Sedgefield Midnight Walk - General Infomation

Hundreds of women are set to step out together in a charity walk for local hospice care.

Mayor of Sedgefield launches walk 2009 Some 1000 places are on offer for women to take part in this years Midnight Walk in aid of Butterwick Hospice Care on Saturday 20th June 2009. The sponsored walk took place for the first time at Sedgefield Racecourse last June. This year’s event is set to be bigger and better with some important changes which we have made such as the walk will take place on the grass and the whole area will be floodlit.

At last year's event at the stroke of midnight over 500 women joined together to share the feeling and managed to raise over £65,000 for local hospice services.

Barbara Fountain, Fundraiser for Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland said, “We were overwhelmed by the amount raised from last year’s Midnight Walk. The support went far beyond our expectations and everyone here at the hospice was very excited about the total. As it was our first Midnight Walk, we had no idea how successful it would be, but it just seemed to capture people’s imagination – and the amount raised definitely showed how special the night was. We hope that this year’s event will be an even greater success.”

the walk 2008 All the funds raised from the 2008 Midnight Walk have been spent locally to provide specialist palliative care and bereavement support to people affected by life limiting illness or the death of a loved one.

The Midnight Walk is not a race, last year women of all ages took part in the event for many reasons including to remember a loved one, to raise vital funds for a local charity, to say thank you for the care they had received or to have a great night out with friends.

Whatever people’s reasons for taking part the money raised made a huge difference to people living in local communities. The hospice team offer a package of care tailored to meet each person’s individual physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.

Sponsorship Help for the Sedgefield Walk The Butterwick Mid Night Walks 2009 are fundraising events, designed to raise money to fund our vital services. We do this by asking each walker to raise sponsorships – as much as they possible can, because every penny counts!
Training for the Sedgefield Mid Night Walk Walking mile after mile for Butterwick is quite something, and it requires preparation and dare we say it, even a little training! We hope the following simple guide will be of use to you as you get ready for your big night.
Volunteer at the Sedgefield Mid Night Walk We simply couldn’t run our walk without the help of an army of selfless volunteers, who give up their time and effort to ensure our event runs smoothly.
Our Sedgefield Walk Supporters We couldn't put on this special event without the help and support of many supporters. Thank you all!
Register for the 2009 Walk! Registration for the Butterwick Mid-Night Walk 2009 couldn't be any easier.
Sedgefield Walk 2009 - Contact us! Get in touch - we want to hear from you!

Places for the Midnight Walk are limited, please complete your registration form below to be part of this magical event.

Entry fee is £12.50, in return each walker receives a walking pack including:

Unlimited bottled water
Sponsorhip Form
Fitness Sheet
Chocolate bar
Fruit (banana)
Breakfast (bacon sandwich, tea/coffee)
Well earned medal!