Alpkit Foundation Little Green Book

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Quite a lot, in the right hands, it turns out. How the Alpkit Foundation makes a big difference by awarding small amounts of money to incredible people and organisations.

Whiteside, MLT; Abubaker Abdullahi; Paul Howe Air Cadets Climbing; Richard Beattie, DofE Training; Ross Philips Explorer Scouts MLT; 1500 Miles on Foot; James Moncur After School Climbing Club; Warmley Autistic Canoe Club; Lee Musson Rock UK; Scout Association; John Muir Awards; Blind Vets; Lancashire Disadvantaged People to Ormside; Swanick School, Climbing Equipment for Autistic School Kids; 12 Students to Calvert Trust; Bents Green School Climbing Equipment; Little Sheffield Walking; Autistic Kids Wales Walking; Millom School Eskdale Conservation Project; Foster Kids Scottish Adventure Holiday; Lichen Study Flight Costs, Switzerland; Bamford Primary School Forest School Training; Madagascar Lemur Study; Scout Association; Penny Radway, Kids on Scottish Bothy Trip; Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust – Hunkas for Microadventure; James Clay, Running Coach Course; Joanna Jarvis, DofE Kit Support; Nick Roberts, Inner City Kids Experience in Outdoors; Chloe Carignani, OB Trust Course Contribution; Madagascar Study; Marine Conservation Research – Waterproofs; Cat Wain-Hobson, De Warene School Iceland Trip; Jessica Smith, Faber Catholic OL area/John Muir; Friesland School, DofE Kit; Llandridnod High School DofE Kit; Penicuik School – John Award Food; Alex Hurley, Peru Crees Centre Study Tree Climbing Course; Scout Association; Alan Hold Boys Brigade; Hamish Ransley, Charity Bike Ride Across US; Eoin Hogan, Burren Way Trail Crew; Raichael Lock, MEEN, East Manchester Primary School Workshops for Wildlife; Richard Horton Netherhall School, Adventure Club; Chloe Meanwell, Living Wild Immersion; Phil Williams, boys2men; Gareth Thomas, Yeadon Air Cadets; Neil Eaton School Expedition to Morocco; Sarah Barney, Woodchurch High School, DofE Equipment; Joanne Clinch, Forest School; Angelena Efstathiou, Notts Wildlife Trust, Provide Sensory Planters in Erewash Nature Garden; PC Steve Austin, Limehouse Police, Transport 20 cadets to Scotland; James Totten, Oracle Care, 3 Tents; Andrew Ridout, Towerview Primary School; Jodie Thornbury, Manorbrook Primary School; Emma Flaherty, Sheffield CC; Michael Aucock, Astley Copper School; Stuart Boardman, Hexthorpe SE CIC; BMC; Scout Association; Ben Fenton, Lea Riverbed; Abbi Naylor, Path Hill Outdoors; Richard Page, Sheldon School Ten Toors; John Lamb, St John’s School & 6th Form College, DofE Support; Sharon Guest, Amber Foundation, Cycle from Ilfracombe to Plymouth; Peter Bell Millbrook Primary School, Ten Tors Expedition; Steuart Allen, Camden Volunteer Police Cadets, DofE Young Disadvantaged; Fahim Khan, Rochdale Youth Service, 12 Kids on a Weekend Residential at Kingswood; Alexandar Rhodes, University BMC, Wilderness Medial Training; Nicholas Johnson, Childhood First, Adventure Ways Programme at Thornby Hall; Lyndsey Cannon-Potts, Neruomuscular Centre, Bushcraft and Forestry Skills Sessions; Becky Baldwin, Castle Manor Academy ; Richard Wilkinson, Timber for Woodland Learning Experience; Scout Association; DofE Scotland; Horseshoe Quarry Anchors; Happy Days Children; Durham City Youth; Portsmouth Scouts; Disability Snowsport; Teens Unite Fighting Cancer; Keyham Lodge School DofE; Trees for Cities; Wild Wolf Explorer Scout Unit (WWESU); Fatfield Scout; Lydgate School; Weaver Primary School; Camas Deer Fence; Antony School Ten Tors; Edinburgh Climbing Club; Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School; Abercorn School; Bicton College; Chaddesden Park Primary; Pinewood School Acedemy Trust; Nature Café – Wildlife Trust; Red Kite Fostering; Ashgate