This year Charity Challenge is proudly celebrating 25 years of inspirational fundraising challenges.
Over the last 25 years, Charity Challenge has supported tens of thousands of participants to take on thousands of challenges, in 50 countries, across 6 continents, which have enabled our participants to raise in excess of £77,000,000 for 2215 charities around the world.
We sit down with the boss, Simon Albert, and get him to share his story.
When I started the company 25 years ago, I wanted to travel the world and raise thousands of pounds for charity.
I was 27 years old, had limited work experience, limited travel experience, and limited money, but a clear vision that I wanted to run my own business, and to do something that I loved. I had climbed Kilimanjaro, trekked to Petra in Jordan, and organised a couple of charity treks voluntarily to Cuba and Tanzania, trekking with the Maasai.
They had all been incredibly different experiences, but all energised this passion for travel and helping others.
25 years on, I am older, wiser, and less fit, but the passion for travel to new places, having new experiences, meeting new people, discovering cultures and religions, and taking on personal challenges, burns as brightly as ever before, more so in fact.
Collectively, our tens of thousands of amazing participants have raised over £77,000,000 for thousands of charities, helping to address poverty, hunger, homelessness, sickness and negative environmental impact.
As I reflect on that journey, I am filled with immense pride for the achievements, joy for the experiences I have been able to have, and huge gratitude to all that have supported and worked alongside me over the years.
Simon Albert, Founder and Managing Director
Birthday Giveaways
To celebrate such a big milestone, we have decided to go big, not just on our birthday (10th June), but for the whole year.
You will have lots of opportunities to win some EPIC prizes, and receive BIG savings, so believe me when I say, you will not want to miss out. Make sure you keep an eye on our social channels and emails to be in with a chance to win.
Plus, we have an extra special gift for our loyal customers. Anyone who signs up to a Charity Challenge and joins our marketing newsletter will be in with the chance to WIN A FREE PLACE on one of our life-changing overseas challenges, worth up to £3600!
Choose from Trek to Machu Picchu, Dalai Lama Himalayan Trek, Saigon to Angkor Wat Bike Ride, Kilimanjaro Summit Climb or The Great Wall Discovery. More details to follow….
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