FAQs

Join thousands of others who are swimming 10km (10,000 metres) over the month of July to raise money to support children and young people with cancer. 

Simply complete your 10k swim outdoors - head to your local lido, river, sea or lake between 1 - 31 July.

How you take on the challenge is up to you, whether you swim a little everyday or save it up for a couple of big swims a week. 

If you don't have a safe place to compete your swim, it is fine to take on the challenge in your local pool, just let your supporters know.

This is your challenge, your way.

Signing up is simple.

1. Sign up here to request your free swim hat and set up your fundraiser
2. Once you have signed up you’ll receive your own fundraising page
3. Share, share, share.  Make sure to tell everyone you know that you are taking on the challenge and ask them to sponsor you
4. Make sure you read our safety guidance
5. Get fundraising
6. Take on your 10k Swim in July
7. Support children and young people with cancer

The best way to track your swim is with a fitness tracker watch. You can sync your fitness tracker to your fundraising page which can be found under "My Fitness Activity" and you can also add your distance manually to your fundraising page. You will also receive a handy printed tracker in your fundraising pack where you can track your progress throught the month.

We are here with you every step of the way to help you complete the challenge. We have a support team on hand to give advice and top tips on completing the challenges and reaching you fundraising target. 

However if you aren’t able to complete the full challenge, please don’t worry, just make sure to let your sponsors know. If you need any advice or support on completing the challenge please email virtualchallenges@younglivesvscancer.org.uk

This is your challenge, your way! We want you to take part in a way that works best for you. You can increase of reduce the distance and can change the dates if July doesn’t work for you.

We suggest you just let your supporters know your plans

Unfortunartly this challenge is for over 18's only.

Yes, of course! The more the merrier. Just share the link and ask them to register. 

Yes – you can join from anywhere. Unfortunately we aren’t able to post out fundraising packs internationally, but you can have all you need in the Resources tab. You will still be a vital part of Team Young Lives.

We send fundraising packs out twice a week but sometimes they can take 10-14 working days to arrive. If you pack has still not arrived please contact virtualchallenges@younglivesvscancer.org.uk

If you have any questions or queries, feel free to post in our Facebook group. Alternativly, please contact us at virtualchallenges@younglivesvscancer.org.uk

You will automatically be set up with a fundraiser when you sign up. You can also select to set up a Facebook Fundraiser and connect it to your main fundraising page. These are the easiest ways to collect your sponsorship. All donations come directly to Young Lives vs Cancer so you don’t have to worry about admin or bank transfers.

You can also fundraise offline. You will also receive a Young Lives vs Cancer sponsorship form with your swim hat. This can also be found in the Resources tab. To pay this in deposit your sponsorship into your own bank account and then pay it directly onto your fundraising page. Alternatively there are handy instructions on the form of how to pay this in on our website.

We simply just ask everyone to raise as much as they can to support children and young people with cancer. The target is automatically set to £150 as people with higher targets on their pages raise the most.  However there is no commitment to raise this.