Light up the night and walk in memory of your loved ones.

Our Midnight Walk is back for 2026! Join us in lighting up the streets of Redcar and Marske with your friends and family, while raising money in memory of your loved ones for Teesside Hospice.

After raising an amazing £80,000 in 2025 with almost 700 walkers, we’re ready to make this year’s walk even more impactful and fun. Who will you walk for this year?

Our mission is to help families make the most of every day, creating lasting memories and experiences. By walking 11km through Redcar and Marske in the middle of the night, you’ll be helping create more memories for those living with a life limiting illness in Teesside.

Here’s all you need to know!

When
Saturday 14th March 2026, registrations open at 8pm, and we ask that all participants arrive no later than 9:30pm, to ensure you are registered on time. Our Teesside Hospice staff and volunteers will be here to sign you in. Here, you’ll be able to register, collect your T-Shirt and flashing head boppers, drop off any sponsorship money and enjoy our tuckshop and entertainment while getting hyped up for your walk!

Where
11km along the seafront from Redcar to Marske and back!

Warm Up
To get everyone hyped up for the walk, we’ll be leading a fun and energetic warm up to prepare you for the walk ahead.

What to Wear
Your ticket includes a remembrance Midnight Walk T-Shirt (with space for you to add a dedication for your loved ones), as well as a pair of flashing head boppers!

As we're walking along the seafront, please wrap up warm and wear suitable footwear.

Each year our Midnight Walk grows with enthusiasm and energy to add an extra sparkle to the streets of Redcar and Marske, so why not your outfits too? Be bold, bright and colourful, helping us light the way this year. There will be a prize on the night for the best dressed!

If you want to dress up in fancy dress, go for it – it’s your night and we want you to have fun! Nothing is too much (we'll bring the glitter!) 

Once you've completed your walk

The route will lead you back to where you started your walk, where you'll be asked to sign out. Here, you'll be able to collect your finishers medal and warm up with your complementary hot food and drink.

Staying safe at our Midnight Walk

-Wear Teesside Hospice Midnight Walk Tshirts with reflective white stars on 
-Use torches/ provided and advise to bring headlamps 
-Stay in designated walking areas and follow route 
-Follow marshal instructions 
-Carry a mobile phone 
-Stick with a walking buddy or group

Why your support matters

Teesside Hospice exists to support people living with a terminal illness, helping them live as well as possible, for as long as possible. It costs £6.75 million annually to run our services – that’s almost £18,500 every 24 hours. 

Although there's no minimum sponsorship required, we're aiming to raise £100,000 this year.

Here's how your sponsorship could benefit our hospice:

£100 can provide 4 hours of expert nursing care, ensuring dignity, comfort, and personal support for our patients in our 10-bed Inpatient Unit (IPU). 
£250 can help grieving children and young people throughout the year- giving them comforting books, Worry Monsters, Wish Strings, Pocket Hugs, and Jellycat toys.
£300 can fund essential slide sheets for every bed in our IPU, making it easier to move patients gently and comfortably.
£500 can provide specialist training for a hospice staff member, ensuring the best possible care and best practice.
£1,000 can fund 40 hours of specialist nursing in our IPU, delivering compassionate, person-centred care- or purchase a vital syringe driver, ensuring patients remain comfortable and pain-free.

Your support ensures that people in Teesside can die with dignity and live well for as long as possible, surrounded by the best care.

Volunteer at our Midnight Walk!

If you want to be a part of Midnight Walk but aren't able to walk, why not help us by volunteering on the night? As a charity, Teesside Hospice relies on amazing volunteers to help to make our Midnight Walk a successful and safe event for everyone involved.

Whether you help out at registrations, be a marshall along the walking route, distribute T-Shirts or be our on-site glitter fairy, every little helps!

If you would like to volunteer at this years Midnight Walk, email volunteering@teessidehospice.co.uk or call our team on 01642 811145

Thank you, we can't wait to walk with you and see the path that you light up in your loved ones memory.

Terms and Conditions

By signing up to the Midnight Walk 2026, you are accepting the terms and conditions for yourself and on behalf of everyone in your party. Teesside Hospice can accept no liability during this event for: - Any injury, loss or damage caused or sustained due to taking part in the event. Any activity is undertaken at your own risk. - Any injury or difficulty to a pre-existing health condition you may sustain due to taking part in the event. - Any property you may lose or damage caused or sustained due to taking part in the event.

If you have any medical conditions prior to the event that you are concerned about regarding taking part, please do get in touch with the Events team or see a medical professional before signing up for this event.

Due to the nature of the event, you may be photographed or videoed at the event. By entering into this agreement, you grant Teesside Hospice full rights to use the images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising,

publicity or other purposes to help achieve the charity's aims. This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in their printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding applications.

You must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs when completing the Midnight Walk.

You cannot bring pets to the event.

Those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult who has registered for the event. - No one under the age of 8 is permitted to take part in this event (including babies in pushchairs).

You must report back to the Redcar and Cleveland college on completion of the walk to be accounted for.

Please return all sponsorship money to Teesside Hospice before the end of April 2026.

Thank you for your cooperation