📅 1st November - 30th November 2025

📍 Anywhere - wherever you are!

Worcestershire Midwife Miles is our dedicated Hold the Moment - Maternity Appeal fundraising challenge to bring our community together and support us in reaching our ambitious goal of raising £223,000 to enhance maternity services for families across Worcestershire.

At its heart, this appeal is about people - ensuring every family feels supported through life’s most precious moments.

Each year, more than 4,500 babies are born at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. From the first scan to those first days at home, and even in times of loss, our maternity teams stand alongside families every step of the way.

With your help, the appeal will support:

• Buddy beds so partners can stay close during those first precious nights.

• Specialist jaundice meters in the community, giving newborns quicker, gentler testing.

• Welcoming maternity spaces that bring calm and comfort at life-changing times.

• An expanded Maternity Bereavement Suite, including a new memory-making room for grieving families.

💜 What is Worcestershire Midwife Miles Challenge?

Did you know that one Community Midwife travels over 345 miles every month caring for newborn babies and their families?

In support of the Hold the Moment – Maternity Appeal we are challenging our community to see how many miles they can take on this November.

You can run, walk, cycle or move any which way you choose, and every penny raised in sponsorship will enhance and improve Maternity Services across Worcestershire.

At the end of the month, we will combine everyone’s miles, and we may just complete as many as the whole community midwife team! (That’s 41,400 miles so we better get moving!)

👣 How you can take part:

• Enjoy weekend walks with the family.

• Team up with friends or colleagues for a run, walk, or cycle.

• Swap your daily commute for a walk.

Any distance, any pace - every mile counts.

We encourage participants to raise at least £1 for every mile clocked (or more if you can). Every contribution, big or small, helps change lives.

💌 Get Involved

Click the Start Fundraising button on this page to sign up.

Track your miles with Strava, Fitbit, Apple Watch – or simply jot them down – and update your progress via your page every Sunday in November, so we can celebrate how far we’ve come together.

✨ Let’s walk, run, pedal, swim, or move your way side by side this November – and make every mile a moment that matters.