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The investment we’ve made in personnel and industry-leading technology for our Operations Centre highlights our commitment to the safety and support of our teams in the field.
Global Operations Director Stuart Morris
The research demonstrates that at a time when 16-24 year olds are nearly three times more likely to be unemployed – the largest gap the country has seen in 20 years – and when there is a fight for jobs for those making their first step onto the career ladder, businesses want to see the person behind the CV to help them differentiate between otherwise indistinguishable applications.
World Challenge Global MD Matt Eastlake
We chose CHAOS mainly because it is a local charity who are funded entirely by donations. Their ideology is quite similar to that of World Challenge whereby they want to give school children a chance to learn a new skill, gain a different outlook on life and introduce them to the great outdoors.
World Challenge Head of Logistics
It has been an incredible journey of self-discovery with so many highs and lows along the way.
Rower Pete Fletcher
International SOS has an impressive amount of resource and expertise that is readily available to help support our teams whilst on expedition no matter what time of day, what day of the year, or how complex the incident.
World Challenge Global Operations Director Stuart Morris
The skills gained on these expeditions are also invaluable to adult life; from going to university to getting on the career ladder. You really learn how to cooperate and work with others as part of a team, lead and manage a project, and develop a healthy amount of resilience.
Lizzy Yarnold
By having a partnership with Vango we are able to develop and supply bespoke products, aided by the very feedback we receive from our Challengers and School Leaders globally on their expeditions.
Rod Hicks, Head of Logistics at World Challenge
World Challenge is committed to running the safest expeditions possible. Each year we take over 10,000 young people on educational expeditions to over 45 destinations. “We have worked hard over the last 26 years to develop an excellent reputation for our approach to safety and how we operate.
Global Operations Director, Stuart Morris
This research has shown that whilst having the required academic grades remains the most important factor in securing a university place, universities are now placing more value on broader experiences and life skills.
World Challenge Group MD Matt Eastlake
With intensive competition for jobs in the workplace, Class Adventure can help students demonstrate a wider (non-academic) portfolio of interests and experiences as they undergo their application process.
Class Adventure General Manager Paul Warrilow
I refer back to my World Challenge experience all the time and I’d recommend it to anyone who was thinking about doing it. It was one of the best months of my whole life and I still tell people all about it even now.
Lizzy Yarnold MBE
Whilst on expeditions I learnt about the importance of roles within a team and that has really helped me through this rehab process. It made me appreciate what others do without it being overly obvious and made me also look a little closer to see what people can offer.
Jonny Young
It was lovely to see them all again – some of us have stayed in touch more than others over the years but we had a great time and even managed to watch a DVD containing our expedition footage and shared lots of photos, which helped bring the memories flooding back.
Former World Challenger Michele Olie
Regardless of all my athletics training, I’m sure I’m going to struggle in Malawi. It’ll be a bit more intense than running around a track!
Athlete Kris Robertson
To get ahead in today's world young people need to be well-rounded individuals; not just focused on academic achievement but to also challenge themselves, pushing themselves physically and mentally out of their comfort zone to gain life experience and valuable transferable skills. But to be able to access, and make the most of, these types of opportunities physical fitness is key.
World Challenge Group MD Matt Eastlake
For me this challenge is less about rowing unassisted across the Atlantic and more about what World Challenge stands for. We believe that life skills are developed through real life experiences. We believe that everyone has a dream inside them and if young people are encouraged to chase their dreams, then they’ll achieve great things.
Pete Fletcher, General Manager, World Challenge Australasia
The strength of character of all the children, but particularly Team Nicaragua with whom I spent all of my time with, is admirable and I have taken much of it on board from a personal level.
World Challenge employee Claire Davis
Companies with truly engaged, passionate employees who love their jobs are always more likely to flourish, and this is certainly the case with World Challenge. They are certainly a business in the ascendancy and I wouldn’t mind going on one of their expeditions myself!”
The Mayor of High Wycombe, Cllr Trevor Snaith
World Challenge’s ethos of challenge, participation and environment very much aligns with our mission which is all about striving to advance 21st Century learning that prepares our students for success as they enter college and the workplace.
Ramsey High Principal Michael Thumm
An expedition is a life-changing experience as well as a developmental journey that begins long before you take those first steps into the unknown.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE
Linking up with World Challenge and pooling resource is a natural win-win and we are looking forward to an even brighter future with a more extensive range of programmes and expertise attached to them.
Class Adventure General Manager Paul Warrilow
World Challenge’s ethos is all about challenge, participation and environment and that’s why we were delighted to be able to lend our support and in the process help make a real difference to the Playground, its users and the local community.
World Challenge MD Matt Eastlake
My World Challenge expedition certainly helped shape me into the person that I am today. I recall many moments during my World Challenge where I looked up and was taken away by the beautiful scenery around me - countries that you may never get the chance to visit again. I learnt a lot deal about leadership, drive and motivation during my four weeks in-country and I have carried those disciplines forward into my career as an athlete. It was a life-changing experience and provided me with memories that I will always fondly remember.
World Champion Lizzy Yarnold
I have been lucky to be able to share these wonders with fellow travellers, friends, adventurers and enthusiasts and I hope the World Challenge Expedition Leaders can resonate with my experiences which will hopefully help them grow further into their important roles.
Photographer John Beatty
The whole idea of our residential camps is to target schools with younger students who wouldn’t normally go on a World Challenge expedition.
Julien Goetz, General Manager for WC Middle East
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INDUSTRY LEADING INVESTMENT FOR GLOBAL OPERATIONS CENTRE

