10 charities benefit from Skyline's first international multi-charity event

Howard Lake | 11 June 2004 | News

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The first international multi-charity challenge event by events specialist Skyline has just been completed.

Ten charities benefited from the event which saw a total of 31 participants cycling over 470km in China from the Great Wall to Tiananmen Square. Sponsorship for the event is still being received in but Skyline are confident the total will exceed £100,000.

Skyline say that they introduced their Open Overseas packages to make these events as easy as possible to take part in. They are open to all UK charities and charities can have as little as one person take part on their behalf per trip.

All charities are provided with full marketing materials to promote the event as well as their own branded full colour event brochures. Skyline also deal with all participants from the time they book through to the completion of the trip leaving charities to concentrate on recruiting participants to take part on their behalf.

Skyline’s next Open Overseas Challenges are Treks in China and Peru and take place in October 2004. They have recently launched their 2005 Overseas Events programme.

Participants pay a booking deposit of £299 to secure their place and have to raise a minimum of £2,600 of which each charity is guaranteed 50% at £1,300. All flights, accommodation, transfers, food and all tour costs are included.

The 10 charities which benefited from the first multi-charity event were Alzheimers Society, BASIC (Brain and Spinal Injury Charity), CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association), Fair Havens Hospice, Henshaw’s Society for the Blind, Linda McCartney Cancer Centre, Nightingale House Hospice, Quarriers, RNIB, and Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.