charity testimonials
Amount Raised on Charity Challenge Expeditions for Breast Cancer Campaign: £81,000
Case Study: In 2005 Breast Cancer Campaign launched an exclusive overseas challenge programme in conjunction with Charity Challenge. In October 2006 Breast Cancer Awareness Month was celebrated with over 25 trekkers taking on the Inca Trail challenge.
Breast Cancer Campaign continues to promote the wide variety of open treks which Charity Challenge has to offer. This gives all our supporters a great choice of destinations, challenge types and experiences. The working relationship we have enables us to concentrate on supporting our fundraisers to raise above and beyond their minimum sponsorship, as we can rely on Charity Challenge to look after the logistics of the trip and always be available to answer any queries we may have.
Amount Raised on Charity Challenge Expeditions for Breakthrough: Over £750,000
Case Study: Breakthrough developed a close working relationship with Charity Challenge in 2003 whilst working on the Women's Great Walk of China, an event that took over 6 months to complete and involved over 200 Breakthrough supporters. Since then Breakthrough has promoted the full range of Charity Challenge treks to our supporters. As part of Prima magazine's support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, a group of Prima readers took part in a trek in Mexico in May 2005, Footsteps of the maasai Trek in 2006, Great Wall of China in April 2007 and are due to go to China again in 2008. We are grateful for the support of all those involved in overseas treks in helping us towards our goal of a future free from the fear of breast cancer.
Case Study: We started working with Charity Challenge in 2001 and did our first ever testing of this product with open challenges in 2001. Since then we have grown our portfolio of events and now offer 8 bespoke bespoke challenges per year with Charity Challenge. We also promote a range of Charity Challenge open events which are always popular.
This year we have launched two exclusive communitychallenge itineraries in Nepal and Cambodia which are looking very popular with our supporters. We look forward to many more years of fundraising challenges and continued support from Charity Challenge.
We choose Charity Challenge because of the service, the quality and experience of the UK staff and ground handlers in-country. Working with Charity Challenge, we have been able to increase our income from our challenge events programme by 400% over the last 5 years. I would have no hesitation in recommending Charity Challenge to other charities and we always have great feedback from supporters about their events.
Helen Walker, Challenge and Events Running Officer
Case Study: We are constantly approached by tour operators eager for our business but no one matches Charity Challenge for their ethical approach and charitable ethos. They strike a harmonious balance between running a successful, thriving business and providing charities of all sizes with opportunities to raise much needed funds. The fact that they donate $20 (US) per participant to a local community project in the challenge area is the icing on the cake.
The staff are always available, friendly and knowledgeable whether they are based in the London office or in situ on a trek. We’ve had people trek with other tour operators but they say Charity Challenge got them nearer to experiencing life in distant communities. I have no doubt that these are the attributes that bring in repeat business both for them and us.
Case Study: Trek to Machu Picchu, April 2007
On behalf of ADDISS and the whole trekking team, I wanted to thank you and Charity Challenge for making possible such a life enhancing experience.
Before we went I had great reservations firstly about my own ability to complete the challenge and a fear of letting everyone down and secondly the fact that the trek had been changed to a different route, which was a great disappointment.
However both these fears and reservations were greatly unjustified. The two guides Juan and Mark were both absolutely amazing. They were supportive and helpful all the way and helped us to overcome so many obstacles. The trek was indeed tough but I was determined to complete it without giving in to riding on a horse and indeed I climbed mountains – a great achievement.
The new route was breathtakingly awesome and any disappointment I had was long forgotten. We walked and climbed to a place rarely seen by the outside world.
From an organizational viewpoint the whole trip from beginning to end was very professionally managed. I was surprised at the quality of food we were given on the trek. Having trekked up a mountain for 4 or 5 hours in the freezing cold to find a small dining tent waiting for us with a hot bowl of soup and some warm food in the middle of nowhere. The crew were excellent, carrying our bags, tents and cooking equipment on horseback ahead of us.
Thank you once again for a truly memorable and life changing experience.
Case Study: Charity Challenge expeditions provide us with a very successful and attractive fundraising tool to offer our corporate supporters. One example is our ongoing support from Wolseley UK. They are an incredible corporate supporter and have always been open to new ways to help raise funds for NCH the children's charity. Charity Challenge are very much aware of what corporates require and they continue to create inspirational expeditions to keep our supporters interested. Wolseley UKs ongoing support through Charity Challenge has raised over 650,000 for NCH, supporting over 160,000 vulnerable children, young people and families cross the UK.
Over the last 5 years we have raised thousands of pounds through our supporters' participation on Charity Challenge expeditions. They have taken part in exclusive challenges to the Great Wall of China, through the Escambray Mountains in Cuba, on a Mexican jungle trek, a Thailand jungle trek, an Andalucian adventure in Spain and most recently with three groups to the Grand Canyon.
"Thank you so much for all your hard work that went into putting the 2004 CLIC Rajastan Tiger Bike Ride together. The whole event was a complete success. The itinerary was out of this world, the organisation of the trip was great, the reaction to overcome any problems were well addressed, the additions to the trip; such as the Safari and the evening entertainment were superb and all in all, this was an extremely memorable trip that I know our CLIC supporters were delighted with. An incredible time, a wonderful country, a great support group - well done to you and thanks so much for your hard work, organising a completely unique and brilliant trip for CLIC."
Toni Fry – Challenge Events Manager
Case Study: We have used Charity Challenge both as a fundraising tool and an awareness tool. Diabetes and fitness are very closely related, and events such as the ones Charity Challenge put together are great. The beauty about Charity Challenge too is that all destinations are fantastic and the logistics have always been perfect. Diabetes UK just had 2 groups of 30 people, including many people with diabetes, doing the Everest Base Camp Trek in October 2005. Previously we have run in collaboration with Charity Challenge treks to the Great Wall of China in 2003 and to the top of Kilimanjaro in 2004, which were equally inspirational and successful for us and the participants. We are now hoping to reach similar results with our Saigon to Angkor Wat Bike Ride and Andean Volcanoes Challenge in Ecuador this year.
Elizabeth Clément – Events Manager
"Charity Challenges are an increasingly popular way of raising vital funds for Meningitis Research Foundation. We have found that working with Charity Challenge has given us the professional support and enthusiasm we needed to launch and develop our programme and offer our members and supporters exciting adventures. In the words of one of our members 'I didn't want the adventure to end’."
Sarah Campbell - Community Fundraising Officer
