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Trailwalker 2018

What is it?

Trailwalker or Oxfam Trailwalker and the related Trailtrekker are fundraising endurance events conducted across the world by Oxfam, in which teams of four competitors must complete a course of 100 kilometres (62 miles) in a set time limit - typically between 24 and 48 hours. The routes may be point-to-point or follow a circular route returning to the start.

There are some common rules across all the Trailwalker and Trailtrekker events.

Each team must have four members, who are required to cross all checkpoints and finish line together, although teams may continue with only three members if one has to retire.
The Trailwalker event course referred to as ‘the trail,’ is 100 kilometres long.
Participants should also organise a support team, plan and start their training schedule at least three months before the event.
All teams must raise a minimum sponsorship amount and those teams raising over the threshold will take priority in registering for Oxfam Trailwalker next year.

Participants

The four members of the team include Nigel Collier (CEO) and David Logan (Strategy Director) from Skylab and Spencer Gallagher (Author, Speaker, Co-Founder at Cact.us and AGENCYNOMICS) together with Peter Hoole (Author, Co-Founder at Cact.us and AGENCYNOMICS)

The obvious reason for doing the walk is that we want to support the charity but to decide to walk 100km in one go requires a deeper, personal motivation. We believe in having a good balance between work and health and we wanted to jumpstart a few lifelong changes that improve our health and fitness and therefore the health of the business. We also wanted to do the walk as it has a sense of adventure and camaraderie (although we might run out of things to talk about by mile 30!!!). Finally, there is the unknown - can we actually walk non-stop for up to 30 hrs?

Why are we doing this?

What we are trying to achieve speaks for itself, but we can only succeed with your support. We have made an enormous commitment in time and effort, but it is your financial support that will help us achieve our goals.

We have set ourselves a goal of raising £1,400 and as you can see we are on our way. We need your contribution now to make sure we get there. Please do not turn a blind eye to those in need. Please dig deep and thank you in anticipation.

Oxfam and The Gurkha Welfare Trust works with others to overcome poverty, injustice and suffering around the world. You’ll be helping to make that work possible. Their work breaks down into three overlapping areas,

Humanitarian response: Respond quickly to emergencies like the Ebola crisis - providing life-saving essentials like safe water and hygiene kits.
Development: Fund long-term work that allows local people to use their ideas and skills to fight poverty in their communities.
Campaigning: Poverty isn’t just about lack of resources; it’s about bad decisions made by powerful people. Oxfam campaigns hard for real lasting change.

How and why to donate

Any donations no matter how small will help spur us on our 100km non-stop walk in July. If we’ve ever helped you, please donate, Pete and Spencer are also happy to swap one-hour remote consultancy worth £500 for a £100 donations

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails.

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