Croft Special School; Sam Clifford; Ride Sheffield; Glasgow Life; James McEwen; Ann Barlow Guild Care; Karen Hillyer Erb’s Palsy Group; Adnan Zaman Lindley Educational Trust; John Bevan W; Nicholas Cross, St. John’s School and College; Rebecca Cork Tortworth Forest Centre CIC; Matthew Weston Woodlands Community College; Melrose Diack MBE Clitheroe Youth Forum; Gillian Corble “Wheel Potential”; Chantal Bell Nancealverne Special School; Gillian Shirazi Chancellor’s School; Geoff Cooke The Gryphon School; Sonia McGrath; Wendy Dawson Base 33 Youth Charity; Rhion Pointon Wybunbury Delves CE Primary School; Andrew Gunn Lancashire Boys & Girls Clubs; Calum Archibald Penicuik High School; Reddish Vale High School; Endeavour; Seahorse Centre, Minehead; Leeds University Union – Duke of Edinburgh Award; Dore Primary School; Over The Wall; Bantu Ubuntu Be-cycling; Gurkha Welfare Trust; Balwearie High School; 2030 Squadron Air Cadets; The Berwickshire High School; Derwent Stepping Stones Childcare and Early Education; The Archer Academy ; Manor Academy Sale; Life Cycle UK; Bolton St Catherine’s Academy; The Canterbury Centre; Laira Green Primary School; Kersland School; St Filumenas RC Primary School; Lane End Farm Trust; Bolton Lads and Girls Club; Sandon Meridian Academy; Four and Twenty Arts CIC; Whittington Green School DofE; Rickmansworth School; APEX 5; Scout Association; Link4life HOLWAC; The Adventure Academy CIC; Kinder Mountain Rescue Team; 29th Immaculata Scouts; Edale Mountain Rescue Team; Winston’s Wish; St Peter’s Academy; Spires Academy; Ashford Vineyard; Peak Education; Girlguiding Derbyshire; Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust; Tay & Earn Trust; Currently A Student; Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust; Bristol District Woodcraft Folk; Hope School 19-25s; Queen Elizabeth’s Academy; New Life Horse Care Sanctuary; University of Birmingham Mountaineering Club; Castlehead High School; Girlguiding Berkshire; Heeley Development Trust; Chesterton Community College; Campaign for National Parks; Rushcliffe School; North East Autism Society; Woodlands Secondary School; St James School; Trail Unknown; Humphry Davy School; Stewarton Academy; Dene House Primary School; South Charnwood High School Duke of Edinburgh; Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team; Cameron Grant Memorial Trust; Youth United Stockton; Longfield Academy of Sport; Nidderdale High School and Community College; Lincoln Navigators; Kingskerswell Navigators; 3rd Crowthorne Guides; Ringsfield Hall Trust; Horizon Community College; Arbourthorne Community Primary School; St Thomas Catholic Primary School; Lonsdale School; Copperhouse Adventure Training; Happy Days Children’s Charity; Salford Youth Services; Robin Hood Primary School; Derbyshire Wildlife Trust; Teens Unite Fighting Cancer; Cornwall Wildlife Trust; Link Up Holidays; Queen Alexandra College; 8th Christchurch (Burton) Scouts; 64th Edinburgh North East Scout Group; REAL Alternative Provision School; 16th Ashton Brownies & 12th Ashton Guides; Hayfield Parish Council; Jake Shaw Climbing Trust; Park School; Aylsham High School; 2nd Timperley Cub Scouts; St Thomas More RC College; Explorer Scouts; Huddersfield New College; Laura Dunnell; Coast and Forest Education; Seb Ardouin; Individual (500sunsets); Holly Casey; Sylva Foundation; Earthtime For All Ltd.; Kendal Mountain Search & Rescue Team; Connell Sixth Form College; Stanchester Academy; Friends of Bright Futures School; BHP Filing Fees; AKF SofA Course Support; SCOUTS Burnley | Build a Boulder Wall; YOUTH EXPEDITION | Skills Training; Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP); Spitalfields City Farm; Outdoor Partnership; YOUTH EXPEDITION | School Donation; Bespoke Supportive Tenancies (BeST); East Lothian Explorers Scouts; Camps