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Wild Walk Week
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It’s back, and this year, it’s bigger than ever.
Join in with our annual fundraising event and help raise money for nature’s recovery whilst getting some fresh air and spending time in nature.
In 2021, you helped us raise £1,055 and this year we want to double that!
Our fourth annual Wild Walk Week runs from Saturday 23rd October to Sunday 30th October and you can get involved by setting up your own sponsored walk, booking tickets to our guided walks or joining our orienteering challenge. We'll be finishing the week with a special Orienteering event in Sutton Coldfield, organised in conjunction with City of Birmingham Orienteering Club (COBOC) on Saturday 29th October from 11am. Tickets are £8.00 for adults and £5.00 for children and count towards your fundraising total if you decide to seek sponsorship. Book your tickets at
bbcwildlife.org.uk/events We also have six guided walks for you to join our expert team and learn about autumn wildlife including fungi, birds and insects.
Monday 24th October
11 am: Wolverhampton - Learn about the reserve and our Love Your River Stour project with River Engagement Officer Kasia Kordybacha
Tuesday 25th October
10 am: Dudley – Learn about fungus with local naturalist Lukas Large
Wednesday 26th October
11 am: Walsall – Learn about plant galls and autumn insects with PhD Student and former trainee Aaron Bhambra
4:30 pm: Moseley - Look for signs of autumn with Senior Reserves Officer Jacob Williams
Thursday 27th October
11 am: Cradley Heath – A walk along the River Stour with River Engagement Officer Kasia Kordybacha
Friday 28th October
11 am: Sandwell – A bird identification walk with Head of Fundraising and Communication Emma Thompson
Saturday 29 October
11 am: Sutton Coldfield - Orienteering Challenge in partnership with City Of Birmingham Orienteering Club
Tickets are £5 per person and count towards your fundraising total if you decide to seek sponsorship. Places are strictly limited so book now at
bbcwildlife.org.uk/events
When you register, we’ll send you a fundraising pack including sponsorship form and stickers plus a guide to some wonderful green spaces across Birmingham and the Black Country which you can explore. Thanks to our sponsors, this year we have an exciting offer for the first 30 supporters who raise £100 during Wild Walk Week. 30 organic cotton shopper bags filled with goodies to help you stay wild, including wild flower seedballs, a Wildlife Trust note book, a bag of wild bird seed and a Wildlife in the Garden book are up for grabs for our top fundraisers.
T&Cs to claim a Wild Walk Week Goody Bag: 1. Register at bbcwildlife.org.uk/wildwalkweek for your fundraising pack 2. Book tickets to our orienteering challenge, guided walks or plan your own walk(s) 3. Get sponsored using your sponsorship form or your JustGiving page 4. When you’ve raised £100 email fundraising@bbcwildlife.org.uk 5. The fundraising team will verify your donations and contact the first 30 fundraisers to receive their special goody bags!
Huge thanks to IM Properties for generously sponsoring Wild Walk Week 2022 to help make it bigger than ever.
Located in the Midlands, IM Properties is one of the UK’s largest privately owned property companies owned by the IM Group, focused on a sustainable future in the sectors it invests and develops in including offices, logistics, manufacturing and new homes. Collaborating with its supply chain and local stakeholders the company is committed to becoming Net Zero Carbon by 2030 and its Sustainable Futures strategy sets out its future growth centred on People, Place and Planet, to create both long-term social and economic value to the communities it operates in. IM Properties also supported our Dawberry Fields Reptile project with a £1,000 donation back in spring 2021. Kerry Amory, social value manager for IM Properties said: We’re really pleased to be once again supporting Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust. They do some great work and we hope that this year's Wild Walk Week will be bigger than ever with schools, families and businesses connecting with nature for their 4th annual fundraising challenge. We all have a part to play in helping to look after our planet and as a major developer in the region, this event aligns perfectly with our own Sustainable Futures strategy to support local stakeholders and organisations who help promote and support the local environment.
3 Challenges to Try
1. The Hedgehog Challenge
By walking 3km (just under 2 miles), you will cover the estimated nightly wanderings of a typical hedgehog as it roams, looking for food and a mate.
2. The Fox Challenge
By walking 8km (5 miles), you will be matching the average nightly roaming area of a fox as it searches for food and water.
3. The Redwing Challenge
Get a group together and collectively walk 500 miles over the course of the week (for a group of 10, this is just over 6 miles each, every day), to reflect the redwing’s migration to the UK each winter.
