The Mega Miles Challenge is a fundraising event raising money for the Charity for Civil Servants. We're asking how far we can go for civil servants who need our help right now. 

Taking place this May, during National Walking Month, it’s your chance to join a community of people strolling, walking, jogging, and even running, to support colleagues going through tough times. Every mile matters and every penny raised will help fellow civil servants through life's tough times.  

If you would like to take part, register your interest today and be in with a chance to WIN travel vouchers worth £1,000! Now that’s MEGA.  

A massive thank you to our supporting partner, the Civil Service Insurance Society for helping us bring this MEGA prize to you. Check out the Terms and Conditions here.    

Together, how far can we go?

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Register your interest from January 15th and be in with a chance of winning to WIN travel vouchers worth £1,000! 

 
Full registration opens in March and once you sign up, a fundraising page will automatically be created for you. Personalise your fundraising page by adding a photo and a few words about why you are taking part and share it with friends and family. 
 
You can take part on your own, or in a team. You can create a team and invite people to join it once you've signed up, by logging in and selecting 'Create team' within your dashboard.

Once you have registered, your fundraising page will automatically be created. We recommend sharing the link to your fundraising page far and wide to encourage friends, family and colleagues to donate to your page.  

We would encourage you to add a profile photo, a target distance and a story. The more you personalise your page and the more virtual badges you can collect (see virtual badges FAQs) there is greater chance of boosting your fundraising.   

There is no minimum fundraising target – every penny you raise counts and will ensure we can help civil servants when life gets tough. 

All funds raised through the Mega Miles Challenge will go directly to Charity for Civil Servants, supporting the work we do to assist civil servants and their families who are facing difficulties. If you’d like to read more on the services we offer, visit Help & Advice | Charity for Civil Servants. 

The goal of the Mega Miles Challenge is to set a personalised target and have fun whilst supporting a great cause. If you find that your original target distance is too ambitious, don’t worry – just aim to do your best and celebrate your effort. You can always amend your target distance if needed. The important thing to remember is that you’ve taken part and helped raise awareness and funds for our charity. 

The Challenge takes place during the month of May, which is also National Walking Month.

You can take on the Challenge for the whole month, or simply choose to do something within the month – it’s really flexible so you can fit it around your working day or week.

The Mega Miles Challenge is primarily for all current, former and retired Civil Service staff but if you’d like to get your friends and family involved, the more the mega-er!

You can keep track of the miles you travel either manually via your fundraising page, or via the app you like best which can integrate into your fundraising page. Fitness tracking will be available from around 9am on 1 May and you can access it through your ‘Profile’ when you are logged in. There is a helpful converter tool for those of you who prefer tracking steps to make it as easy as possible. 

You can take part as an individual or as a team and there is no limit on the size of the team. There will be fundraising leaderboards for both individuals and teams for you competitive types. This year, we have added an additional leaderboard for cycling. 

To create a team go to your page and then at the top right press on your name, then 'Dashboard'. You'll then have the option to create a team. As team captain you can then invite people to join your team. There's no limit to how many people can be on a team.

Inviting people to join your team:

Viewing your team members:

Joining a team:

You can raise money offline using our sponsorship form. Simply download the form and collect cash from friends, family and colleagues. You can either donate the total amount onto your fundraising page on this site, or contact us to transfer the funds. Please email fundraise@cfcs.org.uk for more information.

We want the Mega Miles Challenge to be as inclusive as possible. Wheelchair users can take part with an odometer that measures the distance covered in your wheelchair. Basic digital odometers designed for bicycles can be used and adapted as necessary, most bicycle shops will help you. Make sure you've calibrated it to your tyre size, the standard wheelchair tyre diameter is 24 inches. Once you’ve registered let us know at fundraise@cfcs.org.uk and we’ll make sure you're set up to go.