Join Scotty's flagship fundraising event of 2025! March alongside our Scotty Members and team as you take on 10km, 25km or 50km. Run, walk or jog the distance to raise funds to support bereaved military children and young people.

Scotty’s March is back by popular demand.

Join our staff and Little Soldiers to take on the rolling hills of the Chilterns and raise money for bereaved military children.

Sign up for 10km, 25km or 50km this September and march proudly alongside us with your work colleagues or wider family for a memorable day of camaraderie and banter.

Choose to walk, jog or run the distance and enjoy Chiltern's finest countryside while showing your commitment to ensuring bereaved military children can continue to access the very best support from Scotty’s Little Soldiers.  

You will pass through nature reserves and forests, and over hills with great views. It's a route with real variety, and some wonderful scenery, and is easily accessible from London.

Starting and finishing is at the base camp in Henley-on-Thames, where there's a Saturday night celebration BBQ and entertainment, plus camping options in a special area for Scotty’s Little Soldiers supporters.

With varying distance options available, and your choice of how you complete your kilometres, this challenge is suitable for all abilities and children. 

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a military charity dedicated to supporting children and young people, 0 to 25 years, who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces.   
     
Inspired by the lived experience of Army widow Nikki Scott, following the death of her husband, Corporal Lee Scott, in Afghanistan in 2009 while serving with 2RTR, the charity, which was set up in 2010, provides support and guidance to hundreds of bereaved military children and young people throughout their childhood.  
 
When a young person joins Scotty’s, they become a member and are supported until their 25th birthday. Whether it be one-to-one bereavement support, a respite break with the family, an opportunity to meet others in a similar situation, or access to extracurricular activities, Scotty’s is always there for its members to ensure they don’t feel alone. 
 
So far this year, Scotty’s has supported over 700 children and young people and services are delivered through three Family Programmes, available to all members:    
 
The SMILES Programme is about fun and engagement and includes activities, gifts, respite breaks and group events. The aim is for bereaved military children and young people to form friendships, benefit from peer support, heal with their family and feel part of a supportive community.  
 
The SUPPORT Programme looks after emotional health and wellbeing and includes 1:1 bereavement support.  
 
The STRIDES Programme focuses on education and development needs, removes barriers to learning and helps young people gain confidence that can be lost after a bereavement.  
 
Scotty’s has a long-term goal to be supporting over 1,000 bereaved military children and young people annually by 2030. 

BUT we now know - thanks to MOD and Census data - that there are more than 2,100 newly bereaved military children EVERY year.

So we need your support to help spread the word and raise the funds so Scotty's can scale to meet the need. 
 
www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk