Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge
2024-07-14 06:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Take on the 3 highest peaks in Yorkshire.
Walking as one team we attempt to conquer the 3 spectacular fells of Whernside (736m), Ingleborough (723m) and Pen-y-Ghent (694m) that dominate the Dales skyline. We will cover 39km and climb over 1700m within just 12 hours to return to Horton and successfully complete the challenge and enter the ‘Three Peaks of Yorkshire Club’.
To register, please click the link: Register here

National 3 Peaks Challenge
2024-07-26 08:00 - 2024-07-29 17:00
The National Three Peaks Challenge consists of climbing the tallest mountains in Scotland (Ben Nevis), England (Scafell Pike) and Wales (Snowdon) back-to-back.
The combined ascent of the 3 mountains is over 3,000 metres. The distance covered in excess of 40km. In other words, this is one serious challenge! And that is why it is found on so many people’s bucket lists.
To register, please click the link: Register here

Ivinghoe Beacon Walk
2024-08-04 10:00 - 15:30
Starting from picturesque Aldbury, this beautiful 10 mile circular route heads along The Ridgeway National Trail, described as Britain’s oldest road, following a route used for at least 5,000 years by travellers, herdsmen and soldiers, to Ivinghoe Beacon, returning via the Ashridge boundary trail and the Chiltern Way.
To register, please click the link: Register here

24Peaks in 24hrs
2024-09-06 08:00 - 2024-09-09 17:00
Three incredible days walking in the stunning Lake District taking in famous peaks, including Helvellyn, Scafell Pike, Haystacks, Great Dodd, Great Gable and more!
Ascend 24 of the best and highest peaks in a circuit encompassing most of the lakes and providing breath-taking views and a perspective of this stunning National Park like no other!
It’s no secret that the Lake District is one of the most beautiful places in England, filled with epic walks and without doubt the best way to explore it’s amazing landscape is by foot.
Leaving our transport in Buttermere, with only our legs to carry us and our kit over what often feel like remote hills to reach each overnight accommodation and welcome pub meal, we spend nights at Borrowdale, Wasdale Head and Grasmere, finally finishing the route near Keswick.

Day 1: Buttermere to Wasdale
Day 2: Wasdale to Grasmere
Day 3: Grasmere to Threlkeld
£500 fundraising target
For more details on what is included in the trip, training and fitness, kit and more click here

Charity Golf Day
2024-09-27 | Buckingham Golf Club, Tingewick Rd, Buckingham, MK18 4AE, United Kingdom
Join us at our annual Charity Golf Day hosted by Buckingham Golf Club.

Buckingham Golf Club offers a beautiful parkland 18-Hole Championship Golf Course and Clubhouse with outstanding views over the Buckinghamshire countryside. It is the ideal venue for you to enjoy a round of Golf and then relax in the pleasant surroundings of the Clubhouse.

£250 for a team of four (includes coffee & bacon bap, green fees, buffet dinner, raffle and auction).

Christmas Tree Collection 2024
2024-12-02 - 2025-01-09
[SOLD OUT]
Having a real Christmas tree this year? After Christmas we can take the strain of disposing of your tree!
Pace and our fabulous partners are offering a Christmas Tree collection service again this year and all trees will be recycled too. What’s not to like?
We ask for a minimum donation of £10 per tree – however, we would be really grateful for any additional donation you can make.
Our usual volunteers along with Farmer Paul Aylesbury are kindly supporting this event and will be collecting your trees!
When you book your collection please make sure your address and postcode are entered correctly as we will not be able to provide refunds if the right information is not given.
Your tree needs to be outside your house before 8am on Saturday 11th January.
Please note we will not be knocking when we collect your tree, and we will not be taking any wreaths or trees that are still decorated.
We will only be collecting from the following areas – Aylesbury, Bedgrove, Elm Farm, Buckingham Park, Berryfields, Fairford Leys, Wendover, Halton, Aston Clinton, Weston Turville, Stoke Mandeville, Bierton, Kingsbrook and Watermead.

The Dinton Hermit's Charity Quiz Nights
2025-02-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-04-08 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-13 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-06-10 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-08 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-09 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-14 20:00 - 22:00 | The Dinton Hermit, Water Lane, Ford, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP17 8XH, United Kingdom
The Dinton Hermit’s Charity Quiz Night starts at 8pm on the second Tuesday of each month. Entry is £2 per person with £1 going into the prize pot and £1 going towards Pace. Team sizes can go up to a max of 6 people, so please come along and grab your friends to have some fun for a good cause!
Just book your table as normal for 8pm or earlier at www.thedintonhermit.co.uk/book-now/

The Dinton Hermit's Charity Board Game Nights
2025-03-04 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-04-01 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-06-03 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-02 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-07 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-04 19:00 - 22:00 | The Dinton Hermit, Water Lane, Ford, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP17 8XH, United Kingdom
Feeling a little board of the long winter nights?

