FAQs

Registrations for the 11^th edition of The Pink Walk, which will take place from the 1^st of May until the 31^st of May, will start on February 5, 2025. Entries can be made individually, as a team or with your company.

You can sign up for The Pink Walk until May 31, 2025. So even during the month of May, you can still join every day. You can also still enter your steps manually for the days you’ve missed. Read more about that in the “steps” section.

To register for The Pink Walk, surf to: www.thepinkwalk.be. Then follow the steps below depending on who you want to register. This can be an individual, a team or a company.

Individual

• In the navigation bar at the top right, choose “Register” and select the “Register an Individual” option. Or select “Register – Individual” on the banner on the homepage.
• Go through the registration flow. Fill in all the required personal information.
• Pay the participation fee.
• Select whether or not you want to make a no-obligation donation. You can also skip this step.
• Choose a profile picture and compose your personal blog text.
• Your personal page is now ready. Connect your favorite device (pedometer) to the platform and start walking!

Team

• In the navigation bar at the top right, choose “Register” and select the “Register as a Team” option. Or select “Sign up – Team” on the banner on the homepage.
• Go through the registration flow. Fill in all the required personal information.
• As a team leader, fill in the team details. Choose a catching team name and a picture. Also write a nice blog text.
• Pay the participation fee for yourself and any other team members (paying for other team members is only possible at this time, this cannot be done after the registration is complete).
• Select whether or not you want to make a no-obligation donation. You can also skip this step.
• Choose a profile picture and compose your personal blog text.
• Your personal page, as well as your team page are now ready. Connect your favorite device (pedometer) to the platform and start walking!

Company

• In the navigation bar at the top right, choose “Register” and select the “Register as a Company” option. Or select “Sign up – Company” on the banner on the homepage.
• Go through the registration flow. Fill in the requested personal data.
• As a company admin, fill in the requested company data.
• Companies always pay via invoice, so you will not be asked to pay, this will be done afterwards.
• Select whether or not you want to make a no-obligation donation. You can also skip this step.
• Choose a profile picture and compose your personal blog text. This for your personal page, as well as for your company page.
• The unique company promotion code is only visible to you. If you share it with your colleagues, they can use the code as a discount and register for free. After the end of The Pink Walk, we will provide you with an invoice for the number of times your unique code was used.
• Companies registering before the 2^nd of March 2025, pay €9 per participant regardless of when they sign up. All companies registering later, will pay the regular price of €12.

To join The Pink Walk, you pay €12 per participant. Until Sunday, March 2^nd, you can register at the “Early Bird” rate of €9. Use EARLYBIRDMAY2025.

Payment can be made in 3 ways:

1. With your credit card (VISA / MasterCard). You will have to confirm the payment with a card reader, via Bancontact of QR code.
2. With your Maestro Card. The payment system will ask for a CVC code, which are the last 3 digits of your card number (17 digits). You will have to confirm the payment with a card reader.
3. You can also pay through Paypal.

Companies always pay by invoice.

You will not receive a tax receipt for your registration fee from The Pink Walk.

On the “Make a donation” webpage (https://kbs-frb.be/nl/pink-ribbon-fonds-vrienden-van) you can make a donation to the Pink Ribbon Fund, which is then tax deductible. Please note that donations are only tax-deductible from €40. This donation will also appear on your individual fundraising page after a few working days.

The company remembers your e-mail address. You can continue by clicking on “I already have an account”. You will then enter your e-mail address and password. The platform wil now automatically complete your personal data. Previous company or team data will not be taken over.

An active and healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce your risk of (breast) cancer. That’s why Pink Ribbon is calling for people to exercise more for one month. That certainly does not have to be 10,000 steps a day. During registration, the platform asks you to enter a daily goal. So you choose how many steps you want to take each day.

Your page will show your final goal. If your daily goal is 10,000 steps, the platform will multiply this by 31 (since May has 31 days). Your final goal then stands at 310,000 steps.

You can connect Fitbit or Garmin smartwatches directly to the platform. Furthermore, you can also connect to Google Fit. Of course, you can also participate without a pedometer! Follow these steps to connect your pedometer.