International; Reading Association for the Blind; The Wye and Usk Foundation; Jamie’s Farm; Flora Gardens Primary School; Film/3 lakes challenge/Raise awareness; Expedition:Kilimanjaro/Mental Health; Appleby Primary School; UK KIDS | SEN | Camping; The Wildside Venture; CHALLENGE | Raising Awareness; DofE Support Team; Thrybergh Academy; Swanwick School and Sports College; Diabetes UK; Rawmarsh School; Blackburn Central High School; Bowel & Cancer Research; Nishkam High School; Belfield Community School; Clifton Community School; Drawn to Sea; Cintre; Sudden Productions; GirlGuides; Scouts; 1972; Citadel Youth Centre; Willowbrook Primary School; Manchester Secondary Pupil Referral Unit; University of Oxford; The Bridge Collective CIC; Abingdon ESU; RSPB; LUU DofE Society; Manchester Pupil Referral Unit; Cumbria Youth Alliance; Kingsdown School; Tortworth Forest Centre CIC; Southgate Special Needs School; Love Her Wild; Carrongrange High School; 235 City of Stoke on Trent Squadron Air Cadets; East Lothian District Scouts; North Chadderton School; Individual; 1st Whitwell Scouts; Lancashire Boys & Girls Clubs; Gift Gear; Clifton Community School; Cornerstone Care; Education; Kate Stanley; Derbyshire Constabulary Police Cadets; Nacro Greater Manchester Outdoor Learning; University of Innsbruck; All Saints Catholic College Secondary School; Douglas Gillespie; University of Nottingham; Jessica Gray c/o Matthew Kidd; Bannockburn High School; WESWIMRUN; WARMS; Waveney Stardust; Overland Air & Sea; Brandles School Hertfordshire; Ordinary Superparents; The Spires College; PentUp; Girlguiding (Deptford District); 1st Prestonpanns Scouts ; IncludEd Learning Centre Ltd.; Sean Hoban; Microphthalmia Anophthalmia and Coloboma Support; Maryís Meanderings; North Halifax Grammar School; Ala Archa 2018; Deputy Headteacher, The Queen Katherine School; Wolsingham School; Air Training Corps; Epilepsy Scotland; The Grand / Help Refugees; Church Stretton DofE Group; Rochdale and District Mind; Sir Frederic Osborn School; Najman JNP; Grahem Clark; Sheffield City Council; AKL/HMRC; Youth United Stockton (YUS); The Pivot Academy; Red Fostering; Outerward Bound Trust; Sarah Bonnell School; Windlehurst School; Iceland Sea Kayaking Expedition ; Girlguiding; 14th Huddersfield Scouts; C Company (Doncaster & Dearne Valley) Army Cadets; The Manna; Outward Bound Trust / Nichole; Ludlow Junior School; Long Eaton Community Garden, Little Foresters; Sheffield Conversation Club; Treloar Trust; Rowan Tree Forest School; Air Cadets at 94 (Feltham) Sqn; Girlguiding UK; Southfield School; 2nd Ashbourne Guides; Explorer Scouts/DofE; Peak District MTB; Black2Nature; Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby; Sky College; ESTEEM; Meadows Open Duke of Edinburgh Group; DofE award; Secondary School; St. Bernadettes RC Primary School Wallsend; Newman Community Special School; WAM Youth; Forth Valley Recovery Community ; HoneyWoods Events Ltd; Miss; 1st Hathersage Scout; Snowdonia-Active; Buckingham Winslow and District Scouts; Ratcliffe School; Endeavour; Hillpark Secondary School; Buile Hill Visual Arts College; Bromfords School and Sixth Form College; Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care; North Cornwall District – Camel Explorers; Avon and Somerset Police Cadets; Knutsford Academy ; Fynamore Primary School; Friends of Chudleigh School; Durham University; Duke of Edinburgh ; Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team; 2517 (Buxton) Squadron ATC; Parliament Hill School DofE Organisation; Benton Dene School; Orme Explorer Scouts; St Peters Catholic Comprehensive; Waingroves Primary School, Ripley; Nishkam High School; Blue Boar ESU; Scout Association ; Happy Days Children’s Charity; University of Birmingham Mountaineering Club; Mountain Meitheal West; Arran High School