Come join in with our Charity Board Game Nights on the first Tuesday of each month. At £2 per a person starting from 7pm, you gain evening long access to a library of fun board games to play with family and friends alongside your drinks or meal. All contributions made to access the board game library will go to Pace as a donation.

Book your table at www.thedintonhermit.co.uk/book-now/ or just turn up!

PLEASE NOTE – this is cash only

Handwriting Skills Programme
2025-04-09 08:00 - 2025-04-17 17:00 | Pace Centre, 156 Wendover Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5TE, United Kingdom
Throughout the Easter holidays we are running a handwriting skills programme for children (primarily aged 4-7) with handwriting development concerns, consisting of 3 sessions of 90 minutes in small groups to enable personalised support.

Our fun, engaging activities will focus on improving pencil grip and letter formation as well as strengthening writing endurance and hand muscles.

The programme will be £75, inclusive of all 3 sessions.

If you are interested in booking your child a place on the programme, please complete the short form here and we will contact you.

AAC Coffee Mornings
2025-04-16 08:00 - 2025-04-17 17:00 | Pace Centre, 156 Wendover Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5TE, United Kingdom
We are inviting pre-school and school age AAC users along with their families to join us for a social and play focused coffee morning.

This is an opportunity for them to practise using their AAC system while socialising with new people, build confidence in a relaxed environment and for families to share experiences.

The coffee mornings are being held at our Wendover Road site on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th April and are free to attend.

If you would like to come along please complete the short form here and we will contact you.

The TCS London Marathon 2025
2025-04-27
Pace is back at the TCS London Marathon for another year and we will have the lovely Ella representing us for this big event.

Ella is a physiotherapist who worked with Pace a few years ago on placement as part of her studies. It was this short time that inspired her move into paediatrics and now she’s looking to give back by running a marathon to fundraise for us! 😮‍

You can click here to find her sponsorship page on JustGiving.

The BIG Walk 2025
2025-05-10 07:30 - 17:00 | Wendover Memorial Hall, Wharf Road, Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 6HF, United Kingdom
Welcome to The BIG Walk, our favourite event of the year!

Online registrations are now closed but on the day walk-ins are available. See below for registration times on each route!

Our children face challenges with their mobility everyday, could you do something BIG for Pace to help our children reach their fullest potential?
We’ve chosen a new route for this year which includes 4 BIG distance options for participants to choose from. Your choice of routes are:
18 miles – Dunstable to Wendover
12 miles – Ivinghoe to Wendover
6 miles – Wiggington to Wendover
Superhero mile – John Colet School
The 18 mile route will begin by following the Icknield Way Trail before joining The Ridgeway National Trail for the length of the 12 and 6 mile routes (£20 per adult, £10 per child entry). Well behaved dogs are welcome. For a more detailed route breakdown, see here.
Our Superhero mile is a fun, accessible and sensory walk that is open everyone of all ages and abilities. If they would like to, we’d love to see our courageous Superhero mile participants dress up as their favourite heroes that show off their super strength and resilience! (£5 per entry).
PLEASE NOTE – if your child or children are under 18 years old they MUST be accompanied by an adult, so make sure you book a ticket for your adults too!
We are delighted that John Colet School is partnering with Pace for another year, offering free parking for The BIG Walk participants and volunteers. Registration takes place at Wendover Memorial Hall, Wharf Road, Wendover, HP22 6HF. Shuttle coaches will depart at intervals to the starting point of the 6/12/18 mile routes, with all routes finishing back at Wendover Memorial Hall for ease in returning to vehicles.

