UK charity Hospitality Action’s annual fundraising event, Walk for Wellbeing, has added five more UK cities to its initiative in its sixth year.
Powered by hospitality talent and recruitment partner mum in partnership with Caterer.com and Imperial London Hotels, this year’s event sees Cornwall, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle and York join the grassroots movement bringing the total number of host cities to thirteen.
Since its creation in 2020, Walk for Wellbeing has evolved from a small gathering into a nationwide initiative, uniting hundreds of hospitality professionals from the industry.
Thirteen 20km hosted walks will take place across key UK locations in October. York will host the first walk on Sunday 12 October, followed by walks in Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cornwall, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Manchester on Sunday 19 October, culminating with Newcastle on Monday 20 October.
For those unable to join a city-hosted walk, ‘Walk It Your Way’ runs from World Mental Health Day on Friday, 10 October, to Sunday, 26 October, allowing participants to walk anywhere at any time.
Passing the torch
After five years dedicated to creating and growing Walk for Wellbeing into a national call to action, Craig Prentice, founder and director of mum, has gifted the brand to Hospitality Action.
Craig will remain closely involved as a strategic advisor, steer and spokesperson for the initiative, and mum will continue as lead partner and host of the London walk.
Craig Prentice, creator of Walk for Wellbeing, said: “After five successful years, now is the perfect time for me to gift Walk for Wellbeing to Hospitality Action, whilst remaining involved to supporting in growing the reach and significance of the initiative.”
Mark Lewis, CEO of Hospitality Action said: “With the growing number of cities joining us this year, we are excited to see the event expand even further and continue what Craig started, ensuring more hospitality professionals across the UK have the opportunity to take part and make a real difference in their communities.”
