Guru Nanak Annual Sponsored Walk
About the Walk
Our Guru Nanak Annual Sponsored Walk is one of the highlights of the Nottingham community calendar. Held each autumn to mark Guru Nanak Jayanti, the birthday of the founder of the Sikh faith, the event brings together around 100 participants of all ages and backgrounds to walk for charitable causes.
Each year the walk raises approximately £10,000 for nominated charities, demonstrating SCYS's role not merely as a recipient of charitable funding but as an active generator of it. Previous beneficiaries have included BBC Children in Need, Marfans Trust, Khalsa Aid and Nottingham's Khalsa Punjabi School.
The event draws together families, young people, older residents, community leaders and members of the wider Nottingham public, making it one of the most genuinely diverse and inclusive community gatherings in the city's calendar.
Our Impact
The Guru Nanak Annual Sponsored Walk embodies the Sikh principles of seva (selfless service) and vand ke shakna (sharing with others). It is an event that brings the entire community together around a shared act of generosity and collective purpose.
Each year, approximately 100 participants take part, a cross-generational, multi-faith gathering that includes SCYS programme beneficiaries and their families, local community leaders, faith representatives and members of the wider Nottingham public. The diversity of attendees is a direct reflection of SCYS's role as a community anchor organisation: one that brings people together across lines of age, faith, culture and background.
The walk raises approximately £10,000 each year for charitable causes nominated by our community. This fundraising track record demonstrates SCYS's capability not only as a service provider but as a trusted community fundraiser. We are not merely a recipient of funding from the charitable sector; we are an active contributor to it, generating resources that support other vital causes year on year.
Beyond the financial impact, the Sponsored Walk serves as a powerful annual demonstration of community cohesion, intergenerational connection and collective wellbeing. The sight of families, young people and older residents walking side by side, in celebration, in community, in service, speaks to the kind of social fabric that funders and commissioners recognise as essential to resilient, healthy communities.
You can view photos from previous walks in our gallery.