The Coast to Coast Walk is one of the most popular long-distance trails in the UK and takes in our amazing county of Cumbria. From the Irish Sea at St Bees Head, it winds its way across northern England to the North Sea at Robin Hood’s Bay.

To celebrate our 25th year, we asked our corporate supporters to complete the 171 miles virtually, whilst helping to raise funds to support community groups and charities right here in Cumbria.

In total, more than £15,000 was raised, which went to our Cumbria Fund supporting communities across the county and to the corporate funds of companies taking part, if they already had one with the Foundation.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part or donated.

Read more about it on our News pages.

The inaugural event ran for six weeks, from 20 May to 1 July 2024. Watch this space for news of future challenge events.

Our corporate supporters took part by walking, running, swimming, rowing and static exercise biking the virtual route.  An online platform allowed leaderboard allowed participants to see distance covered and money raised, with a leaderboard to compare how others were progressing too.

We created an FAQs page and Fundraising Guide tips and advice on how to get the most out of the challenge, along with a printable sponsor form for cash donations.

The challenge received fantastic coverage in the local media and on social media, including on ITV Border and BBC Radio Cumbria.

All participants were invited to a ‘Thank you’ social event where we were delighted to hand out awards to the winners, as well as certificates and goodie bags to all.

To receive information about future challenges, email events@cumbriafoundation.org.