4,693 Steps a Day in April for Young Adults with Cancer
April is the Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, and we are launching a fundraising challenge to help raise funds and awareness of young adult cancer. The Challenge! Take on our 4693 Reasons to Move and walk 4,693 steps a day to support young
April is the Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, and we are launching a fundraising challenge to help raise funds and awareness of young adult cancer.
The Challenge! Take on our 4693 Reasons to Move and walk 4,693 steps a day to support young people aged 18-30 living with cancer.
Every year 4693 young people aged 15-29 years are diagnosed with cancer, one young person described to us ‘Being diagnosed with cancer as a young person feels like being out of sync with your generation. It is a misunderstood and isolating experience. It feels like being in another world - one that most people perhaps do not see.’
The Ella Dawson Foundation brings a community of young people facing cancer together. Our fantastic team of clinical psychologists, counsellors, exercise instructors, Dietitians and wellbeing practitioners provide specialised and tailored support to meet the unique needs of young people with cancer. Our Feel Well programme providing specialist mental health support to both young people with cancer and their families and carers is our largest service. Heartbreakingly, over 50% of those we have supported have reported severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and trauma, following our support these symptoms are reported to be minimal showing the incredible impact and need of our programmes. This support has been described as life changing, regaining confidence, identity and purpose. We are proud to have young people’s voices at the heart of our charity, shaping everything we do, and it’s an honour to have so many of them with us this evening.
What’s the 4693 Reasons to Move Challenge?
A fun and meaningful way to boost your wellbeing while supporting young people living with and beyond cancer. Steps can be completed individually, as a team or a business, join us for the whole of April or for just one day.
How to Get Involved:
✅ Sign Up Here: Join as an individual, team, or business. With a £4.69 donation/sign up fee you will get a Team Ella Fundraising T Shirt
✅ Join our Strava challenge
✅ Step Up: Walk 4,693 steps daily to boost your body and mind. Track your progress and share your experience.
✅ Fundraise & Donate via our JustGiving Campaign:
- Give back with £4.69 (donation)
- £46.90 (Individual fundraising target)
- £469 (Team fundraising target)
- £4,693 (Corporate Sponsor target).
✅ Share: Post your journey using #4693Challenge to inspire others.
Can you make the league with the highest number of steps per team, or amount raised or number of individual donations from an organisation?
Creative Ways to Get Your Steps In:
🚶 Take Walking Meetings: Swap calls for walks.
🛒 Park Further Away: Add steps on errands.
🐶 Walk Your Pet: Or a friend’s!
🎉 Dance Breaks: Fun and energizing.
🌳 Nature Walks: Boost your mood and steps.
🧹 Housework Hustle: Clean and count!
👟 Lunchtime Stroll: Refresh your mind mid-day.
For more information please contact deb@elladawsonfoundation.org.uk