Why I’m Offering All My Advertising Revenue in an Expedition Grant

Celebratory Spotted Dick & Custard in Kyrgyzstan

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 would not be the person I am today.

In the years since then, I have been very lucky to receive several other expeditions grants and now I want to give something back.

Last month I published the details of how much money I make from this website. It’s not a lot but I didn’t start the site to make money. I started it to help people go on adventures. I hope that my articles, books and free advice have helped but I recognise that sometimes money is useful too.

As such, I will be donating all of the money I made from advertising in 2014 to an expedition grant for new adventurers. It’s a small amount (£200) but I hope it will help.

Plus, the more people that click my adverts, the more money there’ll be for next year:

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Next week, there will be an opportunity for you to be a part of this.

I need 100 people's help and I would like YOU to be one of them.

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Comments

9 responses to “Why I’m Offering All My Advertising Revenue in an Expedition Grant”

  1. […] week I am launching an expedition grant and I want you to be a part of […]

  2. What an absaloutley remarkable thing to do! This would really help out a lot of newbies out, including myself! Much respect Tim!

    1. Thanks Will. Looking forward to receiving your application.

  3. […] 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 […]

  4. A very, very noble and great idea – look forward to seeing some of the entries!

  5. […] First, I offered the £200 that my website made in advertising last year. […]

  6. […] That’s because I made the decision to give away all the money I got from the adverts I run on this site. It wasn’t a lot – £200 – but I knew it would make a difference to someone with an idea for an adventure. So I offered it as a grant. […]

  7. […] I announced the idea a couple of months ago I never thought it would be this popular. But then I wasn’t sure if […]

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