Thanks for taking the time to read about our challenge.

We're taking on a half-marathon hike to raise funds for The Birchall Trust, a cause close to our hearts.

About The Birchall Trust:

The Birchall Trust does incredible work by offering support to anyone aged 4 and above affected by rape, sexual abuse or sexualised violence in Cumbria and Lancashire.

What this looks like practically is summarised below. Of course, it is difficult to fit in all the fantastic work that goes on at The Birchall Trust, so please check out the website if you’d like to read more about what they do: https://www.birchalltrust.org.uk/

- Providing face to face and remote trauma-informed counselling services

- Delivering play therapy, creative and sand tray therapy for children aged 4 and above

- Offering pre-trial therapy sessions to adults and children whilst involved in the criminal justice process

- Working with parents, carers, families, and friends of people affected by rape, sexual abuse, or sexualised violence

- Holding group, peer support sessions and offer outdoor therapies

- Delivering educational programmes, training, and consultancy to other agencies – voluntary and statutory

- Providing digital information and resources

- Raising awareness of the wider issues around rape, sexual abuse, or sexualised violence within our community

Every single donation is important. Every single donation will support The Birchall Trust, helping to ensure no one has to deal with rape or sexual abuse alone.

About our challenge:

To fundraise for and raise awareness of The Birchall Trust, at Her Lancaster we decided to organise this half-marathon charity hike! As a womens+ community group, the incredible and much-needed Birchall Trust is a charity close to our hearts and we want to do what we can to help them.

The hike takes a beautiful route, following the coastline and the Lancaster canal in sections. A route map will be provided for participants, which roughly follows the following direction: Silverdale → Warton Crag → Carnforth → Hest Bank → Morecambe. The terrain is a mixture of woodland footpaths, fields, gravel canal paths and paved sections, it has hilly sections and a number of gates and stiles.

📅 Date: Saturday 17th May 2025

⏰ Start Time: 9:45 AM

🚶‍♂️ Length: 13.1 miles | 21 km

⏳ Predicted Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes (including breaks)

📍 Start Location: Silverdale Train Station

🏁 End Location: The Birchall Trust, Morecambe

We are so thrilled that our friends at Birchall will be hosting us at the end of the hike! We will be celebrating at their space in Morecambe, as the perfect place to congratulate one another on our achievements and to remind ourselves who our hard work was for!

We are really excited to fundraise, train for, and complete this event. We appreciate any and all donations.

If you have any questions about the charity hike, please direct them to herlancaster@gmail.com <3

How you can support:

1. Sign-up for our charity hike!

2. Donate! You can do so through our main justgiving page, or those of individual hikers.

3. Collaborate with us! If you are a local business / organisation that may want to work with us on this event or future fundraising get in touch!

4. Share the word - we would be really grateful if you could share the word about The Birchall Trust, their work and huge impact. Statistically, someone you know will be affected by the issues they work to support. Take some time to learn more about their fantastic work at: https://www.birchalltrust.org.uk/

Best wishes,

The Her Lancaster Team