Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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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 Next Challenge Grant is a crowd-funded…
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Walking the Bob Graham Round
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 Challenge Grant is a crowd-funded adventure grant…
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2023 Grant Winners
Here is a sneak preview of the winning ideas from the 2023 Next Challenge Grant. I will upload details once I’ve heard back from all the winners with their responses and some photographs. As ever, the headline ideas rarely do…
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Slow fast-packing the Hajar Mountains of Oman
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 instantly captivated by this idea (not to mention…
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Walking the Kids to School… and keeping on going
Ali Makoutz won a Next Challenge Grant in 2022 to walk her kids to school, and then keep on going through the foothills of the Sierras. As a nurse and mother of four girls she doesn’t have a lot of…
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Next Challenge Grant 2023 – Open for applications
The Next Challenge Grant is now open for donations and applications. Click here to donate Click here to apply Now in its eighth year, the Next Challenge Grant has supported over 70 different adventures across the globe. It is open…
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Meet the Winners of the 2022 Next Challenge Grant
Here are the wonderful people and ideas that won Next Challenge Grants this year. Apologies for the delay in sharing their stories. The 2023 Next Challenge Grant will open for applications very soon. Crossing the Alps on foot – Zoe…
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2022 Grant Winners
Here are the winners of the 2022 Next Challenge Grant (in no particular order): Crossing the Alps on foot – Zoe Mitaut and Juliette Polle Climbing the smallest mountains in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland – Joy Coppell Cycling…
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Online Cycle Touring Festival – Starts today
The 2022 Cycle Touring Festival launches today with a week of free online events. Browse the programme and register at www.cycletouringfestival.co.uk Talks include: Fat biking through Columbia and Ecuador Britain’s 6,000 islands: which are the best for biking? Paralympian Mel…
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Motorbiking the Great Western Trail
Charity worker Bethany and music producer Alasdair won a Next Challenge Grant to complete the Great Western Trail on a motorcycle, riding “2UP” (i.e. two people on one bike). The Great Western Trail stretches across the south of England from…
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Paddling the Largest Lake in the Caucasus
Here is grant winner Tenny Adamian’s account of circumnavigating Lake Sevan, Armenia, on a stand up paddle board (SUP). Tenny won £200 towards her expedition from The Next Challenge Grant. The grant is open now for applications. Read more and…
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Next Challenge Grant deadline extended: Apply now!
I have extended the deadline for applications to the 2022 Next Challenge Grant. It was originally 31st December 2021, but I am allowing an extra month for people to get their applications in. The new deadline is 31st January 2022.…
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