# Britain V Cancer challenge event raises £250,000

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/29/britain-v-cancer-challenge-event-raises-250000/
- Published: 2013-04-29T22:51:18+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Participants in challenge event company Action for Charity’s first Britain v Cancer
trek have raised £250,000 for 24 different cancer charities and hospices across 
the UK.

 

Over 100 people aged from 20 to 69 took part in the five day trek across the Jordan
desert.

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Participants can either pay for the trip themselves and raise as much as they can
for the cancer charity or hospice of their choice, or they pledge to raise at least
£2,500 for the charity.

 

Charity beneficiaries include Accord, Cransley Hospice, Prostate Cancer UK, Demelza
Hospice Care for Children, and Ovarian Cancer Action.

 

A second [Britain V Cancer trek in Jordan](http://www.actionforcharity.co.uk/eventdetailsnew2.php/urlsearch/Britain-V-Cancer-Jordan-Trek-Group-2)
will take place in October, and the 2014 challenge will take place in the Himalayas.

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