ABF The Soldiers' Charity : About

About the event

Operation Bletchley: Berlin is your personal codebreaking challenge. Between 1 and 31 January 2023 can you walk 40 miles and crack codes to reveal a hidden message that you must deliver before midnight on 31 January 2023?

What do I do?

Sign up now and you will automatically create your own event page. This is so much more than just a place for your fundraising. You will use this page to track your walks, rack up your miles, mark off your cracked codes and earn fundraising milestone badges.

You can link your page directly with Fitbit, Garmin or MapMyFitness to track your walks automatically or you can simply add your miles manually to your page. Instructions on how to do this can be found here. We recommend you do this at least 24 hours before the start of the event on 01 January 2023.

Use any device you like, the site is set up to work on your mobile, tablet or laptop, making it easy to keep track of your challenge wherever you are. Share this page with the whole world and watch the donations add up.

Cover the 40 miles during January, and once you have cracked all the codes successfully and deciphered the final message you must deliver it by midnight on 31 January 2023 to receive your mission accomplished status and well deserved medal.

Codes

Every 4 miles you’ll get a new code to crack sent straight to your inbox. Solve this right away, or save them up for the end. You'll need to solve the first 9 codes to solve the final code.

Submitting your answers:

Submit the answer to each code in your event area on your fundraising page and find out instantly if you've solved each code correctly! To submit your answers simply follow these easy steps:

1.Log in to your page and go to 'Dashboard'

2.Click on 'Submit your answers'

3.Choose your level (Junior, Codebreaker or Cypher Expert)

4.Choose your code number

5. Enter your answer! You'll find out straight away if it is correct.

Distance

You must walk 40 miles during the 31 day period. Every 4 miles you’ll get a new code to crack. Wherever you are in the world, make your contribution count.

Fitness

This challenge is for everyone. While the challenge is to walk 40 miles you can push yourself as little or as much as you like. Run or walk, you can do the challenge in your own time or create a competition between your friends and family and race others to try and finish first with the added twist and codebreaking element.

Time

The challenge runs from the 01 January 2023 – 31 January 2023. Feel free to keep tracking your steps until the very end. Your fundraising page will stay open until the end of February, but you must submit your final answer by midnight on 31 January 2023 to qualify for your medal.

Your official Operation Bletchley: Berlin medal will be awarded if you receive 'Mission Accomplished' status by 31 January. You will need to break every code you receive and deliver the coded message on time.

In addition to your official Operation Bletchley medal there will also be a money can't buy fundraisers pin badge on offer. These will be awarded to anyone who raises £250 for The Soldiers' Charity.

Fundraising

Although there is no obligation to fundraise, we hope you will use your place in your Christmas mission to raise as much money as you can for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity to support soldiers, veterans and their families. There are also plenty of rewards on offer! ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is the official Charity of The British Army and will be there for soldiers, for life.

Our great fundraising incentives:

First donation: Operation Bletchley: Berlin pencil
Raise £25: Unlock 3 additional secret codes!
Raise £50: Receive your Operation Bletchley: Berlin Puzzle Book
Raise £100: Receive your Operation Bletchley: Berlin buff
Raise £150: Receive an Operation Bletchley: Berlin t-shirt
Raise £250: Receive your Commemorative Berlin Airlift pin badge