Category: Next Challenge Grant

On Wednesday night, applications for The Next Challenge Expedition Grant closed. At that time, well over a thousand different people had submitted applications. One thousand! When I announced the idea a couple of months ago I never thought it would be this popular. But then I wasn’t sure if I’d get 100 backers for it…

I am thrilled to announce that, thanks to the backing of Mark Beaumont, Al Humphreys and others, The Next Challenge Expedition Grant is now worth a whopping £1,200 £1,300. Apply here. How has this happened? First, I offered the £200 that my website made in advertising last year. Then, 100 people each threw in £2…

At some point in the small hours of this morning, a final donor contributed £2 towards my expedition grant and pushed us over the line. We now have 100 backers, £200 from crowdfunding and £200 from me*. It’s a lovely feeling to find so many people willing to make an effort and give some of…

Yesterday I opened applications for my expedition grant. Anyone is free to apply for the chance to win up to £400. Today, you can be a part of it. I am looking for 100 people to donate £2 towards the grant. Moments ago, the crowdfunding campaign to achieve that aim went live. CLICK HERE to…

Applications for my expedition grant are now open. Details are below and you can apply here. But first, you may be able to help me… £200 of funding is already in place from my advertising revenue. However, I am also inviting 100 members of the public to contribute £2 each to double that total. Tomorrow,…

This week I am launching an expedition grant and I want you to be a part of it. I am inviting 100 people to donate £2 towards the grant. I will match the funds with £200 of my own money and together we will help fund someone’s adventure. At midday on Wednesday, I will launch…

I wasn’t interested in adventure until one day I walked past a poster at my university which read: ‘Expedition grants for students’. 10 months later I was swinging two ice axes over my head, half way up a 6,000-metre peak in Kyrgyzstan. Without that poster and that grant, this website would not exist and I…