Megan Cumberlidge’s photos have made me very jealous. She won a Next Challenge Grant and recently took her mountain bike to Andalusia, Spain. Her grant was only small – £50... Read more
In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami hit the east coast of Japan and devastated much of its coastline. A huge effort has been made to repair and rebuild in the years since the disaster and par... Read more
By far our youngest grant winners to date, Dyuthi and Druthi (4), have recently returned from a short walk in the Western Ghats, India. They went with their dad, Guru, and cousin, Adithi (8)... Read more
Last year, Next Challenge Grant winner Bex Band kicked a scooter 150 miles around the ‘London LOOP’. In her grant application, written in July 2016, she wrote: Myself and my husb... Read more
The 2018 Next Challenge Grant is open for applications and donations. Click here to apply Click here to donate The story so far The Next Challenge Grant started in 2015 when I decided to giv... Read more
While I read through all of the wonderful applications we’ve received for this year’s Next Challenge Grant, previous years’ winners are out there doing their things. Today,... Read more
The Channel Islands might not be the first destination that springs to mind when planning an expedition but it is eactly where Next Challenge Grant winner, Amanda McDonnell, chose for her ad... Read more
Next Challenge Grant winner Tina Page has just run the British Three Peaks: Snowden, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. She didn’t just run up them, she ran between them too: 500 miles in tot... Read more
An article appeared in The Times on Saturday that mentioned me and The Next Challenge Grant. You can read it here. At first, I was excited. It’s not every day that you get mentioned in... Read more
On first reading, nothing about ‘cycling a beach cruiser around Costa Rica’ sounds especially tough. It sounds like a fun trip, somewhere warm. The reality, however, is that Next... Read more
2016 Next Challenge Grant winner Thommo Hart recently walked and ran one thousand miles across South Africa, with his friend Simphiwe Ngcobo. They dragged carts filled with their supplies ac... Read more
Two weeks ago, we waved off the first two winners of the 2017 Next Challenge Grant: Libby and Lisa set off run and cycle up every Munro in Scotland. They’ve already ticked off 31 mount... Read more
