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, running and even cycling, to support colleagues going through tough times. Every mile matters and every penny raised will help fellow civil servants through life's tough times.

Sign up for free to the Mega Miles Challenge before the end of April and use the code MEGA to be in with a chance of winning one of three £500 gift vouchers. Join a community of people strolling, walking, jogging, running and cycling this May to support colleagues that need our help right now. It's your challenge, do it your way.

Together, how far can we go?

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Sign up for free to the Mega Miles Challenge before the end of April and use the code MEGA to be in with a chance of winning one of three £500 gift vouchers. Join a community of people strolling, walking, jogging, running and cycling this May to support colleagues that need our help right now. It's your challenge, do it your way.

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 signed up, 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. Read more about the services we offer.

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 by manually uploading them onto your profile. Be sure to log the date, activity and distance and this will log against your fitness tracker on your fundraising page.

You will be able to manually upload your activity from May 1st. 

We are aware there were issues with the fitness app integrations last year and have decided not to use them this year - thank you for your understanding.

You will have to manually upload your fitness activity via your profile which is very easy to do and takes a matter of minutes. This will be available from May 1st. Any activity that is uploaded will appear on your fitness activity tracker situated on your fundraising page.

From 1 May, you will be able to select 'Log Fitness Activity' in your profile to manually upload your miles.

We also have a handy converter if you prefer to track steps rather than miles. Our converter is based on 1 mile = 2,000 steps.

Follow these steps to manually add your activity:

1. Log in to your account and select 'Log Fitness Activity'.
2. Under 'Add activity', enter the required fields.
3. The logged activity will now appear on your fundraising page activity tracker!

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 new leaderboards so you can filter by activity!

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.

Creating a team:

Viewing your team members:

Joining a team though the join team link:

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.

There are several digital badges to unlock throughout the Challenge. As you progress the badges will light up on your fundraising page! Can you collect them all?

We want to celebrate your incredible efforts so throughout the challenge and therefore have exciting fundraising incentives for hitting certain milestones. If you raise £50, you will receive a limited edition charity lanyard and if you raise £150, you will receive an aluminium water bottle.

The top fundraising team and top fundraiser will also receive an award at the end of the challenge. 

Most importantly, we want you to have fun!