Timings for 18 mile route – Starting from Dunstable Downs
Registration Opens: 7:45am
Shuttle Coach Departure: 8:20am
Walk Start Time: 9am
Timings for 12 mile route – Starting from Ivinghoe Beacon
Registration Opens: 11:00am
Shuttle Coach Departure: 11:30am
Walk Start Time: 12:00pm
Timings for 6 mile route – Starting from Wigginton
Registration: Opens 1:00pm
Shuttle Coach Departure: 1:35pm
Walk Start Time: 2:00pm
Timings for the Superhero mile
Registration Opens: 1:30pm
Walk start time: 2pm

Your entry for the 6, 12, 18 mile route includes:
A BIG Walk t-shirt
Water refill stops along the route
Snacks
Support from our volunteering team along the walk
Children also receive a BIG Walk medal
Your entry for the Superhero Mile includes:
A BIG Walk medal
A BIG Walk t-shirt
Water refill station
Snacks
Support from our volunteering team along the walk

Flannery Plant Hire is proud to sponsor The BIG Walk once again for 2025.

Parallel Windsor 2025
2025-07-06 11:00 - 17:00 | Windsor Great Park
The festival of inclusivity with challenge events for everyone!

Parallel Windsor is a celebration of disability lifestyle, welcoming everybody of all ages, health conditions & abilities. Pace is happy to announce that we have partnered with Parallel Windsor 2025 and have 5 places for participation on offer for a variety of their challenge events. If you or someone you know is interested, then please get in contact with naomi.boles@thepacecentre.org for more information.

Handwriting Skills - Summer 2025
2025-08-06 - 2025-08-08
During the summer holidays, we are running small group sessions for children currently in Reception to Year 2 to explore essential writing techniques in a fun and supportive environment.
We will be working on 3 key areas with your child:

Hand skills and writing endurance – shoulder & core strength, hand strength
Co-ordination and grip – fine motor skills development, hand function
Posture and letter formation – control & stability, fluency and consistency

We will aim to improve your child’s skills in these areas through a range of techniques. At the end of the sessions we will give you a detailed handbook created by our therapists that covers everything we have worked on, for you to use at home.
£180 for all 3 one hour sessions.
Our sessions will run at two different times on Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th August, with early morning sessions at 9.30am-10.30am and later morning sessions from 11.30am-12.30pm.
Enquire here

Pace Golf Day 2025
2025-09-26 | Buckingham Golf Club, Tingewick Rd, Buckingham, MK18 4AE, United Kingdom
Our Pace Golf Day is back for 2025!
Join us on Friday 26th September at Buckingham Golf Club for a fantastic day on the course in support of the children at Pace. Enter your team of 4 players (includes a hot drink and bacon roll, green fees and a cold buffet dinner) to enjoy some friendly competition and help make a difference; supporting the services we provide to babies, children and young people with neurodisabilities like cerebral palsy. Pace is also delighted to now offer an discounted entry fee (£175) for teams of 4 players aged 18-25 years old.

Breakfast and refreshments will begin from 8:45am on the day, with the first team teeing off from 10am. We expect most teams to have finished by 4pm, where a cold buffet dinner will be served with aucion and raffle prize winners being announced.

Buckingham Golf Club has a limited number of buggies available to hire out for £30 for the day. Please register your interest when purchasing your entry and they will be in touch to arrange this.

We have a range of spectacular prizes set to be given out to our podium placing teams, as well as through auction and raffle on the day. This includes Garsington Opera tickets, golf balls, Wagamama vouchers and Hypnos latex pillows.

Interested in sponsoring our Golf Day, one of the holes out on the course or donating a prize? Please head here for more information. If you have any questions or any requirements for the event, then please do not hesitate to get in contact at fundraising@thepacecentre.org.

Traitors Night
2025-10-22 18:00 - 21:00 | The Dinton Hermit, Water Lane, Ford, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP17 8XH, United Kingdom
This event has been cancelled due to low interest.

Christmas Gift Fair
2025-11-15 12:00 - 18:00 | 14th Vale of Aylesbury Scout Hut, Scouts, 14th, Wendover Rd, Weston Turville, Bucks, HP22 5TE, United Kingdom
Pace is delighted to mark the return of its much loved community event, the Pace Christmas Gift Fair. The event will take place 12-6pm on Saturday 15th November at the 14th Vale of Aylesbury Sea Scout Hut, Wendover Road.
Join us for a festive day filled with a great range of local stalls offering handmade crafts and lovely gifts, delicious hot food and drink treats, plus a visit from Santa. It’s the perfect opportunity for you to get into the Christmas spirit and pick up fantastic gifts that are sure to bring smiles to both family and friends.
Entry is paid at the door, £3 per person with concession entry of £1.50 for over 60’s or children aged 5-18. Under 5’s are free.
If you are a business or craftsperson who would be interested in running a stall at the event or have any questions then please get in touch by sending an email to fundraising@thepacecentre.org.
