London Walkabout 2011: An Inclusive Charity Walk For The Walkabout Foundation

I’ve just received the information below from the Walkabout Foundation.

Since its inception in 2009, the Walkabout Foundation has organised a walk in a different location each year to carry out its mission. In August 2009, co-founders Luis and Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster walked 870km along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain and in September 2010, the foundation traveled to Italy to walk 250km along the Via Francigena in Italy.

For the very first time, the Walkabout Foundation is organizing a city walkabout, a 15km walk (with a shortened 5km option) in Central London on Saturday, June 18, 2011. Wheelchair riders and walkers alike will cross some of London’s most beautiful Royal Parks together, including Hyde Park, Green Park, and St. Jame’s Park. The designated wheelchair accessible route passes some of the city’s most renowned historical landmarks including Buckingham Palace. London Walkabout 2011 is London’s first ever truly inclusive charity walk, and geared up to be a fun family event, open to the public, where fitness and charity become one and the same.

London Walkabout 2011 is aimed at both raising money to buy wheelchairs for people in need in the developing world and also to continue research into paralysis cures.

WHO:

• The Walkabout Foundation and an estimated 300-400 participants

WHAT:

• A 15km through central London, traversing Hyde Park, Green Park, and St. Jame’s Park that brings together the disabled community with walkers from Greater London in an effort to raise funds for the Walkabout Foundation.
• There is an option to do a shorter 5k walk.

WHERE:

• London, United Kingdom: Hyde Park, Green Park, St. Jame’s Park
• The walk will commence in Hyde Park Corner, pass the Serpentine,

Kensington Gardens, Wellington Arch, traverse the Mall, pass Marlborough Gate, and end at Hyde Park’s Band Stand

WHEN:

• Saturday, June 18, 2011 – 10:00 am

WHY:

• The aim of the walk is to:

1. promote awareness for paralysis and disabilities
2. raise funds for the Walkabout Foundation

HOW:

• Each participant is required to register for the walk by emailing Londonwalkabout@thewalkaboutfoundation.org or by creating an individual fundraising page on the Walkabout Foundation’s website: http://walkaboutfoundation.org/events/london-walkabout-2011.html
• The event is free and open to anyone and everyone. People are encouraged to fundraise whatever they can, be that £200 for a whole wheelchair or just £5.
• Drop-by participants are also welcome on the day of the event.
• The walk will commence and end at Hyde Park’s Band Stand near Hyde Park Corner.
• Sponsors include KX Gym, Vitaminwater, Lola’s Cupcakes, Regatta, Net-A-Porter, BIOEFFECT, One Water, Pure Package, Upcakes, Nails Inc., Oakley Capital and Asda.