Join the Workplace 5k challenge this April and rally your colleagues to take on a fun, virtual fitness challenge, and help us make 2026 our biggest World Autism Acceptance Month yet.

Challenge dates:

1st – 30th April 2026

Location: Virtual — take part from anywhere!

The Workplace 5k challenge is a month-long virtual challenge designed for companies to encourage team building, friendly competition, and to raise funds to support autistic people and their families. 
 
Whether you run, walk, cycle, or swim — every 5K counts.  

Accepted activities:  

• Run/Walk: 5 km 
• Swim: 1 km (0.6 miles) 
• Cycle: 15 km (9 miles) 

Your team’s goal? 

• Complete the highest number of cumulative 5ks 
• Raise the most money for the National Autistic Society 

• Form a team (minimum 3 people) and choose a team name
• Register and set up your JustGiving fundraising page to track your fundraising efforts
• Complete 5Ks throughout April — you can do this individually or together as a group activity
• Foster some friendly competition and compete against teams across the company and other companies taking part in the challenge
• Track your progress using Strava or similar apps
• Share your journey on social media using #TeamAutism5Kchallenge
• Submit your final results to the National Autistic Society’s corporate partnerships team at the end of the challenge – corporate.partnership@nas.org.uk

Fundraising target 

We’re asking each participant to aim for a minimum of £150 — every pound helps us continue our work supporting autistic people across the UK.

Autistic people face discrimination and barriers across all sectors of society – in the health and social care systems, in education, in employment, and everywhere in between.

• Only 26% of autistic children are happy at school.
• Just 30% of autistic people are in employment - one of the lowest rates for disabled people.
• 70% of autistic young people have mental health problems, compared to 13% of their non-autistic peers.
• Autistic people are four times more likely to experience loneliness and social isolation than non-autistic people and are nine times more likely to consider suicide.

As the UK’s leading autism charity, we work to create a society that truly works for autistic people, but we can’t do it alone. With your support, we can keep fighting for the rights of 700,000 autistic adults and children across the UK.

• A challenge guide to support your efforts
• Digital certificates to celebrate your achievement
• A promotion poster to advertise the challenge in your company
• National Autistic Society social media recognition
• Support and encouragement from our corporate fundraising team

Click below to register your team and download your challenge pack.

Let’s move, fundraise, and make a difference — together.