Every year, our wider community come together to support our centre and its services through a sponsored walk. It's always an incredible success, raising funds to ensure our integral supportive provisions can continue for those in need in our local community.
This year, our sponsored walk will take place on Sunday 18th September 2022. This event wouldn't be possible without participants so if you're able, we encourage everyone and anyone to get moving and take some steps of positive change.
For more information, check out the FAQ below or download the files on this page.
There is a choice of two routes, either 5½ miles or 2½ miles; both start and finish at St Joseph’s Church Hall and have midway stops for refreshments and toilet breaks.
The short walk is wheelchair and pushchair friendly, with activities for children along the way.
The long walk has a stone stile, some uneven ground, woodland and, at one section, a narrow footpath beside the River Wharfe.
The more the merrior! You can fundraise together as a group, or as indivduals, it's up to you! We ask that any child under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult, and there will be points within each walk in which dogs must remain on leash - these spots will be signposted on the maps given out on the day.
All sponsorship from this event will go directly to the St Vincent de Paul Society’s community support project in Leeds, providing help and support for families living in poverty, including debt advice, education, immigration support, emergency provision and more. For more infomration regarding our services you can read our About Us page or have a look at What We Do.
We encourage donors to utilise our Just Giving page in order to collect funds online, these will be directly sent to our centre.
If you're collecting donations via sponsor form, please send directly to your Parish/Group organiser, or send direct to:
St Vincent’s Support Centre, 4 Berking Avenue, Leeds, LS9 9LF
Cheques are payable to St Vincent de Paul Society.
we will be collecting small amounts of cash on the day.
We ask that all funds related to the sponsored walk are submitted on or before November 1st 2022.
Absolutely! Although we really love to see everybody on the day or the event, we understand that not everybody will be able to make it or may want to do a walk that suits them better. If you're taking part in your own walk, we request that it occurs as close to the date of our walk as possible and funds are still sent within the deadline of 1st November 2022.
If you are taking part in your own, different walk, you are welcome to submit donations to our Just Giving page or if you'd prefer, you can set up your own fundraising - details of hot to do this are on our Fundraising page.