Welcome to York Challenge Week 2026!

This is an opportunity for students, parents, family, friends, staff, and alumni to join forces in celebrating sports and societies at York in order to make a significant impact with our combined support. With your help, we can achieve our mission to give current and future students more opportunities to enjoy and thrive, and to help gain more skills for the future.

The 25 student groups that are taking part in York Challenge Week are all facing growing costs and increased demand, which has led them to come together to take on a series of incredible fundraising challenges to help secure the future successes of their clubs and societies.

You can read all about these challenges on the individual pages below.

YuFund (funded through charitable donations) has provided a contribution of £20,000 to support York Challenge Week 2026, and a generous donor has pledged an additional £5,000. This money will be used in two key ways: firstly to match the first £350 donated to each club, and secondly to set various challenges throughout the week.

Join us! Let’s show what we can accomplish when we all work together for the 9 days of Challenge Week!