Mountain Bike Club; Wrenbury Primary School ; Tom; Project Cùte díIvoire; 2nd Larkhall Scout Group; John Muir Trust; Oakwood Academy; Park Hill School ; Kids Care London; Levenshulme High School / Levenshulme Youth Project; Sally Lisle; Chesterton Community College; Air Training Corps; John Flamsteed Community School; 1st Falkirk Scout Group; Venturers’ Academy Bristol/British Rowing; St Marys Primary School, Kirby Lonsdale; SCIENCE SEE FUND; Somerset Bridge Primary School; 1st Cockenzie Explorers; Highgate & Hornsey ESU; Next Step Leaving Care Team ; Salford City Council Children’s Services; Astra Lincoln; Framework; Casterton College; West End Adventure; Greenbank School; Blackpool Carers Centre; Jim Lockey; Teens Unite Fighting Cancer; South London Scouts; Kitty Hunter; Rossendale Rays; Daniel Eastes; Castle Manor Academy; Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust; Brigshaw High School DofE Centre; St Mary’s Catholic High School; OceanRevival 2020; Loadeduk (on behalf of Whitecross School Hereford); 2nd Penrith Scout Group; Restoring Hardknott Forest; Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP); Derbyshire Wildlife Trust; Leicestershire Police; Sturminster Newton High School; Vision of Adventure; Adventures in Wellbeing ; The Chronicle Sunshine Fund; Fountaindale Special School; ReConnect Cymru; God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy; St Mary’s Catholic High School; Plastic Relief; Wickersley School & Sports College; Cumbria Youth Alliance; Stewartin Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Open Group; Paisley North Explorer Scout Unit; AFPST; Individual ; Trust Links Ltd; Amys Care CIC; Miss Elvy’s Curious School of the Wild; Kinnaird Explorer Scout Unit; The Outdoor Collaborative ; Ravenswood School DofE; 4/6th Stirling Scout Troop; Black Lizard – Climbing and Mountaineering Club; Air Training Corps (2381 RAFAC); Thamesmead School; Army Cadet Force; Morecambe Sailing Club; Carly Portlock; Buckingham Canal Society; Blue Boar ESU; Peter’s Story; Buckingham Canal Society; Oakfield SEMH School; IOW DofE Charitable Association; Recyke-a-bike; Cottingham High School; Tyne Rivers Trust; Hazel Hill Trust; Over The Wall; Helen Bamber Foundation; 3rd Eastwood Scout Group; Duddon & Furness Mountain Rescue Team (DFMRT); University of Glasgow Exploration Society; Imperial College London Exploration Board; Waveney Stardust; Cyclists Fighting Cancer; Next Stage; Huntingdon & District Sea Cadets; Perth College UHI; Union Street Methodist Church, Maidstone; Carla Huyna; Wiggonby C Primary School; The Royal National College for the Blind; St Josephs Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy; Tanglewood Days CIC; Bohunt School; Derrymount Special School; West Perth Explorer Scout Unit ; Corfe Castle Beavers and Cubs; Brandles School; Douglas Bader Foundation; Whiffle Pig C.I.C; ecobirmingham; Motion Collective ; HOWL SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation); Paul Anthony; Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia and Coloboma Support (MACS); Outfit Moray; The Bridge Collective C.I.C; Bamford Pre-school; Tortworth Forest Centre CIC; MvM Adventures; Freedom Wizard; Fran Pearson; Lorna Fisher | Special Award (Ref. David); Castle Special Needs School; Agoonoree Scout Camp; Bob on Paintings; Edinburgh Young Walkers; Peak District National Park Authority; British Mountaineering Council; Teignmouth Community School Mill Lane; Coombe Dean School; Ocean Youth Trust Scotland; Black Dog Adventures CIC; Rooted For Girls; Slaithwaite J and I School; Wild Planet Trust (formerly known as Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust – CC no. 306622); Pablo Rymil; Derrymount Upper School; 185 (Batley) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets; Challenge 4 Change; White Hall

