FAQs

This year, the Walk a Mile Challenge is back! To ensure the safety of our staff, volunteers and our amazing community of supporters, we have decided to continue with the Walk a Mile Challenge as a virtual event rather than a mass gathering.

This means you can choose where and when to walk the week of 7-13 August and log all of your activity on your online dashboard, connect with other participants and share with your own network on social media!  

Anyone, anywhere can particpate in the challenge and show their support and raise funds for people experiencing homelessness in South Australia.

You can sign up by clicking this link here

You will be asked to provide your details which will set you up with your own personal fundraising page.  

It will also give you the chance to set up a team during the sign up process if you'd like to do it with your friends, family or co-workers!

We encourage you to Walk a Mile (or more!) for people experiencing homelessness in South Australia this 7-13 August, just after National Homelessness Week.

Do it with a friend or get the whole family involved. Dogs are welcome (and encouraged) as well! Don’t forget to track your miles on your fundraising page, share your walk on social media and tag #walkamile, @WalkaMileinMyBoots and @huttstcentre in your photos and videos.

You sure can!

If you are not a lover of the outdoors but still want to show your support for people experiencing homelessness, that’s fine. Don’t forget to track your miles and share snaps of your indoor walk for people experiencing homelessness.

Due to the uncertainty around mass gatherings and social distancing, we are unable to get together for a public gathering like the previous years, but we hope you will join the Walk a Mile in My Boots community through this year’s virtual challenge.

The Walk a Mile in My Boots Challenge will continue to take place this 7-13 August, just after National Homelessness Week. Walk a Mile (or more!) anywhere you like in your neighbourhood and collectively we hope to reach 6,000 miles for the 6,000 people experiencing homelessness in South Australia.

We recommend adhering to social distancing guidelines and Government regulations that can found on the South Australian government health website www.health.sa.gov.au

If you're taking part in another part of the world, please ensure you check your local guidelines.

Yes! Taking part in the Walk a Mile in My Boots Challenge is free in 2022. Just sign-up, set your fundraising and miles target and show your support this 7-13 August, just after National Homelessness Week.

You can as many miles as you want and are comfortable with. The more you walk, the more you will help us reach our collective goal of 6,000 miles for the 6,000 people experiencing homelessness in South Australia.

You can walk 1 mile (1.6kms) around your neighbourhood, or 2  miles (3.2kms) along the beach, or go the extra mile and challenge yourself to walk 6 miles (9.6 kms). You set your own personal challenge – you choose how many miles you walk.

You can do it all during the challenge week of 7-13 August, just after National Homelessness Week. Or walk a much as you like and track your miles on your fundraising page in the lead up to the big day!

You can walk anywhere you want (and is safe to do so). You can walk 1 mile around your neighbourhood, or 2 miles along the beach, or go the extra mile and challenge yourself to walk 6 miles. You set your own personal challenge – you choose how many miles you walk and where you walk.

This year, it is FREE to register for Walk a Mile in My Boots.

Yes, you can!

Just because we can't ALL get together for a mass event, doesn’t meant we can't get together in safe, smaller groups! Get your workplace involved or your friends and family and create a team. You can have a team goal and see who can fundraise the most money for people experiencing homelessness in South Australia. Don’t forget to get a snap in your Walk a Mile in My Boots gear once you hit your fundraising targets and receive your limited edition merch!

And the great thing is there is no minimum or maximum!

You can create a new team when you are registering or join a new team by searching the team name on the Walk a Mile in My Boots website.

No problems! Please contact the Fundraising team with your request to events@huttstcentre.org.au and we can help you out!

Funds raised will go directly towards Hutt St Centre to provide essential services for people experiencing homelessness. For more information about Hutt St Centre, jump on our website here.

You can donate directly to Walk a Mile in My Boots by clicking on the ‘Donate’ button at www.walkamile.org.au and follow the steps to complete your donation. Thank you.

All donations of $2 and over are tax deductible. When a donation has been processed a receipt will be automatically sent out by this website powered by funraisin to the email address that the donation was made under.

If you haven't recieved your receipt, please check your junk inbox (they can sometimes get stuck in there!) or email events@huttstcentre.org.au with your email address listed (just in case there was a typo) to re-issue a copy.

If you have the fundraising page link of the person you would like to support, simply click on the ‘Donate’ button below their profile picture and follow the steps to make your donation.

If you do not have their fundraising page link, you can search for a fundraiser by name, using our search bar function on the website.

If you are still unable to find the person you are hoping to sponsor, you may need to check with the fundraiser that their page is active, or contact Hutt St Centre at events@huttstcentre.org.au 

First go to the team’s fundraising page. If you don’t have the page link, you can search the team name using our search bar tool on walkamile.org.au

Once you have arrived on the team page, click ‘Give Now’ below the team’s profile photo, and select the team member you wish to support, and continue to complete your donation.

No problems! Please contact the Fundraising team with your request to events@huttstcentre.org.au and we can help you out!

Thank you for fundraising for the Walk a Mile in My Boots Challenge!

If you've earned one or all of your rewards, you can arrange to collect from 261 - 263 Halifax Street, Adelaide. 

To ensure the safety of you and our Walk a Mile in My Boots Community, we ask that you:

• Stay home if you are unwell and reschedule your collection time. Please email events@huttstcentre.org.au if you’d like your rewards to be posted.
• Please use the hand sanitiser on your arrival and throughout your visit
• Wear a mask when collecting your rewards.
• Follow our directions regarding social distancing and check-ins.

Note: We request registrants who have earned more than one reward to help cover the postage cost of $10. To arrange payment please call 8418 2500 (Pree or Carmel). Thank you for your support!

Any GPS enabled devices like fitness wristbands or watches (think Fitbit, etc.) will do the trick. We have linked up with Strava and Fitbit to automatically sync with your fundraising page and add to your miles (kilometres) each time you record an activity.

If you’re not already connected with these devices, you can always use your Smartphone and download Strava or Fitbit to get started.

Once installed and your account has been created with your preferred app, login to your Walk a Mile in My Boots profile page and head to the 'My Fitness Activity' tab. Here you can now connect up to your preferred fitness app. Click on the icon of the app you'd like to connect - this will ask you to login and authorise us to access your fitness account.

Now, when you are using your fitness app, remember to create a new activity through your app and stop when you're finished each time - this will ensure your mile/s are recorded onto your Walk a Mile in My Boots page.

You can also manually add an activity through the 'My Fitness Activity' tab.