The deadline for applications to The Next Challenge Grant is midnight on Friday, 7th April. You can apply here. The application form is online and should only take about five or ten minutes.... Read more
Heather Jones is about to set off to cycle between, hike up and swim on the slopes of the Welsh Three Peaks. She was one of the winners of last year’s Next Challenge Grant and has very... Read more
This time last year, a 19-year-old Abbie Barnes wrote an article for this blog declaring her ambition to walk the length of every National Trail in England and Wales. Now, a year later, she... Read more
Background to The Next Challenge Grant Every year I put forward £200 of my own money as a grant to pay for someone else’s expedition. Several other ‘adventurers’ chi... Read more
We’ve had some big expeditions come through The Next Challenge Grant: running 5,000 miles around the coast of Great Britain and crossing Kyrgyzstan on foot to name two. But we’ve... Read more
The Next Challenge Grant is now open for applications. Apply here. The grant typically awards between £100 and £200 for expeditions and small adventures. It’s open to anyone, anywhere... Read more
Anyone who applies for The Next Challenge Grant has to summarise their idea in a single sentence. I get people to do that partly because I think it’s good practice to be get your pitch... Read more
Grant winner Jenny Tough has recently returned from a remarkable trip: running the length of Kyrgyzstan. My first ever expedition was to Kyrgyzstan so I’ve got a soft spot for the plac... Read more
It barely seemed as if last year’s grant winners had finished their adventures when this year’s lot got under way. Nick and Nell, in particular, did not hang around. They set off... Read more
At the start of 2013, Elise Downing was not a runner. But a little over two years later, she was setting off to run 5,000 miles. Her remarkable run around the coast of Great Britain kept me... Read more
Everest is a mountain. ‘Everesting‘ is the act of climbing 8,848-metres. I once ran up 2,500 flights of stairs thus Everesting the Royal Geographical Society. Somewhat more impre... Read more
Last week I announced the winners of the 2016 Next Challenge Grant with a wonderful mix of ideas. But whilst I’ve been reading through this year’s applications, some of last year... Read more