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Outdoor Education Centre; Corpus Christi

High School; Hayfield Walkers are Welcome;

Sight; Appletree Treatment; Air Cadets; First Aid Nepal; Bradford Life Centre; Wildside Canoe; Mountain Leader Kid’s Club Andy Norris; Cycle Ride Autistic Kids; Karl Gwilliam Tentors; Tom Croydon Cockshut School; Leek Scouts; Ian Whiteside, MLT; Abubaker Abdullahi; Paul Howe Air Cadets Climbing; Richard Beattie, DofE Training; Ross Philips Explorer

560+ £200,000+ awarded to Incredible projects

WE FEEL HONOURED TO HELP PEOPLE GO NICE PLACES DO GOOD THINGS.

1% of Alpkit sales go towards supporting individuals and direct action projects. That’s a huge amount of money – more than £200,000 in fact. This little book looks at how eight such projects were supported, showcasing ordinary people doing extraordinary things to make the world a better place. We’re incredibly proud that the foundation has now been involved with over 560 projects.

It’s been humbling to see the effect that these small steps can make to so many people. That is massive. Our hope is that we all get the chance to Go Nice Places and Do Good Things, just sometimes.

If you know of a deserving project, or think you’re someone that only needs a bit of backing to make a big difference, it’s simple to apply, or donate.

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for the less Cyclingable-bodied

WHEEL POTENTIAL CANTERBURY

We can’t quite put our fingers on what it is about cycling that’s so exhilarating, but little compares to that tremendous feeling of pedal powered liberty. Gill, Frank and Beatrice understood this feeling. Self acclaimed ‘fanatical cyclists’, they believed that everyone should be able to experience the joy of spinning along a country lane in the wind and the sun, so they decided to create Wheel Potential. When they told the Alpkit Foundation their story, we couldn’t resist lending our support by purchasing an adult tandem trike.

Now the charity boasts a fleet of twenty different cycles which have been used over 500 times in 2019 alone. Wheel Potential is a community interest company providing open-air cycling experiences for less able-bodied adults. Run on an entirely voluntary basis by Beatrice, Frank, Mark and bike guru Peter, it was launched to address the lack of such initiatives in the Canterbury area.

“We realised that although we can indulge in this passion freely, those who are less able-bodied cannot. We are slowly building up a collection of adapted cycling machines which can be used by anyone, whatever their disability.” Frank explains.

DEDICATED TO GILL CORBLE , WHOSE PASSION HELPED GET THIS PROJECT GOING, UNLOCKING SO MUCH JOY FOR SO MANY.

adapted cycling machines that can be used by anyone.

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Millom School kids of trees with Planting hundreds

RESTORING HARDKNOTT FOREST SOUTH LAKELAND

Learning in the great outdoors gives kids a great opportunity to thrive. The kids of Millom School were keen, Forestry England had donated hundreds of hazel saplings and John Hodgson, the project officer of Hardknott Forest was ready to supervise and inspire the children to get grubby with clearing, weeding and planting. The Alpkit Foundation just needed to oil the wheels by funding the transport to get the kids from A to B.

Restoring Hardknott Forest is an exciting project to restore one of the largest conifer plantations in

the Lake District to native woodland – mainly oak, birch, bogs and open ground. It’s an historic opportunity to create the largest semi-natural woodland in the Lake District; linking Hardknott Forest with the existing Duddon Valley Woodlands that snake down the valley and all the way to the coast.

we're slowly restoring the area to its native woodland.

