A man from London is confronting his fear of open water and swimming the English Channel to raise funds for three charities including Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
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A man from London is confronting his fear of open water and swimming the English Channel to raise funds for three charities including Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
Read moreLed by none other than Michael Wilson, the Queen’s Guide to the Sands, the Cross Bay Walk across Morecambe Bay takes place on June 11 – and SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is looking for people to help raise funds to continue its work in north-west England.
Read moreAs arduous challenges for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity go, climbing a mountain ranks quite near the top. Taking on a Three Peaks Challenge is a step beyond that. So how do you top – literally – these?
Read moreA team of twelve amateur cyclists have taken on and conquered the Alabaré Race to the Sun, an epic 500km ride across Andalucía in southern Spain, encompassing 8,600m of climbs and category 1 ascents.
Read moreA team of Armed Forces veterans have returned from a week long trip to Gibraltar, where they have helped restore Lord Airey’s Battery which sits on top of the iconic Mediterranean rock.
Read moreStaff from award-winning building services consultants Anderson Green undertook the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks (Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough) for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity and donations have already climbed above £2,000.
Read moreAndy McIntosh – Chairman of SSAFA Lanarkshire and late of the Cheshire Regiment – had good reason to enjoy the view across the Trossachs from the summit of Ben A’an, especially given that the average time to ascend its 1,512 feet (461 metres) is around two hours or so, and Andy did it in just over 100 minutes.
Read moreNot every eighteenth birthday celebration reaches such dizzy heights, and comes back down to earth so quickly, but for Perthshire teen Cormac Sharpe – who took part in a tandem fundraising skydive with mum Connie – that’s exactly what happened.
Read moreThe Dambusters Ride, a cycle fundraiser organised by the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity, took place on 14 May, raising £80,000, with donations still coming in.
Read moreA 77-year-old former Royal Marine, Jonathan Thomson, is taking on a gruelling 465 mile mountain cycling challenge through Wales for charity, with a 35,000ft climb, starting on 15th June from Swansea and finishing there on 21 June.
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