Fitbit

1. Go to the “add steps” page.
2. Choose “Fitbit”. Download the Fitbit application from the App or Play Store via your phone.
3. Next, you have 2 options:
   1. You are already a member and can log in with your Fitbit account.
   2. You are not yet a member so you have to register first.
4. Choose the device you want to connect to or choose the option “No Fitbit yet”.
5. Give Fitbit access to your movement information.
6. Enter your account information (name, email, password) and continue.
7. If you do not have a Fitbit yet, complete the remaining information (birthday, height, gender, weight).
8. Confirm the account and read the privacy terms. Your account is now ready to use.
9. Register or log in to The Pink Walk platform.
10. Go to “Add Steps”. You will see that your Fitbit is now connected to The Pink Walk platform.

Garmin

1. Go to the “add steps” page.
2. Choose “Garmin”. Download the Garmin application from the App or Play Store via your phone.
3. Next, you have 2 options:
   1. You are already a member and can log in with your Garmin account.
   2. You are not yet a member so you have to register first.
4. Choose the device you want to connect to or choose the option “No Garmin yet”.
5. Give Garmin access to your movement information.
6. Enter your account information (name, email, password) and continue.
7. If you do not have a Garmin yet, complete the remaining information (birthday, height, gender, weight).
8. Confirm the account and read the privacy terms. Your account is now ready to use.
9. Register or log in to The Pink Walk platform.
10. Go to “Add Steps”. You will see that your Garmin is now connected to The Pink Walk platform.

Google Fit

1. Download the Google Fit application from the App or Play Store.
2. If you already have a Google account, you can proceed with your Google e-mail address. Otherwise, you will have to create another account first.
3. Google Fit will ask you to set your activity goals. You can choose your daily step goal right there: 5,000, 7,500 or 10,000 steps. Choose one of the three and hit “set goal”.
4. Then register or log in to The Pink Walk platform.
5. Go to “Add Stepps” in the menu. You will see that Google Fit is now listed among your devices.
6. Click on Google Fit to activate it. You will now be taken to a new web page from Google where you will need to designate/ enter the Google Account (e-mail address and password).
7. You will be asked to give Pink Ribbon access to your Google Account. The first two options are checked. Tick the next two boxes as well.
   1. View data about your speed and distance in Google Fit.
   2. View and save data about your physical activity in Google Fit.
8. Afterwards, press "continue".
9. Once you have clicked "continue," you will be returned to the The Pink March platform again and a pink check mark will appear on your page. This means that the app has successfully connected to the platform and will sync all your sports achievements.
10. You will also have received a security notification from Google in your mailbox to indicate that you have granted Google access.
11. Click on the blue “check activity” button. You will be redirected to a web page from Google where you have to recognize the activity by clicking the “Yes, that was me” button.
12. After that, you will see a confirmation screen from Google and the connection between Google Fit and the platform is all set.
13. Google Fit works with several apps such as Strava.

Nice that you registered so early! You can indeed connect your pedometer from the moment you register or manually enter your daily number of steps. That way, you can find out in advance how everything works. On May 1, we will reset the counters to 0 and really start the joint challenge.

Yes, because our focus this year is “more exercising”, you may also register other sports on the platform.

! However, it is important that you do not enter your mileage but use the formula below, otherwise this will give a distorted picture and you will be (wrongly) in first place on the scoreboard.

10 minutes of exercise = 1,500 steps

If you cycle, swim, play tennis, etc. for an hour, this corresponds to 9,000 steps (6 times 1,500 steps).

You can enter steps until Wednesday June 4. Of course, you will only be able to do so for the number of steps you walked in May. After the 4^th of June, we will close the possibility to enter steps. On Thursday June 5, we will then be able to provide a complete overview of the total number of steps and how many times we have walked around the world.

You certainly can! Anyone can enter steps until Wednesday June 4. Of course, this will only be possible for the steps you walked throughout May. After the 4^th of June, this option will be switched off.

Since the platform is a fundraising platform, the question is raised in connection with a sponsorship. Of course, this remains  a free choice. Those who do not want to sponsor, certainly do not have to. Therefore, you can also set your goal to € 0. However, removing the sponsorship goal is not possible. Thus, sponsorship is certainly not an obligation to participate.

You will not receive a tax receipt for your registration fee of The Pink Walk.

