Mountain Warehouse offers £5,000 for charity in outdoor event competition
Howard Lake | 3 July 2013 | News
Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse is offering a prize of £5,000 to charity for the individual who wins their Outdoor Challenge this year.
To enter the competition individuals have to be taking part in an outdoor challenge during 2013. This could be a sponsored walk, run, cycle, expedition or similar endeavour.
They are invited to share their story, which will be displayed on the Mountain Warehouse website, and the public will then vote for the winner.
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Mark Neale, founder of Mountain Warehouse, said: “We are inundated with sponsorship requests and stories about people attempting these fantastic expeditions and challenges to raise money for charity. We wanted the opportunity to share their stories, get the public involved and give something back to these very worthwhile causes.”
As well as offering a £5,000 prize to one charity, Mountain Warehouse is giving all entrants 20% off their next purchase at Mountain Warehouse, to help them prepare for their challenge.
The company has also teamed up with online fundraising platform JustGiving to promote the Charity Challenge to their network of individual fundraisers.
Entries must be submitted by 19 August 2103. Voting on individuals’ stories will be open until 31 August 2013. The top 10 entries based on the public vote will then be featured as a shortlist on the competition page for further voting.
All 158 Mountain Warehouse stores nationwide will be supporting the appeal with promotional flyers and QR codes.
About Howard Lake
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.