JOHN HODGSON , THE ENERGY BEHIND THE PROJECT

WE SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT THEM FROM GOING OUTDOORS.

Our support takes the form of direct action by giving our assistance to help projects get off the ground. This can be in the form of financial support, publicity, advice or resource.

We love to support projects that champion education, participation, environment, diversity and health . The simplicity of getting outdoors can often be taken for granted, but for some there will always be obstacles preventing them from accessing the benefits – be they physical, mental, circumstance, knowledge, or pressures placed on the environment. By helping to overcome these obstacles we can help more people go nice places and do good things.

If you know of a project that may be in need then applications can be made direct through the Alpkit Foundation site.

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Mountain Rescue

EDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM DERBYSHIRE

Edale Mountain Rescue is funded with public donations and run entirely by volunteers. All team members are highly trained, motivated and very skilled. It takes an average of 18 to 24 months to qualify to become a full team member, so training reflects in their professionalism and dedication. People who get help when they most need it are often the ones lost on the moors or fallen from one of the gritstone edges. Edale Mountain Rescue responded to no less than 107 incidents in 2017,

in all conditions, day and night. In their moment of need, climbers, hikers, mountain bikers and paragliders, received world class help completely free of charge. This is unique to this country.

At Alpkit we were delighted to help fund a new defibrillator that was lighter and smaller, allowing the team to pack lighter and cover the ground more quickly.

BELOW, THE NEW BIT OF KIT IS LIGHTER AND HALF THE SIZE OF THE PREVIOUS VERSION.

Edale Mountain Rescue responded to no less than 107 incidents in 2017.

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beach cleans Rockpool and rambles

LIFE IN A POND, WILDLIFE TRUST CORNWALL

Wildlife Watch is the national children’s membership for The Wildlife Trust. The Cornwall Wildlife Trust hosts over 80 volunteer led, wildlife session a year. These include rockpool rambles and beach cleans to mini beast hunts and wildlife gardening. The sessions are for children and their families, with each event involving up to twenty children each with a responsible adult. Who wouldn’t want to support the idea of kids in wellies with dipping nets.

Life in a Pond is an event in the beautiful Wildwood Eco Garden,

Camborne, owned by a Wildlife Watch volunteer – she opens the garden for us. This session enables children to dip into the watery world of a summer pond to see what they may find and learn about all the wonderful inhabitants. This can create memories for all the family that last a lifetime and, as we have found sometimes, also spark a lifelong passion for wildlife and the need to protect it.

a lifelong passion for wildlife and the need to protect it.

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Sheffield Refugee Walks From Edale

THE CONVERSATION CLUB SHEFFIELD

Heather Hunt helps to run Sheffield Conversation Club. It’s an easy social space for asylum seekers and refugees to meet and grow their English speaking and listening skills. This diverse group of individuals are often isolated by language as well as their situation. She also spent many years as a Learning and Discovery Officer for our national parks – putting the two together was natural. She was keen to take a group from the club into the hills. All that was needed was train fares from Sheffield to Edale, and a few ice creams might be nice. In a perfect example of how a little money can make an enormous difference, Heather’s

application to Alpkit for twenty train fares and ice creams was agreed and a grand day out was planned.

Everyone was early for the train, fit young men from Sudan and Somalia and an older woman from Eritrea, undaunted by her arthritis, plus families from Syria and Bhutan. Twenty people armed with their stoutest shoes and packed lunches were catching the train from Sheffield to Edale.

Walking up Grindsbrook Clough and some of the Pennine Way quickly spread the group out. This didn’t last long as the fit young men at the front started doubling

THIS IS HEATHER, WHOSE UNBRIDLED ENTHUSIASM ENABLES HER LOVE OF NATURE AND SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES TO COME TOGETHER FOR THIS MEMORABLE OUTING.

back to give assistance to the less able and throw the smaller kids onto their shoulders. A mountain stream bathed in sunshine exerted its usual magical powers and in no time the children were in the water, soon joined by a group of English kids.