However, on the “Make a donation” webpage (https://kbs-frb.be/nl/pink-ribbon-fonds-vrienden-van) you can make a donation to the Pink Ribbon Fund, which is then tax deductible. Please note that donations are only tax deductible from € 40. This donation will also appear on your individual fundraising page after a few working days.

1. On your personal profile page, go to the “request support” button.
2. Then you can choose to copy the support link or generate a QR code.
3. You can share this support link or QR code with your network.
4. You can also choose to ask for support through your social media channels or you can also send an email.

No, definitely not! The platform will automatically aggregate your individual steps. Of course it is nice to walk together and motivate each other, but this is certainly not a must.

You certainly can. You click on your name in the upper right corner and go to your personal dashboard. There you will see, between the options “my page” and “my account”, the other option “create a team”. When you select that option, you can quickly and easily create your own team and invite others to be part of your team.

As team captain, you can add additional team members at any time by going to the next page: https://pinksupport.pink-ribbon.be/login/team/members. Then select “Add team member” at the bottom. The new team member will have to pay for hir or her own participation.

Yes you can. However, you can only be part of one team and not multiple teams.

Public team

You search for the team in question using the search bar at the top of the page. On the team page, you will find the “Join us” button. By clicking on it, you will become a member of this team.

Private team

The team captain must first provide you with a link to join the team in question. It is important that you are individually registered first.

Your team will appear only from the moment one of your teammates has taken the first steps. As long as the step counter is at zero, your team will not be listed on the leader board.

No. You can only pay for your teammates when register individually. If you want to add more teammates afterwards, they have to pay for their own participation.

The individual scoreboard shows how many steps each participant has taken. On the team scoreboard we do not display the total number of steps. To make a fair distribution between the different teams, the average number of steps per team is displayed. Thus, the total number of steps of all team members is divided by the number of team members. Thus, a team of 2 can compare itself to one of 20.

The company admin has received a company promotion code. This is a unique code that your company uses to pay for your participation. Enter this code as a discount code at the payment screen via the “I have a promotion code” button. The amount of € 12 should now change to € 0. This completes the payment window. If you have not received the code, please check with your company admin.

You do this by providing the desired people with the company link. This can be found via “My company” – “My dashboard”, along with the company code. At the payment screen (which everyone gets to see) they can enter this code, via “I have a discount code”.

This company code can be found via “My dashboard”. Please note that only the company admin can see this code on his/her profile. It is not visible to anyone else on the platform.

The company admin can add additional members at any time through the page: https://pinksupport.pink-ribbon.be/login/team/members. Then select “Add Team Member” at the bottom. Then the new member enters the company promotion code or pays for their participation themselves.

Your company appears only from the moment one of your colleagues has taken the first steps. As long as the pedometer is at zero, you will not be listed on the leaderboard.

The individual scoreboard shows how many steps each participant took. On the company scoreboard we do not show the total number of steps. To make a fair distribution between the different companies, the average number of steps per company is displayed. Thus, the total number of steps of all company members is divided by the number of company members. Thus, a company of 2 people can compare to one of 250.

Only the company admin can download a complete overview of all participants. Click on your name at the top right of the screen. Then select “My Company” and “Company team participants”. In the center of the page, you can select “Download organization members”.

As with previous editions of The Pink Walk, we have designed a handy toolkit. In it you will find various resources such as sample emails, walking tips, visuals for social media, posters and even email banners. You can access this toolkit by clicking on “Inspirational Toolkit” in the menu in the top right corner. Now you can access all the tools in both Dutch and French, as well as in English.

During the previous edition, the 10th edition in October, of The Pink Walk, Pink Ribbon launched a competition between provinces. Do people of West Flanders walk more than people of Antwerp? Or do they walk more in Walloon Brabant than in Liège? Show that your province supports (breast) cancer patients. Also this eleventh edition, you can help make your province the most active walking province in Belgium! 

When registering, you enter your zip code, which then automatically links you to your province. All your steps will appear on your province's scoreboard.

The platform always calculates the average number of steps. All steps of all residents are added up and divided by the number of participants per province. This way, the battle is conducted in a fair way.

No, you can only ever be part of one team. When you register, after entering your zip code, you have automatically become part of your province and your steps will join your municipality's scoreboard.

It is important to search by province and not by zip code. If you will search by zip code, it will not return search results.