The Story so far......
01. Vertical Rush 02. Richmond 10K 03. Tough Mudder 04. Trailtrekker 05. Moonriders 06. Paddle Round The Pier 07. Dance Britain for Burma 08. 80ft Abseil 09. Run to the Beat 10. Movember 11. Sleepout 12. White Water Rafting
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2012YEAR #1: Challenge12 beings...
After taking part in numerous charity events over the years, Challenge12 organiser Andy Connolly had the idea to try and participate in 12 challenges across a year in an effort to encourage fundraising for various charities. After discussing the concept with his friend, Paul McKeown, the two formed Challenge12. The aim was to take part in 12 events, attempting to raise £12,000 by 12th December 2012, all the while recruiting friends and family to take part. It wasn't always easy and both suffered their share of bruises, cuts, injuries and exhaustion but managed to successfully complete all 12 challenges and beat the £12,000 target. While Challenge12 was only ever meant to be a one year project its success in the first year lead to it's continuation in 2013 and beyond. |
2013YEAR #2: Challenge12 Continues.....
After it's first successful year in 2012, Andy decided to continue the project. While the target had been beaten in the first year, the project wasn't perfect and changes were made. The major change was the introduction of the Captain system. The charities has mostly been picked at random in the first year with a few exceptions and it was decided that 12 Captains would take responsibility for each challenge in 2013 and then they would pick the charity. This allowed Challenge12 to help individuals and make it more personal. The Captains were each given a £2000 target per challenge/charity and were asked to help with recruitment. This allowed Challenge12 to not only beat its new, larger target of £24,000 but actually do so significantly, with the final amount raised being close to £36,000. Plans also started for C12Education, which was successfully launched in the beginning of 2014. C12Education (or C12Ed) is a workshop designed to target school (primary or secondary) and teach the students that anyone can make a positive change in the world. |
01. Firewalk 02. 190ft Abseil 03. 160ft Bungee Jump 04. Tough Spartans 05. 25km Thames Row 06. 100km Trans Pennine Walk
07. Color Run 08. Thunder Run 09. One Mile Swim 10. Rap Jumping 11. 100km Moonriders 12. 10,000ft Sky Dive |
01. Electric Run 02. 50KM Thames Row 03. Rap Jumping 04. Grand Union 100KM Walk 05. Coasteering 06. River Rat Race 07. Fringe Fear Festival 08. Human Race Diamond Triathlon 09. Tough Mudder 10. 100KM Halloween Moonriders 11. Survival of the Fittest 12. Polar Bear Winter Swim
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2014YEAR #3: C12Ed Launches and the most successful year yet!
The third year of Challenge12, was by far the most ambitious. With a new target of £36,000 and new challenges, we certainly weren't as confident that we would be able to make it through. However, yet again we were able to beat our target and ended up on almost £42,000, bringing the grand total of three years of fundraising to £90,000. We were able to launch our new initiative as well: C12Ed. Piloting the workshop in 5 schools in London, we are now ready to launch it in a bigger scale in our four year! Challenge12 continues to grow and expand. |
2015YEAR #4: The 12in12 launches and a Guinness World Record
Another year, another successful 12 challenges. The captains of 2015's challenges, really pushed themselves harder than ever. Some even created their own challenges in order to push themselves! We also became world record holders in 2015! Working with a couple of companies and a London school, we became GWR record holders for the largest blanket fort! 2015 also saw a new project: the 12in12. C12 founder, Andy Connolly, took to the road with James and Rich to do 12 challenges in 12 days! And of course, we once again beat our highest target, crossing the £42,000 mark bringing the grand total raised to over £130,000!!! |
01. Gauntlet Games 02. Guinness World Record for Largest Blanket Fort 03. The Diamond Dash 04. Bananaman Triathlon 05. Great Swim London 06. Thames Ultra Row 07. Tough Mudder 08. 100KM London to Cambridge Walk 09. Man V Mountain 10. Run to the Beat 11. Trident Challenge 12. Spartan Race
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