Ribbon Run is during Baby Loss Awareness Week, which is 9-15 October. We are encouraging you to do your Ribbon Run on Saturday 14th October, but if you can't join us then, you can of course do it any other day that week. 

No, you can take part in Ribbon Run your way - you can run, walk, jog or skip - whatever suits you! 

Ribbon Run is a virtual event, so you can complete it wherever works best for you! This could be at home, at the gym or the park - it's up to you.

If you would like to run with others, our Ribbon Run Champions are hosting Ribbon Runs in their local area.

Find out whether there is a Ribbon Run near you. 

If you’re interested in becoming a Ribbon Run champion and hosting a run near you, please apply here.

It isn’t essential, but by fundraising for your Ribbon Run, you will be helping us to save babies’ lives and reach bereaved families. Each fundraising pack costs us £9.54, so if you’re not fundraising, we would be so grateful if you’d consider making a £10 donation to cover this cost. You can do this directly onto your fundraising page or via our website here.

Whether you choose to fundraise or not, you are helping us to raise vital awareness and break the silence around baby loss. Thank you.

If you would like to track your distance, your profile page includes a personal distance tally. This is a great way to keep your friends updated.

If you track your workouts with Fitbit or Garmin your distances will automatically add to your tally.

Follow these steps to track your KMs automatically:

1. Download the Fitbit or Garmin app and set up your account

2. Log in to your Sands account.

3. Under the heading Connect your preferred Fitness app, click your chosen app.

4. Follow the prompts to connect your account

5. When you next work out, 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.

• Fitbit: You must start an activity and save it. If no activity is logged, then your cumulative activity will sync at the end of the day. If you are having issues, try syncing through BOTH your Fitbit and the Fitbit app on your smartphone.
• Garmin: 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.

you can manually add your exercise to the tally in the My Fitness Activity tab within your logged in dashboard. 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 activity:

1. Log in to your account and select My Fitness Activity.

2. Under Add activity, enter the required fields. Depending on the challenge this may be steps, distance and/duration.

3. The logged activity will now appear on your fundraising page!

The Health app on iPhone or Google Fit app on Android both keep track of how many kilometres you do each day. There’s other apps available so do pick whichever works best for you.

If you have a pedometer or sports watch, these can usually keep track of your kilometres too.

Once you're done for the day, mark off your kilometres on your paper tracker, included in your pack, or on your fundraising page.

It's FREE to take part in Ribbon Run and you can sign up here. 

Anybody who raises £100 by 3 October will receive a pair of pink and blue laces in the post as a special thank you, ready to make their Ribbon Run extra special. Not fundraising? You can purchase these in the Sands shop.

As a Ribbon Run champion would will be fully supported by Sands every step of the way, and will receive various tools to help you including:

• A Ribbon Run t-shirt with 'Champion' on the revers so that you can be easily identified 
• Pink and blue laces 
• A host of marketing materials to promote your local Ribbon Run
• Photo props 
• Event checklist 
• Runners feedback cards
• About Sands cards to hand out

Register to become a Ribbon Run Champion