"10,000 Steps a Day in February Challenge"- FAQs

It's free to get involved and you'll be sent your free t-shirt and printed step tracker when you've signed up and received your first donation on your Facebook Fundraiser.

Firstly join our Facebook Group and complete this short form to join. 

Sign up now

To set up your Facebook Fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research please click this link which just takes a few seconds ➡ http://bit.ly/10kStepsFundraiser.

Please edit the title to include "10,000 Steps Challenge" and also the end date to be the 7th March or it will close automatically 2 weeks from the date you set it up, the video below shows how to do that if you're not sure and also tips for how to maximise your fundraising.

Once you've received your first donation, your free t-shirt and printed step tracker will be sent to you. You can either get your fundraiser started by donating yourself or you can get a friend, family or colleague to donate to your page.

• We aim to send the FREE t-shirt and printed step tracker our as soon as possible once they’ve registered and received their first donation -this may take a number of weeks depending on postal delays.

If you have filled in the sign-up form and got your first donation on your Facebook Fundraiser, a FREE t-shirt and printed tracker will be sent out to you. 

• We aim to send the FREE t-shirt and printed step tracker our as soon as possible once they’ve registered and received their first donation - this may take a couple of weeks due to delay in the postal service. 

Once you have set up your Facebook Fundraiser, click “edit”, you’ll see “What’s the title of your fundraiser?”, please edit that to include "10,000 Steps Challenge" and then you’ll see “When should your fundraiser end?”, please click that and choose the 7^th March or it will close automatically 2 weeks from the date you set it up. The video below shows how to do that if you're not sure and also tips for how to maximise your fundraising.

Due to the volume of amazing supporters taking part in this challenge and the long delays with the postal service, we are now unable to change t-shirt sizes. We recommend if it is too big to layer clothes underneath, which will also keep you warm as you take part. If it is too small and unwearable please email fundraising@braintumourresearch.org.

To qualify for a FREE t-shirt, each person taking part needs to register under their own name and to set up a Facebook Fundraiser and once a first donation is received it triggers the sending of the t-shirt to the person who registered and set up the fundraiser.

We understand that some people may like to join up with others as a team, register under one name and set up one Facebook Fundraiser for them all to use, in this instance you will still only be able to receive one FREE t-shirt, however, you can buy additional adult t-shirts here on eBay for £10 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163165134279 and £8 for children - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T-shirt-Childrens-Brain-Tumour-Research/152319127089

Thank you all for joining us.

You can take part either by following the government guidelines on exercise and going for a walk around your local area or you can even take part walking around your home and/or garden or if you are still going to work as a key worker, you can get your steps in during your day. 

This challenge can be completed alone, with your household, with your support bubble or even virtually with friends and family! 

Join our Facebook group and complete this short form to begin!

Follow these steps below:

• Set up your Facebook Fundraiser. Please edit the title to include "10,000 Steps Challenge" and also the end date to be the 7^th March or it will close automatically 2 weeks from the date you set it up.
• We aim to send the FREE t-shirt and printed step tracker our as soon as possible once they’ve registered and received their first donation - this may take a number of weeks depending on postal delays.
• Share your Facebook Fundraiser on your social media, by email and other platforms asking for donations from your friends, family and colleagues to help us get closer to finding a cure for this devastating disease. If you have a personal connection to brain tumours which you don't mind sharing, it will likely help to increase your total.

There are lots of apps and fitness watches that can track your steps or even simply purchasing a pedometer that counts your daily steps. These can be uploaded to help boost your fundraiser or you can handwrite them in on your daily tracker which we will send out to you once you receive your first Facebook Fundraiser donation.

We have lots of suggestions in the group of people sharing their top recommendations so make sure to join now!

Once you've received your first donation on your Facebook Fundraiser, your FREE t-shirt and printed step tracker will be sent to you as soon as possible - this may take a number of weeks depending on postal delays.

The reason you have to raise £274 or more for a medal is that it represents the cost of 10% of a day’s research, £2,740, which is an amazing achievement, especially due to the current difficult financial situation many are currently facing.

As a charity, we have to be careful where we invest our supporter’s money so we can maximise funds for the vital research that is needed. In this instance, we are giving away a t-shirt and a printed tracker, which have a variety of costs associated, and so it is not possible to give away a medal on top this time. We really appreciate all the effort our supporters are undertaking right now, particularly in the current climate – it’s a difficult time for everyone including charities and we do really appreciate any donations that we receive whatever their value.

However, we are seeing people taking part in this challenge who have already raised £274 on their Facebook Fundraiser so it can be achieved and many have even exceeded their target of £274. In March we will be sending out medals to those who have achieved £274 on their Facebook Fundraiser and signed up correctly.

Yes, you do! That is an incredible achievement that you’ve raised £2,740 or more which represents the cost of a day’s research. You will be contacted in March about the creation of a unique tile, including a special message, placed on our Wall of Hope at the Centre of your choice. You can find out more here in the meantime - https://www.braintumourresearch.org/fundraise/sponsor-a-day

• Share your fundraiser on all your social platforms, with your colleagues, friends and family.
• Invite people to your fundraiser using the invite button at the top of your fundraising page
• Donate to your own fundraiser to get off the mark (Facebook recommends this to get your Fundraiser off the ground)

Share your fundraiser:

• At the top of your Facebook Fundraiser, you'll see a button which says "share", click on that and follow the steps to post it to your Facebook page and/ or copy and paste the link (URL) to share it on email, Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, or any other social platforms to ask for donations from specific friends, family or colleagues.

Tell your story

• If you have a personal connection to brain tumours which you don't mind sharing as you ask for donations, it will likely help to increase your total 

Post photos and content

• There is also a long way to go and as you start doing 10,000 Steps a Day in February and posting about it on your social media with photos of you taking part with the link to your Facebook Fundraiser, people will likely see how amazing you're doing and donate to show their support.
• You could post photos of your tracker with daily or weekly updates or post photos and screenshots of your route, distance and steps. 
• Why not share a photo of you in your FREE t-shirt?