Walkies for Parkinson's

Walkies for Parkinson's is a dog-walking challenge, where you and your four-legged friend walk either 30, 60 or 90 miles throughout the month of October. How you want to complete this challenge is up to you. Whether it’s alone or with a team, all you have to do is walk your miles anywhere, at anytime between 1 and 31 October. If you would like to do a different distance please go ahead and change your target distance on your fundraising page, whatever works for you and your pup!

We encourage anyone of any age to take part. If you have any health concerns, please consult your doctor before taking on the challenge.

We’re encouraging everyone to raise at least £50. All the money raised will go toward our Nurse Appeal, which aims to ensure specialist care is available to everyone living with Parkinson's.

Walkies for Parkinson's is a great team challenge! Spread the word and get your friends and family and their dogs involved. 

Create a team after you've signed up:

1. Log in to your account. You can log in by clicking on the symbol in the top right corner of the Walkies for Parkinson's homepage. 

2. Once logged in hover over your name in the top right corner and select 'Dashboard' from the drop down menu.

3. In your dashboard select the 'Create a team' button in the middle of the page.

4. Complete all the details for your team fundraising page. For your fundraising target we suggest a £50 target per person but you can change this to any target you decide. 

5. Choose whether you would like your team to be private, or make it public for anyone to join. If you select private members will be able to join through invitation only. 

6. Click the 'Create team' button at the bottom of the page.

Join a team during registration:

1. Select sign up and select next step.

2. Complete your personal details and select next step. 

3. When on the 'Your fundraising page' step, complete your details for your fundraising page and then select 'join a team' at the bottom of the page. 

Join a team once signed up:

1. Go to the team's page you would like to join. Ask for the page link to be sent directly to you from a member of the team or team captain.

2. Under the team name in the centre of the page there will be a button which says 'Join us', select this.

Your profile page includes your personal distance tally so you can track your distance towards your target. This is a great way to keep your friends updated!

Follow these steps to track your miles automatically using Fitbit or MapMyFitness apps:

1. Download Fitbit, Garmin Connect or Mapmyfitness app and set up your account

2. Log in to your Walkies for Parkinson's account by going to the Walkies for Parkinson's webpage and clicking the log in icon in the top right corner. 

3. In your Dashboard, navigate to 'My Fitness Activity'.

4. Under the heading ‘Connect your preferred Fitness app’, click your chosen app.

5. Follow the prompts to connect your account

6. When you walk, select ‘start your workout’ in the app on your phone. Once you end your workout, save your workout and your distance will be published to the tally on your page the following day.

If you have synced your app already but it is not working, please log in and re-connect it.

• When using Fitbit or Gamin, you must ‘start’ an activity and save it. Your daily steps will also automatically add to your page. If you are having issues, try syncing through BOTH your device and the devices app on your smartphone.
• When using MapMyFitness, you must ‘start’ your workout, ‘stop’ your workout and then ‘SAVE’ your workout.

Your tally will be updated each day with the previous day’s distances.

Remember, you can manually add your miles to the tally in your My Fitness Activity tab of your profile after registering. This is a great option if you’re using a pedometer or a different method of tracking your distances.

Follow these steps to manually add your miles:

1. Log in to your account and select ‘My Fitness Activity’ from the drop down menu in the top right corner.

2. Under ‘Add activity’, enter the date and distance

3. The number of miles will now appear on your fundraising page, share

If you're tracking your miles offline, then you can download and print a paper mile tracker PDF here.

Everyone who raises £25 gets a doggy bandana for their pup to wear during the challenge. These will be sent from the end of September onwards, depending on when you hit your target. If you would like to purchase a cotton T-shirt to wear on your dog walks, these can be purchased on our online store.