FAQs

Walkies for Parkinson's is a dog-walking challenge, where you and your four-legged friend(s) walk 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.

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

Registrations will open later in the year, but you can register your interest by completing this form. 

We’re encouraging everyone to raise at least £50. All the money raised will help to fund great Parkinson's care.

We have proposed 30 miles, 60 miles and 90 to challenge dogs of most abilities. But if you would like to do a different distance please go ahead and change your target distance on your fundraising page. 

Visit our Walk for Parkinson's fundraising hub for some handy resources to help support your fundraising.

If you would like further fundraising advice please contact our fundraising team at walk@parkinsons.org.uk

MapMyFitness, Fitbit or Garmin are great ways to track your distance. Once connected they automatically upload your distance to your page, keeping your supporters updated with your progress. Follow our instructions to connect your fitness app to your fundraising page. 

Once connected following the steps above, all of the miles from either MapMyFitness, Fitbit or Garmin will automatically be logged with us.

If you have issues with MapMyFitness and Fitbit on your walk, please see the steps below to upload your distance manually. 

Of course! If you’d prefer not to use a fitness app you can still easily keep track of your miles through your fundraising page.  You can manually upload your mileage by following the simple steps below. That way your friends and family will still be able to see how you’re progressing.

Follow these steps:

• 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 webpage.

• Hover over your name in the top right corner of the page and click on 'My Fitness Activity'.

• Edit the number of miles, your duration, and the time of day you completed your miles by clicking on the links.

• Click ‘save’ and then refresh your page. Your miles should now appear in your feed.

We ask for all donations to be in 6 weeks after the event finishes, so by 12 December 2025.

There are a few different ways you can send in any additional offline donations:

• You can pay them into your online fundraising page yourself.

• You can send in a cheque (made payable to Parkinson’s UK) along with the offline paying in form:

Parkinson’s UK Fundraising team

50 Broadway

London

SW1H 0DB?