Frequently Asked Questions

Together we are aiming to travel around the world in 80 days, raising crucial funds for Schoolreaders so we can provide one-to-one reading support sessions for thousands of primary school children across the country.

You can walk, run, cycle, swim or even hop to complete your miles over the course of 80 days. Simply decide if you want to take part alone or as part of a team, set your own mileage goal and decide how you want to complete your challenge. All miles completed will go towards our 25,000 mile goal.

The race will launch on March 31st and run until June 19th 2023

There is no specific location for the race. You can cover your miles anywhere -- in your local park or at home running up the stairs! The choice is yours…

No. There is no registration fee but every individual that raises a minimum of £30 will receive a medal after the close of the Challenge. Every £300 raised will provide weekly reading support for 10 children for a whole year.

Click here to create your individual fundraising page. Set your mileage and fundraising goal and simply share your page with people who may sponsor you. Even if you will be joining a team, you will need to sign up individually first.

You can take on the race with friends, colleagues or family. You just need to set up your individual page first, then click edit page and navigate to the ‘Team’ tab. Make sure you have decided on a team name, fundraising target and mileage goal when setting up your team page. When your team members sign up just tell them about the team page and they can connect their fundraising page with the team.

You are only able to edit the team’s page if you were the one who created it. If you are the creator, you can click the ‘Edit page’ button where you will see the option to edit your team page. You will be able to edit the team name, fundraising target and story.

You can either join a team by using the search function when you create your individual page, or you can join one at any time by going to your individual page, clicking ‘Edit page’, and selecting ‘Join Team’ from the Team tab.

You can track your miles using a fitness app such as Strava - this can be linked straight to your fundraising page to give your supporters regular updates on how you are getting on. To link Strava to your fundraising page click ‘Connect to Strava’ which is a button on your page. If you are not using Strava you can input your miles manually by clicking on ‘Log Miles’ on your page. This will automatically link to your team page if you are part of a team.

The challenge launches on March 31st, 2023, and you have 80 days to complete your challenge with the last day being June 19th 2022. Depending on your chosen target, you may well complete your challenge sooner. You may sign up after March 31st but you will have less than 80 days to complete your challenge.

We recommend that you register by the launch date of March 31st, 2023, but you are welcome to register after this date - you will just have less time to complete your challenge.

We are asking everyone to raise a minimum of £30. If participants you are able to this, on completion of the challenge, we will send you a fabulous 2023 Race for Reading medal. When an individual raises £100 they will receive a 2023 Race for Reading sports t-shirt. If an individual raises £500 they will receive a 2023 Race for Reading gold medal on completion of the challenge. Check out our Resources page for tips on fundraising. And remember… every £900 raised will help an entire class of children for a whole year!

No but our goal is to achieve 25,000 miles around the globe so we are asking everyone to help by covering as many miles as possible over the 80 days.

All donations can be made through your Just Giving fundraising page and will go directly to Schoolreaders. Make sure you use the link on your Just Giving page to share on social media and with friends to tell them about your challenge. To make your link stand out, download the social media graphics on our Resources page.

If you have raised any of your donations outside of the JustGiving site, that’s fine. Please send them by cheque or bank transfer, by clicking here for the ‘How to donate’ page on the Schoolreaders website.

Please note all cheques must be made payable to Schoolreaders. For bank transfers please use the reference R4R then your surname.

We request that all funds raised are paid to Schoolreaders within 8 weeks of the Challenge end date.

Schoolreaders was founded ten years ago in 2013 to improve childhood literacy throughout the UK. Our Schoolreaders volunteers are currently providing weekly one-to-one reading support sessions to over 13,000 primary school children across the country. By the end of this academic year, we hope to support over 18,000 children per week. 

1 in 4 children leave primary school unable to read well. With the disruption to education caused by the pandemic, that statistic has become even worse for the most disadvantaged children who have fallen even further behind. 

Our aim is to increase these children’s life chances by offering a vital service, free of charge to schools. To find out more please visit www.schoolreaders.org.

If you still have a question please email info@raceforreading.org.

You can contact JustGiving for help with technical issues by emailing help@justgiving.com.

For any other issues email info@raceforreading.org.