A-level student Alex was originally awarded a Next Challenge Grant in 2020 to walk the Cornish coastline, to raise awareness of the need to reduce our dependency on single-use plastics. The... Read more

Jes and Pete won a Next Challenge Grant in 2022 to walk the Lycian Way in southern Turkey. This is the report from their adventure (caution: may provoke severe wanderlust). The Next Challeng... Read more

Rhonda Muir won a Next Challenge Grant in 2020 with her proposal to walk all 300+ miles of Orkney’s trails. Together with her husband, she’s building a website dedicated to prese... Read more

Marjorie Armijos won a Next Challenge Grant back in 2019. Originally from Ecuador, she moved to the UK a couple of years ago and applied for the grant as an excuse to explore her new local a... Read more

Athlyn Cathcart-Keays won a Next Challenge Grant in 2022 to traverse Mount Tantalus, near her home in Canada. Starting from her home at sea level, she crossed the range over two days, encoun... Read more

Mike Creighton won a Next Challenge Grant in 2019 to run across all the national parks in the UK. Health issues means he still has one park left to go, but in the meantime here is his story.... Read more

Kay Emmerson won a Next Challenge Grant in 2022 to bike across Scotland and back. It was exactly the sort of low key, low cost adventure we love to support. This is her trip report. The... Read more

Colin Foord won a Next Challenge Grant in 2022 to walk the iconic Bob Graham Round. Aged 17, he completed the route over 3 days, covering over 100km with 8,200 metres of climbing. The Next C... Read more

Chloe Boxall won a Next Challenge grant in 2022, to support her plan to fast-pack across the Western Hajar mountains in Oman. Having lived in Oman and explored these mountains, we were insta... Read more