The fateful day –Tuesday the 16th of June 2020. In a fog of lockdown boredom, I checked my email out of habit and saw a new arrival, entitled “Become a Challenge Leader – deadline this week!”. When I’d seen the first email about this a week before, I’d been mildly interested, but as I was halfway way through fundraising for a recently postponed Kilimanjaro trek, I’d done the sensible thing and ignored it. One life-changing adventure at a time, dude! However, a combination of my ADHD, boredom and curiosity meant that I opened the email, and as I started looking into the challenges, 3 words jumped out at me – EVEREST BASE CAMP. In that moment, I knew I had a problem…
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Starting out as a new Challenge Leader, plunging into the deep end with recruitment, charity meetings, as well as having your own fundraising to consider can be daunting. Simply signing up to a challenge, possibly something you’ve never imagined you’d even do, like, say, trek to Everest Base Camp can be daunting! But these things are daunting for good reason, and we hope this blog can both quell some fears and excite you about your essential role over the next year
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