Event information for the Northern Lights Winter Trek
When? There are two dates in 2025 and another two dates in 2026:
- 12 - 16 March 2025
- 5 - 9 November 2025
- 11 - 15 March 2026
- 4 - 8 November 2026.
Where? Iceland
Fundraising target? £3300
Registration fee? £299
Why join #TeamMencap?
Staying in a spectacular environment surrounded by lakes and mountain scenery, miles from the nearest big towns, the dark skies offer a great chance of seeing the spectacular Aurora Borealis.
By signing up and raising funds for Mencap you will be helping us to support people with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
to live happy and healthy lives.
If you can't find what you are looking for on our event page please contact our Events team who would be happy to help.
Our fundraising ideas page carries a downloadable resource which holds lots of inspiration for fundraising.
JustGiving pages are the easiest way to start fundraising, as you can set them up quickly, share them across social media immediately, and all money comes directly to us.
JustGiving also takes care of all Gift Aid!
You can get started by reading our guide to setting up your JustGiving page and then sign up to JustGiving.
If you prefer we also have a handy sponsorship form which you can download to collect your fundraising.
We have a secure Mencap
website
A website is a page you can go to on the internet like Google or YouTube.
which helps you easily pay in your fundraising.
Take a look at our stories pages to find out what it's like to fundraise for Mencap.
Mencap support the 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability and the money you raise will go towards fulfilling our vision for a world where all people are listened to, valued and included, and not discriminated against because of their learning disability.
Our dedicated Events team are always on hand to help advise you about our events or your fundraising goals.