The Wildlife Trust’s Hedgehog Walk will get families out walking for wildlife with Timmy and Apricot from Timmy Time.

Families, schools and clubs across the UK including Suffolk, are encouraged to take on a 3km walking challenge to fundraise for wildlife. The challenge, in partnership with Timmy Time of the multi-award-winning studio Aardman, will see families walking, wheeling or rolling the same distance a hedgehog wanders in a single night.

The challenge takes place from the 31st of March to the 13th of April, the same time hedgehogs start to come out of hibernation and can be done in any way you and your hoglets want! After signing up online, those taking part will receive lots of downloadable activities, including spotter sheets, a Hedgehog Walk poster and litter picking guides. Top fundraisers who raise over £30 for wildlife will also receive a special prize, such as an exclusive sew-on patch!

With 1 in 6 species threatened with extinction, it has never been more important to help wildlife, so get out exploring with Apricot, and walking with Timmy, to make a difference! The little legs walking 3km this spring will grow up to be the next generation of eco leaders, wildlife champions, and environmental changemakers, and this challenge could help them take those first steps.

Nikki Williams, director of campaigning and communities at The Wildlife Trusts, says: “Get your hoglets out walking for wildlife with the Hedgehog Walk. Nature in the UK is having a really hard time. Not just hedgehogs, but the trees on our streets and the fish in our seas. We can all do our small part to make a difference. Join our 3km walking challenge to experience more of the nature around you and also fundraise to protect all of the incredible wildlife, wild places and wild things we’re so lucky to still have in the UK.”

Find out more and sign up here