Category Archives: Charity

13
Aug
2010

PK Friday 13th: Rowing Round the World

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions, Pecha Kucha
Enjoy Olly Hicks describing his various adventures, including running the Marathon des Sables carrying a shovel, his record-breaking slowest ever crossing of the Atlantic, and his audacious recent attempt to row round the world.
23
May
2010

Photographers for Charity

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Posted in Charity, Photography, Travel
I recently chatted with Rebecca Marsham of Photographers for Charity which enables photographers to offer a little of their time to attend ‘events’ and for charities to find and book them. Here she tells us more about the project. It’s a great idea and I would encourage all photographers to have a look at their [...]

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18
May
2010

Night of Adventure 2 – thanks to the speakers

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions, Pecha Kucha, Speaking
Last night was the second Night of Adventure, a fundraising event for Hope and Homes for Children. Fifteen speakers kindly gave up their time to present to an audience of 400 people at the Vue cinema in Leicester Square, London. Over the next weeks I will be sharing their talks on this site (like this). For now [...]

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09
May
2010

BBC Inside Sport on Phil Packer

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Posted in Channel Rowing, Charity, Expeditions
21
Mar
2010

Launching the Bicycle Travel Network

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Posted in Charity, Cycling, RoundTheWorldByBike
For a while now I have been trying to work out a way to start giving something back to this lifestyle I have taken so much from in recent years. I have had so many good experiences on my bike, though the learning curve was steep. On one of my first mini-trips, riding back to uni [...]

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18
Mar
2010

Kate Silverton and Phil Packer climb the Three Peaks for Sport Relief

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions
“Terror on the slopes of death” read one paper’s headline. The climb was nowhere near as bad as described by the Daily Mail, but then again few things are. Typical March weather swept over Ben Nevis and conditions deteriorated. We were just 100 metres below the summit but had already been climbing for ten hours. [...]

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17
Mar
2010

Explorers and Adventurers Lecture Night, a “Night of Adventure 2″

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Posted in Charity, Pecha Kucha
On the evening of May 17th a special event is being held at the Vue cinema in London’s famous Leicester Square. A eclectic collection of adventurers, from across the spectrum of explorer, daredevil and vagabond, will share their experiences with an audience of 400 guests. The event is in support of Hope and Homes for Children. [...]

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05
Mar
2010

Friday Pecha Kucha – Hope and Homes for Children

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Posted in Charity, Pecha Kucha
I recently arranged a fundraising event for Hope and Homes for Children. The idea was simple: each speaker would have 20 slides, which scroll after just 20 seconds. This gives the speaker a mere 6 minutes and 40 seconds to speak. It is a fast, furious, fiendishly difficult speaking format that results in a fun, unusual, [...]

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03
Mar
2010

Phil Packer and Kate Silverton climb Three Peaks

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Posted in Charity
Phil Packer, who suffered severe spinal injuries in 2008, has joined forces with BBC’s Kate Silverton to embark on an inspirational challenge for Sport Relief. On March 5th, the daring duo will take the first step on an extraordinary journey to the summits of the three highest peaks in the UK – Ben Nevis, Scafell [...]

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01
Mar
2010

Take the long and winding road

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Posted in Charity, Cycling, Guest Blog
This month’s guest blog comes from Dan Harrison. Dan was a normal bloke with a normal job and normal life. Then he decided to cycle to Africa… “About this time two years ago I glanced out of the window on the train to work and the idea hit me; cycle to South Africa. Now I’m doing [...]

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