Hello! Thank you for taking the time to visit our Big Walk 2016 JustGiving page.

What we're doing
The Big Walk 2016 combines two key events - The Trans-Pennine Trail Walk and the One Day Challenge. Two teams of 10 staff from the University of Sheffield will each be walking over 120 miles in 4 days along the Trans Pennine Trail, one team starting from the west coast in Southport and the other from the east coast in Hornsea. They will meet in Tankersley, north of Sheffield, on Friday 17th June. We will be part of the One Day Challenge team of staff, students and alumni who will join the two TPT teams and walk the final 18 miles back to the University campus.

Why we're doing it
Funds raised through the Big Walk 2016 will be used to support refugee academics and students, to demonstrate our solidarity with refugees and to show that they are welcome at our University and in our city. Our University is a University of Sanctuary and this has been our tradition since this institution was founded.

Funds raised through the Big Walk 2016 will be used to support:
• At-risk academics: We have strong links with a number of programmes to support refugee academics, including the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund and the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) - a charity which helps academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile. Through these partnerships, the University of Sheffield can host academics, giving them a place of safety and the financial and practical help to continue their careers and important research until such as time as they can return home.
• Students seeking refuge or asylum: The University offers fully funded undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for refugees including those seeking asylum in the UK. Throughout 2016 we will be raising funds to increase this support.

What you can do
Please support us and the Big Walk 2016 campaign by providing sponsorship here. Any donation, of any size, is massively appreciated. It all adds up!

Thanks,

Mark, Jake, Laura & Sarah
Faculty of Social Sciences Team

More information about the Big Walk 2016 and the causes we are raising funds for can be found at www.sheffield.ac.uk/big-walk

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