Challenge Yourself Globally
Sometimes, a cycle at a national park, a coffee morning at your local cafe or a 10K run or even a marathon is just not enough of a challenge. Sometimes, you need to go further afield!
Breathing Matters has teamed up with Global Adventure Challenges who offer some amazing charity challenges. There are so many international challenges to choose from at www.globaladventurechallenges.com, but here’s just a few fabulous examples:
Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal: 4-21.11.2021, 11-28.11.2021 (full)

Minimum sponsorship:
- £399 registration + £4320 + airport TA and fuel
Self-funding:
- £399 registration + £2160 + airport TAX and fuel
New for 2021!! Trek to Petra, Jordan: 2-10.10.2021

Minimum sponsorship: £249 registration + £3232 + airport TAX and fuel
Self-funding: £249 registration + £1616 + airport TAX and fuel
Kilimanjaro Trek, Tanzania: 17-27.6.2021 (full), 15-25.9.2021, 30.9.2021-10.10.2021, more 2021 dates

Minimum sponsorship: 2021 – £349 registration + £4538 + airport TAX and fuel
Self-funding: 2021 – £349 registration + £2269 + airport TAX and fuel
Great Wall of China Trek: 8-16.5.2021 (full), 11-19.9.2021, 15-23.10.2021, 16-24.10.2021, 10-18.9.2022, 15-23.10.2022

Minimum sponsorship: £299 registration + £2790 + airport TAX and fuel
Self-funding: £299 registration + £1395 + airport TAX and fuel
Inca Trail, Peru: 14-23.5.2021, 30.7.2021-8.8.2021, 5-14.11.2021 (full), 26.11.2021-5.12.2021

Minimum sponsorship: £299 registration + £3424 + £200 trek permit + airport TAX and fuel
Self-funding: £299 registration + £1762 + £200 trek permit + airport TAX and fuel
NB: This is the minimum price for 2021 – prices variable
New for 2021!! Northern Lights Trek, Iceland: 2.3.2021-6.3.2021, 3.3.2021-7.3.2021

Minimum sponsorship: £299 registration + £3124 + airport TAX
Self-funding: £299 registration + £1562 + airport TAX
Lapland: Husky Trail Dog Sled: 16-26.3.2021 (full), 18-25.3.2022,

Minimum sponsorship: £399 registration + £4382 + airport TAX and fiel
Self-funding: £399 registration + £2191 + airport TAX and fuel
UK 3 Peaks: 21-23.5.2021, 2-4.7.2021, 20-22.8.2021, 3-5.9.2021 (full), 24-26.9.2021
Minimum sponsorship: £810 registration + £95
Self-funding: £95 registration + £405
New for 2021!! Cycle Mallorca: 22-26.9.2021, 21-25.9.2022

Minimum sponsorship: £249 registration + £2674
Self-funding: £249 registration + £1337
London to Paris Bike Ride: 2-6.6.2021, 14-18.7.2021 (Tour de France), 11-15.8.2021, 8-12.9.2021

Minimum sponsorship: £125 registration + £1640
Self-funding: £125 registration + £820
Vietnam to Cambodia Cycle: 6-16.3.2021, 13-23.11.2021, 20-30.11.2021, 5-15.3.2022, 12-22.11.2021

Minimum sponsorship: £399 registration + £3198 + airport TAX and fuel
Self-funding: £399 registration + £1599 + airport TAX and fuel
New for 2021!! Cycle Great Wall of China: 9-17.10.2021, 8-16.10.2022

Minimum sponsorship: £349 registration + £3290 + airport TAX and fuel
Self-funding: £349 registration + £1645 + airport TAX and fuel
Milan to Monaco Cycle: 29.9.2021-3.10.2021

Minimum sponsorship: £125 registration + £1810 + airport TAX
Self-funding: £125 registration + £905 + airport TAX
Payment Plan
There are two ways of funding your challenge; minimum sponsorship or self-funding.
For payment option A – minimum sponsorship – You pay the non-refundable deposit (the first sum above) to Global Adventure Challenges. This is used to organise your trip including securing airline seats and relevant permits. You then commit to raising the minimum sponsorship (the second sum above) for Breathing Matters. You can set up a Justgiving Page from our home page (www.justgiving.com/campaign/breathingmatters) and 80% of the minimum sponsorship MUST be raised no later than ELEVEN WEEKS BEFORE DEPARTURE as this is when Breathing Matters will pay your challenge costs direct to Global Adventure Challenges. Failure to raise this money may mean non-participation and cancellation of your challenge so it is important to raise your funds early. The remaining 20% should be received no more than two weeks after your challenge finishes (we may ask for proof of offline pledges). We would be grateful if you could try and raise as much as you can over the minimum sponsorship target as every penny of this is what Breathing Matters will receive. The more you raise, the more research work we can do and the more your challenge will have been worthwhile.
For payment option B – self-funding – You pay the non-refundable deposit (the first sum above) to Global Adventure Challenges which is used to organise your trip including securing airline seats and relevant permits. Ten weeks before departure, Global Adventure Challenges will invoice you for the balance (the second sum above) and this should be paid within two weeks; eight weeks prior to your challenge. Although there is no minimum sponsorship target for this option, we would encourage you to raise as much as possible for Breathing Matters (via www.justgiving.com/campaign/breathingmatters). The more you raise, the more research work we can do and the more your challenge will have been worthwhile.
If all the above fills you with dread, why don’t you check out many more challenges including those closer to home in the UK, including Hadrian’s Wall Trek, Ben Nevis Trek, 24 Peak Challenge, Snowdon at Night Trek, Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle, Wales End to End cycle on www.globaladventurechallenges.com
Always Remember: Breathing Matters!