Cadet Challenge 2026

The Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK needs your help supporting more cadets than ever!

Join the FUNdraising
with Cadet Challenge 2026!

Can you support the official charity of Army Cadets in the community by raising a minimum of £10 for the Cadet Challenge?

Sign up for the Cadet Challenge 2026

Our preferred fundraising platform for Cadet Challenge 2026 is Givestar.
Why? Because it’s…

quick to sign up (under 1 minute)

easy to use

allows contactless tap-to-pay donations using your smartphone

Set up your fundraising campaign for ACCT UK

Create a Givestar account using just your name, email and password (or sign up with your Google account)

Start a new campaign (click the CREATE NEW button)

Add ACCT UK as your chosen charity (simply search for us)

Customise your fundraising page (name, description, image, fundraising target etc)

Choose whether you want it to be public or only accessible via a link

Click CREATE CAMPAIGN to make your campaign public and start sharing

Remember, you can set up tap-to-donate payments with the Givestar app (here’s how)

Get started with Givestar!

We’re asking cadets and adult volunteers to get creative in raising just £10 each to help army cadets in the community access more trips, more kit. more opportunities… more lives changed.

There are so many challenges you could attempt – as an individual or as a detachment group!
The challenge is open from January until December 2026.

🏃🏻🏊🏾‍♂️🚵🏼‍♀️Run, swim or bike your furthest distance yet.
🧁🛒 Bake sale or supermarket collection.
🧗🏽🚣🏽‍♀️⛰️Abseil, climb a mountain, kayak….

The ‘Star Fundraising’ Cadet and Adult Volunteer will be invited to attend the ACCT UK Excellence Awards for 2026 in London. There will also be a local prize for the highest fundraising detachment in the UK.

Fundraising assets

We’ve designed fundraising assets to help cadets who are leading a fundraiser as part of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and/or 3* or 4* Community Engagement. View and download these for free here.