News & Blog

Here you’ll find the latest news from Challengers and blog posts from our community.

‘Surrey Sloths’ raise over £10,000 for Challengers!

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After four pandemic postponements the Leader of Guildford Borough Council, Councillor Joss Bigmore and five friends, Tom Hufton, Nick Thomson, John Jopp, Steve Allen and Ken Stannard finally made it to the Alps, completing 700km of cycling, and climbing the equivalent of Everest twice in just 6 days.  

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Spinnaker Tower Abseil 2022

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We had a fantastic day at our Spinnaker Tower Abseil on Saturday 24th September 2022! We were so proud of our incredible team of 34 epic abseilers. The Spinnaker Tower stands at a mighty 100m, and it was so inspiring to watch them take on this amazing challenge for Challengers.

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Our amazing 2022 London Marathon team!

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We had an amazing time at Mile 21 supporting our fantastic team of 13 London Marathon runners on Sunday 2nd October! All of our runners did us extremely proud, taking on the iconic 26.2 miles through the famous streets of our capital, and raising an incredible sum for Challengers. 

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Gen’s Six Runs for Six Years 

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Gen joined Challengers as CEO in February 2022 and believes she shouldn’t ask someone to do something she has not done herself, so she set herself the challenge of six runs to help raise awareness of Challengers and help raise funds to bring more smiles and laughter to children and families.   

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Fundraiser of the Month – July 2022

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Our fundraisers of the month in July were the amazing students of St Andrews Infant School and Potters Gate School in Farnham, who ran a marathon in aid of Challengers!

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Introducing the Impact Report 2021!

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We are pleased to present our Impact Report for 2021 – a document which represents the importance of our work, and shows the first hand positive impact it can have on disabled children and young people, enabling them to live meaningful and fulfilling lives, as well as on their families to feel supported and more empowered.

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