Welcome To The Jo Walters Trust
The Jo Walters Trust commemorates the life of Joanna Walters by giving grants to causes that she would approve of.
Mission Statement
In memory of Joanna Walters, and to celebrate her life and achievements as an inspirational person, teacher and motivator, the Jo Walters Trust provides opportunities to help people enrich their lives and the lives of others, through sport, outward bound, educational and environmental projects, both at home and abroad.
About the Jo Walters Trust
The trust is an approved Scottish Charity, regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. It has 7 appointed trustees.
The Jo Walters Trust has made a round of grants each year to organisations and individuals since it started in 2011, in line with our charitable aims: education, sport, outward bound and the environment. To read more about the grants we have made to date, please see our Grants page. We have also campaigned to improve the stretch of road in Brighton where Jo was killed to make it safer for cyclists. For more on this campaign please see our cycling news page.
If you would like to get involved in our work, take part in an event, or make a donation we'd love to hear from you. Please see our contribution page for details on how to contribute either time or money. If you're interetested in hearing more about our work you can have a read of our blog, or subscribe to our newsletter using the link on the right of our website and you'll be automatically added to our newsletter. We promise not to share your information with anyone else. We also have a great community on Facebook and a little on Google+, so do come along and join us there.
Alternatively, if you'd like to contact us by email with suggestions, feedback or comments, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at info@jowalterstrust.org.uk.
What is it?
The trustees of the Jo Walters Trust will head out for a fund-raising Yuletide yomp, every day between Boxing Day and Hogmanay. But it will be so much more worthwhile if we can persuade our friends around the world to do the same. So sign up, get outside, increase your festive footfall and rack up some mince-pie fuelled mileage! With prizes on offer and oodles of kudos available, we'd love you to do a walk, perhaps make a donation and help us reach our overall mileage target for the six days from Boxing Day to Hogmanay.
Following on from last year’s stellar efforts, we shall be striding out with The Proclaimers’ “but I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more” ringing over ben and glen (or hill and dale, for those south of the border).
And the small print: be sure to do this in a COVID safe way, adhering to whatever regulations are in place where you are.
Get involved
Once you've done your walk let us know how many miles you manage to cover - you can submit the total of all the miles walked by everyone in your group. You can submit as many walks as you like between the 26th and 31st December and give us the mileage for each. Donate (or get your friends to sponsor you!) for £1 per mile (or whatever you can afford).
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WALKS ARE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE CURRENT COVID RULES WHERE YOU LIVE!
Donate
Options to donate include:
- Log your walk on our fundraising page and let your contributions all add up to the grand total - just click here to log your walk and donation: https://wonderful.org/fundraisers/357
- Simply make a donation: Donations can be made through our Wonderful page or direct through CAF (both have the option to offer to GiftAid your donation).
- Create your own Fundraiser for the Jo Walters Trust through Facebook
View the leaderboard below to see who is in the lead, and there will also be prizes** (and, obviously, eternal glory) for:
- The person who walks (or runs, if you insist) the most miles;
- The most funds raised;
- The most rubbish collected en route (we are big fans of Plogolution - check here if you are new to plogging!)
- Pie and a view’ - most scenic spot for a mince pie pitstop (Photos required!)
- 'Pushing on past sunset’ - for anyone who has covered a decent distance in the dark.
- Biggest team on any single walk (photo evidence too please!).
Prizes to include: a box of beer, a voucher for chocolate and 6 jars of Kincardine Castle Kitchen marmalade
If you're on Facebook, please join us at our Facebook Event here too.
The Trustees of the JWT (nine of us) are going to try and walk the distance from Jo’s home in Alford, Aberdeenshire to Bristol, where she went to university. That’s 476 miles. Are we going to make it?! Watch this space or better still, set off on a walk and help us!
Submit your miles
