About Walking Home For Christmas
Home is more than a roof over your head
At Christmas, home is the place where you feel safe. It’s having a job to go to, people who care and somewhere to turn when life gets tough.
For too many veterans, that sense of home has been lost. After serving their country, some face unemployment, mental health challenges, isolation, or at risk of homelessness.
The challenges can feel especially acute at Christmas, when the distance between where they are and where they want to be can feel the greatest. Walking With The Wounded is there to help veterans take the next step forward.
As a 24 year veteran I am one of the lucky ones who found a great job when I left military service. My wife and I have completed the WHFC in numerous countries across the globe and will continue to support this amazing cause for as long as we can for veterans who are not as lucky as I was.
Gary, WWTW supporter and veteran
Together, we can help veterans find their way ‘home’ at Christmas
Through personalised employment, mental health, and wraparound care coordination support, we help rebuild confidence, independence and connection.
By taking part in Walking Home For Christmas, you can help fund life-changing support for veterans when they need it most.
Because no one who has served in the Armed Forces should face Christmas without a place to call ‘home’.
How to get started with your walk:
Step 1
Sign up
Create your fundraising page and start planning your challenge
Step 2
Fundraise
Join forces with family, friends and colleagues to raise money
Step 3
Walk
Big or small, it's time to put your walk into motion
Step 4
Make a difference
Your donations help us to reignite the sense of purpose of ex-servicemen and women
What challenge can you set?
Get involved in our step challenge
Count your steps throughout your walk and add to our 15,000,000 steps community counter!
Do a good deed
Consider delivering a parcel to a friend or go for a walk and socialise with a neighbour.
Walk from A to B
Walk to a local war memorial or barracks and back to work or your home.
Get creative
Create your own Strava Art message to map out your support.
Inspiration
See the archive of our favourite fundraiser challenges.
See how the Royal Tank Regiment got involved in 2025.
Learn how to get the most out of your fundraising.
Why should you consider taking part?
Your mission this Christmas might not win you medals but it will make a massive difference to all those who served and need our help and support. By raising vital funds, you will enable us to continue to provide mental health support, employment opportunities and wraparound support care coordination - right where it's needed most.
Feel better. Study after study shows the positive benefits of being in the great outdoors.
Reforge old connections. As well as keeping existing ones strong by pulling a team together.
Be a role model. You will be the focal point for your family, friends and colleagues’ charity activities this Christmas.
Support those who served. You’ll support ex-military personnel who’ve walked in far more dangerous places for us.
What are the benefits?
Resilience
Taking on a challenge whatever the weather – put in perspective by the experiences of our ex-military.
Friendship
It’s the perfect excuse to call old friends and have a shared adventure.
Networking
Spend time with people you need to spend time with while doing good.
Fitness
Have a goal in the diary to boost your fitness regime or kickstart a new fitness journey.
Mental Health
Walking can improve your well-being, relieve anxiety and depression and spark creativity.
Promotion
Use it as a tool to engage staff or customers and show your company's support for ex-military.
Will you join us and make a difference?
This Christmas, bring your family, friends and colleagues to join Walking With The Wounded's nationwide seasonal fundraiser.