Arthur Rank House – Star Shine Walk
Brighten up the lock-down by taking part in Arthur Rank Hospice Charity’s first ever virtual Star Shine Walk!
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity is delighted to announce that its Star Shine Walk will still take place this year… becoming a virtual event for the first time ever! This new version of the popular memory walk, sponsored by the Cambridgeshire Care Home, invites participants to accumulate 20,000 steps between 23 May, and 6 June 2020.
Now in its twelfth year, Arthur Rank Hospice’s annual Star Shine Walk usually brings together in the region of 500 people for the walk, many of whom choose to walk in memory of someone they love. The well-loved event is historically one of the Hospice’s biggest fundraisers, having raised over £375,000 during its eleven-year history – thanks to the enthusiastic sponsorship efforts of the walkers who take part.
Events Officer, Angeline Liles comments:
“Anyone can take part, wherever you live! We’re especially thrilled to be able to still offer this special event to our loyal supporters, many of whom take part year after year. The money raised through sponsorship is absolutely vital for ensuring Cambridgeshire’s Hospice can keep caring for those who need our services, which are all free of charge to the 4,000+ patients we care for each year. At this time our normal fundraising activities have been hit hard, and yet it’s a time when we need to raise more funds than ever.”
20,000 steps is the equivalent of the 10 mile route originally planned for the event, which would have wound around the iconic streets of Cambridge. It is a significant challenge but has been designed so that it can be achieved in line with the Government’s latest guidelines around exercise.
Star Shine Walk would normally raise around £40,000 each year. The Charity have set the ambitious target of having 400 people take part, each raising £50 in sponsorship from friends, family, neighbours and colleagues, in the hope that at least £20,000 can still be raised.
Later in the year, the Charity will host an official Star Shine Celebration Evening at its Shelford Bottom home – where finishers’ medals, belated hot bacon rolls (!), memory arch photos and the recognition of individual and collaborative achievements will be the order of the day!
To find out more or register to take part as an individual, a family or a household, visit starshinenightwalk.co.uk. If you would like to support Star Shine Walk but are unable to take part, you are welcome to donate to the event or a participating team at justgiving.com/campaign/starshinewalk2020. To explore other ways you may be able to support this year’s virtual version of Star Shine Walk, please contact on fundraising@arhc.org.uk or call the events team on 01223 675888.
