Walk will enable us to continue fighting global poverty and working through expert local partners to bring real-life change to communities overseas.
Your sponsorship can and will change lives. Every £1 raised through the Big Lent Walk will help fight poverty globally in countries like Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.
CAFOD and SCIAF have a shared project in Ethiopia and are working together to respond to the devastating food crisis there. Years of drought caused by the climate crisis means families are no longer able to cope, but your support means they are working with people right now, providing them with water, emergency food and healthcare.
With your hard work and sponsorship this Lent, they can change families' lives for good and tell poverty to take a hike.
Under 18s are encouraged to take part however you can’t sign up and create a fundraising page. Find a grown-up to sign up with, or ask your school to take part - you can definitely join in!
Entry fee
£0.00
Minimum sponsorship
£200.00
I feel that the Big Lent Walk presents the perfect solution. My plan to walk the Hadrian’s Wall Path will allow for plenty of challenging self-reflection, whilst raising money for those in need at the same time! Sam
This really will be a challenge, but what an amazing one! Made even more special because my daughter will be doing it alongside me. Claire
I’m so excited to be a part of this. I love what CAFOD is doing, and I love even more that it is rooted from Catholic beginnings. Yve
I started doing the Big Lent Walk for CAFOD. I’ve always supported CAFOD, and the Big Lent Walk was a great way to continue that. Fr Tony
One of the worst things in the world is poverty. CAFOD has committed itself to alleviating poverty, and I can support them in that work through my Big Lent Walk. Fr Tony