The Long Walk Home is Haig Housing’s national event honouring the centenary of the ending of the First World War.

The event will consist of a pilgrimage by foot of 100 Veterans and serving personnel who will walk the 100 miles from the Menin Gate in Ypres to the Cenotaph in Whitehall, timed to arrive for the National Service of Remembrance on Sunday 11th November 2018.

Planned as a mark of respect to those who died in the Great War, it will also raise funds for the charity. Haig is putting out a “Call to Arms” in order to recruit 100 Walkers to take part in this momentous event.

Each person will need to be sufficiently fit to undertake at least 25 miles walking per day over 4 consecutive days. They require Walkers from all 3 Services who are Veterans or currently serving military personnel, from the United Kingdom or those Commonwealth and other countries who fought alongside us in the trenches of the First World War and commit to both the entire Walk and an individual fundraising target.

Current serving personnel will be walking as civilians on their own merit.

They are also looking for people to host a pair of Walkers for an evening in the Kent area during the walk. All relevant information for Walkers, hosts and volunteers can be found at www.tlwh.org.

We Need Your Help! We need to enlist 100 Walkers, 150 hosts across Kent and other Support Volunteers in a Variety of Teams To find out more and to
volunteer contact us:

Tel: 020 8685 5777
www.haighousing.org.uk