Tag: Sponsorship
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100 People Just Gave £2 Towards Someone Else’s Adventure
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…
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Win a Free Pair of Keen Sandals
I’ve got a pair of Keen sandals to give away for free on my Facebook Page. The sandals in question are called ‘Uneek‘ (because the entire top half of them is made from just two pieces of cord) so to win the sandals you have to come up with the best “unique” adventure idea you…
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Help Crowdfund My Expedition Grant… TODAY!
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…
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Applications for ‘The Next Challenge Expedition Grant’ Are Now Open
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,…
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Help Me Launch Someone’s Adventure for Just £2
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…
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Why I’m Offering All My Advertising Revenue in an Expedition Grant
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…
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What Should Expeditions Expect in Return for Supporting a Charity?
I had an email recently asking me about using an expedition to fundraise for a charity and what one might expect from that charity in exchange. I’ve changed the wording of the original question and embellished my reply a little but the gist of it is published below. Thoughts welcome. What Should Expeditions Expect…
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How I Make a Living as an Adventurer (Hint: I Don’t)
Six years ago I quit my job to live a more adventurous life and help other people do the same. My website and profile have grown in that time but I may have given the impression that I make a living from being an “adventurer”. I do not, have not and never will. Everything I…
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How Much Does it Cost to Cycle Round the World?
[divide] I first published this article three years ago with an extract from my book How To Cycle Around The World. I asked nine cyclists who had done big cycling trips how much it cost them. Today I am updating the article with data from one hundred and thirty one long distance cycle journeys. A vast improvement.…
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Resources from the Cycle Touring Festival
This weekend was the inaugural Cycle Touring Festival in Clitheroe, Lancashire. The dust has yet to settle completely but, by all accounts so far, it was a fantastic success. A wonderful weekend full of enthusiastic people coalesced around the common cause of adventure cycling. A lot of information and ideas came out of the festival. Too…
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Is Crowd Funding an Acceptable Way to Pay for an Expedition?
Is “crowd funding” a great new way to kick start expeditions? Or is it just asking other people to pay for your holiday? Expeditions can be expensive. Although I personally advocate cheap adventures (like my friends Tom and Al do) and almost always advise people not to bother trying to get that elusive sponsorship deal,…