Heather explains how the picnic brought everyone together.

“There was none of that opening your own little sandwich bag nonsense.” Curries from Bhutan mixed with Syrian flat bread and African rice. The countryside around Edale, surprisingly reminded people of home – there’s something universal about nature that feels less foreign than the urban world.

As always the heady mix of fresh air and exercise did the trick and on the train back to Sheffield this group of very different folks from very different lands were pretty much all snoozing off together.

Not a lot of money made an enormous difference.

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Everything matters and everything we do has an effect. Together we can change. The world is full of amazing people that want to make the world better. These people are our heroes – they’re forces of nature. Join us and work together with them. Donate online or in-store.

We’ll bring the projects together with the funds and together we can all make a difference.

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walks in the Lake District Adult health and well-being

THE VULTURE CLUB WHITEHAVEN

We probably all know that spending time in wild and beautiful places is a great way to heal the human spirit. However, a potential barrier for those recovering from difficult obstacles in their lives can be the cost of decent outdoor kit. The Vulture Club had their mountain leader in place and they had a group that were keen to get out amongst the hills of Cumbria – they were short of gear though. Through the Continuum project which finds new homes for old outdoor gear, Alpkit were able to equip just about everyone who wanted to be a part of the Vulture Club walking

project with decent waterproof jackets, fleeces and walking trousers. And then they were off...

The Vulture Club supports individuals from West Cumbria in recovery from issues with mental ill health, drugs or alcohol, social isolation or other difficult obstacles in their lives. They provide a wide range of therapeutic distraction activities and create a safe, relaxed and confidential community for members to meet, have fun and grow while taking part in opportunities for personal development and growth.

ALPKIT FOUNDATION HELPS SUPPORT THE CONTINUUM PROJECT TO GIVE YOUR ‘NOT NEEDED ANYMORE’ GEAR A LONGER LIFE. FIND OUT MORE AT ALPKIT.COM/ CONTINUUM

BELOW, LORRAINE GOT THE VULTURE CLUB STARTED, WAYNE IS THE LIFE AND SOUL.

Alpkit kitted out pretty much everyone in the walking group.

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BMC Youth Squad Climbing comp and National schools

For our young climbers, getting the opportunity to compete on the world stage gives them valuable experience testing themselves against the best in the world. Not only does it give them the chance to build up ranking points, it gives them the experience needed in international competition of travelling and staying in alien environments.

To help the BMC open up these opportunities at a critical stage for young climbers, the Alpkit Foundation have put forward financial support

to help cover the costs of volunteers to travel to events. Without the funds it would be impossible to support enough volunteers and so not be able to staff the events.

So with help from the Alpkit Foundation this year and a schools top roping competition series in development, it’s hopefully the start of a long term relationship that will help open up the sport to more people and possibly help develop future Olympians!

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Their Support ensured young GB climbers could fulfil their dreams of performing on the world stage.

ZOE SPRIGGINS , BMC COMPETITIONS PROGRAMME MANAGER.

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Growing CommunityProject Veg

FRAMEWORK HA – NATURE IN MIND NOTTINGHAM

Sometimes simple answers are the most effective. Nature In Mind run projects on allotments in Nottingham that bring people together around food.

Growing, cooking and of course eating. Sharing the work and eating together. This way of connecting with each other is as old as time. And in an age of growing complexity and angst it offers a way to reconnect to the soil, to each other and through that find some peace-of-mind that will aid recovery.

At Alpkit, we know the magical power of good campfire vibes and we love the work Nature in Mind are doing – joining up the growing of food with cooking and sharing. Connecting with the earth and each other is what our mantra Go nice places do good things is all about.

This is a lifeline for people who are experiencing difficulties with mental health.

AND LASTLY, WE'D LIKE TO SAY

thank you

We couldn’t have done any of this without you. Every time you treat yourself to some of the gear we make here at Alpkit, from ti-spoons to expedition tents, you help fund projects like these. How awesome is that?