Challenges, Inspiration

The ‘BT Red Nose Day Challenge: Hell and High Water’ begins!

January 28, 2013

The celebrity team of former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm, Actress Chelsee Healey, Radio 1 DJ Greg James, Olympian Phillips Idowu and top comedians Dara O’Briain and Jack Dee are starting to take their first steps… paddles strokes… on to the mighty Zambezi river! Certainly not the average Monday in the office!

To keep up to date on how the celebrities are getting on, and the latest news from the Zambezi, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to our Blog, YouTube account and mailing list.

To find out why the celebrities are putting themselves through this, and why every penny raised is so important, click here to see the vital projects Comic Relief supports, and click here to do your part for Comic Relief and donate.

If you’ve been inspired and want to take on your own experience of a lifetime, then check out our amazing and global range of treks, bike rides and mountain climbs here. You can even take part in our exclusive Zambezi challenge. Click here to receive details once the challenge is complete.

Challenges, Inspiration

Save The Children Saigon to Angkor Wat Cyclists ready for the challenge!

January 25, 2013

It’s amazing just what kind of colossal amounts of money can be fundraised through Charity Challenges, we were delighted to recently hear that our ‘Saigon to Angkor Wat Bike Ride’ team for Save the Children have raised a massive £53,996.27 (up by an incredible £9,0000 from last week ) and consequently are well on their way to smashing their £55,000 target! The team have worked really hard collectively to raise this money, even from this very morning one of the team was dressed as batman in the chancery lane area with a collection bucket, if you are around there and spot him throw those pounds his way!

The team have also been working hard on their training too, with only 6 sleeps left before it’s time to jump on a plane to Vietnam and face down the challenge. To prepare, they have been braving the extreme British weather to get their cycle training in. Come Rain or snow – nothing has deterred them!

All that’s left to say is a massive Good Luck to the team for Thursday! Keep up the strength and remember what it’s all about… Oh and take tons of photos too!

If you’re inspired to raise money for charity and take on your own challenge of a lifetime, visit our website at www.charitychallenge.com, and to keep up to date on all our challenge news, you can subscribe to this blog and follow us on facebook and twitter. You can also enter your email address into the adjacent box to subscribe to our mailing list.

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Charity Challenge wins award for being the “Best Special/Challenge Event Partner”

January 25, 2013

We are very pround, and quite excited, to annoucne that Charity Challenge won the award for ‘Best /Special Challenge Event Partner’ in the Institute of Fundraising ‘Partners in Fundraising Awards’!

We had an amazing evening at the ceremony last night. And we’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us.

We are delighted and very proud to have been able to support over 1369 different charities over the last 13yrs, helping them to fundraise over £35m for their causes all over the world! We always strive to offer the best level of support and resources possible for our charitable partners, particularly in this difficult economic climate. Some of these services include:

•    A huge range of overseas challenges including treks, bike rides, mountain climbs, skiing, dog sledding, sledge hauling, running, sky diving and community challenges.

•     Free marketing support (brochures, posters, newsletters, films, charity branded web pages, images, slide shows, presentations, webinars) and strategy workshops helping charities identify which audiences to target in this economic downturn.

•    Assured responsible travel, as we invest both in local community support projects (c.£20k in 2012 and offset the carbon emissions of our internaitonal flights (c.25k in 2012).

We work very hard to ensure that we provide the best possible experience for our charity partners and their supporters.To find out more about what Charity Challenge are all about, and how you can work with us, please visit our website at www.charitychallenge.com

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The BT Red Nose Challenge: Hell and High Water – team training day!

January 24, 2013

Last week, five members of The BT Red Nose Challenges: Hell and High Water team, Jack Dee, Dara O’Briain, Greg James, Chelsee Healey and Melanie C, all made a trip to Lee Valley White Water Rafting Centre for some last minute training on the water.

With regards to how it all went, he pictures tell a thousand words

If you’ve been inspired and want to take on your own experience of a lifetime, then check out our amazing and global range of treks, bike rides and mountain climbs here. You can even take part in our exclusive Zambezi challenge. Click here to receive details once the challenge is complete.