This is a virtual challenge for everyone so you can do this at the best time for you. You can do this in your local area, park or beach. You can do this together with your friends and family.

To sign up to the challenge, register here.

When you register, your fundraising page will be automatically set up for you.

There is no entry fee for this challenge but we do however ask you to fundraise as part of your challenge.

Using the fundraising page set up for you when you register is the easiest way to collect sponsorship.

To join a team that’s already been created: Go to any team member’s fundraising page. Click ‘Join Us’ located next to their profile photo. Follow the prompts to complete your registration and you’ll automatically be added to their team. You can browse all team pages for the challenge here.

If you’re unable to join a team, it’s usually because the team settings don’t allow new members.

For Team Captains:

If you’re the team captain: Log in to your Funraising profile. Go to your Team Page. Click ‘Edit Team Page’. Under ‘Allow anyone to join my team’, make sure ‘Yes’ is selected. This will allow supporters to join your team directly.

If you’d prefer to keep your group invite‑only:

Go to your Team Page. Click ‘Team Members’. Copy the private invite link shown there. Share it with friends and family so only people with the link can join.

• Find and share your team fundraising page link with friends and family, and share across social media including Facebook, X, and LinkedIn or even send a personalised email. 
• Find and share your team page QR code. 
• View your team donations, add any offline donations and send a thank you to your donors. 
• Edit your team page button if you would like to edit your fundraising target. 
• View all your team members and find the unique 'Invite others team' link to invite new members. 

We have no minimum or maximum amount that we would like you to raise. From our point of view, no matter how much money you raise, it will go towards supporting bereaved families across the UK.

Absolutely. You can collect sponsorship in any way you like. We simply recommend creating a fundraising page for this challenge as they’re easy and hassle-free, but if you’d like a sponsorship form, you can download one here. Your fundraising page is automatically created for you. 

Don't worry about filling in the serial number on the form. 

After the challenge ends, do scan and email this to us at challenge@sands.org.uk so we claim any gift aid. If you’re not able to scan or send us a clear photograph, drop us an email anyway and we can let you know where to send your form to via the post.

You can either add your cash donations as a self donation to your online fundraising page or you can add them via the Sands website by clicking here. Make sure to add in the description that this is your sponsorship donations for your Rainbow Walk challenge. 

Please do not send cash in the post.