The Next Challenge

Category: Next Challenge Grant

  • Slow fast-packing the Hajar Mountains of Oman

    Slow fast-packing the Hajar Mountains of Oman

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    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 hugely envious). Chloe was joined in this adventure by Alice Hudson and reports back on…

  • Walking the Kids to School… and keeping on going

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    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 time to nurture her own adventurous spirit, but has been dreaming about microadventures you can…

  • Next Challenge Grant 2023 – Open for applications

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    Tim Moss
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    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 to anyone, anywhere in the world and you do not need expedition experience to apply.…

  • Meet the Winners of the 2022 Next Challenge Grant

    Meet the Winners of the 2022 Next Challenge Grant

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    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 Mitaut and Juliette Polle – £400 We are Juliette and Zoe, 22 and 24 years…

  • 2022 Grant Winners

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    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 Australia’s Bicentennial Trail – Chace Eldridge Walking Queensland’s volcanic rim – Sam Stevenson Fast-packing across…

  • Motorbiking the Great Western Trail

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    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 Alasdair and Bethany’s home in Haslemere to Lands End, and their round trip covered some…

  • Paddling the Largest Lake in the Caucasus

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    Tim Moss
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    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 apply here. Stand-up Paddle Boarding Armenia’s Lake Sevan by Tenny Adamian I heard a whistle…

  • Next Challenge Grant deadline extended: Apply now!

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    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. As a reminder, the grant is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. It does…

  • Covid and Adventure: the Next Challenge Grant re-opens

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    Tim Moss
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    The 2022 Next Challenge Grant is now open for applications and donations. Click here to apply Click here to donate Covid and adventure After a year on furlough due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Next Challenge Grant is back for its seventh year. This time last year, the world felt like a very different place.…

  • The Next Challenge Grant Has Been Furloughed

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    The Next Challenge Grant will be skipping a year due to Covid-19. Applications for the 2021 Next Challenge Grant should have opened by now. I kept putting off the launch though. It always takes a bit of willpower for me to get it started each autumn but this year I was struggling more than usual…

  • Winners of the 2020 Next Challenge Grant

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    I am delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Next Challenge Grant. Every year it’s inspiring to read about so many amazing expedition ideas and hard not being able to support them all. But we have 13 fantastic and deserving winners to announce today. Thank you to everyone who donated to the grant, including…

  • Walking Around Scotland with a Pony

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    Tim Moss
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    65 year old architect and Perthshire resident Sue Manning recently went walking in the mountains with her pack pony Kirsty. She won a Next Challenge Grant in part because she wanted to show that it is possible to have an adventure at any age, travelling slowly and without going too far from home. Traveling with…