World Challenge is continuing to lead from the front within the student expeditions arena by investing £500,000 in its state-of-the-art global Operations Centre.Led by Operational Support Manager Simon Drayton, who spent 23 years in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and was heavily involved in extensive 999 control room command, the Operations Centre provides 24-hour support to all expedition teams as well as global cover for domestic pre-departure training. Since joining the company in August 2014, Simon has played a major part in developing and enhancing the infrastructure and

Employers believe graduates with extra-curricular experience progress more quickly and are more successful in the workplace, new research reveals

Only a quarter of employers believe that life experience doesn’t matter on a CV School leavers and graduates who take part in extra-curricular activities stand out among job applicants, make more successful employees and progress more quickly within companies than those who do not, according to a new study of 500 UK SMEs.The research, sponsored by World Challenge, shows that at a time when the employment market is more competitive than ever, 70 per cent of SME employers believe that extra-curricular activities – such as taking part in volunteering, educational overseas trips and

WORLD CHALLENGE PROVIDES TENT-TASTIC DONATION

World Challenge has underlined its community engagement ethos by donating an abundance of tents to local charity CHAOS.CHAOS is a small, registered charity based in East London that provides free summer camping holidays for disadvantaged children.  It was set up by three school friends whose bold and rather adventurous aspiration was to give local children a sense of community and teamwork in the hope that it might help them avoid getting caught in the poverty trap. Since its formation in 1976, over 2,000 children have received a holiday from CHAOS. A typical week’s activities will

CELEBRATION TIME AS DUO CONQUER TRANSATLANTIC ROW!

World Challenge Global Sales Director Pete Fletcher had one thing on his mind after completing his epic transatlantic row – a Cornish Pasty!Pete, and former colleague Tom Hudson, arrived into Falmouth this morning after an energy-sapping 98 days at sea having set off in their Macpac Challenger boat from New York on May 21. The duo, both originally from the UK but who now live in Australia, rowed unassisted 3,000 nautical miles and have raised over $10,000 for the McGrath Foundation who place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities right across Australia, as well as increasing breast

WORLD CHALLENGE PARTNERS WITH LEADING GLOBAL MEDICAL & TRAVEL SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMPANY

World Challenge has appointed International SOS as its new international medical and travel security assistance partner.The partnership commenced on April 1 and will allow World Challenge to streamline its medical processes and policies both pre-departure and during expedition into a single global approach. Through its worldwide network of assistance centres, clinics and health and logistics providers, International SOS offers local expertise, preventative advice, and emergency assistance during critical illness, accident or civil unrest. World Challenge’s Global Operations Director

Olympic Champion Lizzy Yarnold to Help Teachers Prepare for Global Expeditions

Teachers preparing for global expeditions will have the chance to pit their fitness against Olympic Champion, Lizzy Yarnold, at World Challenge’s Expedition Preparation Conference (EPC), held at Bucks New University on Sunday 17thMay.The Conference is one of four hosted across the country with the aim of helping teachers running World Challenge expeditions this summer to plan and collaborate in their preparations. Lizzy is an ambassador and advocate for World Challenge, a global provider of student-led expeditions, having completed an expedition herself along the Maya Route in 2006 with

WORLD CHALLENGE AND VANGO REINFORCE RELATIONSHIP

World Challenge Expeditions and Vango have enhanced their association by agreeing to a new three-year global partnership.The two companies have been working together for over eight years, with the Scottish manufacturer providing expedition equipment and product support to the leading global provider of experiential student-led travel. Vango, established in 1966, supply World Challenge with three varieties of bespoke dual branded tents for student and Expedition Leader usage as well as Trangia, Fuel 4 bio fuel and cargo bags. Rod Hicks, Head of Logistics at World Challenge, is

WORLD CHALLENGE EXCELS IN 2015 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY AWARDS

World Challenge is one of only 29 organisations who have been awarded an International Safety Award with distinction by the British Safety Council.Whilst many companies are measured in terms of their workplace health and safety, the leading provider of experiential student travel was measured against its operational safety around its expeditions and safeguarding of participants and staff. More than 500 organisations won an International Safety Award for 2015, and the winning organisations span all sectors and range from the United Kingdom, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the

New research reveals increasing importance of extra-curricular activities in the university application process

Whilst meeting academic requirements remains the most important aspect of university applications, institutions are increasingly placing emphasis on the demonstration of extra-curricular activities in personal statements, according to new research published today by World Challenge.However, there is still vast differentiation between exactly how and when non-academic experiences come into play in the admissions process, causing confusion for schools and students. There is an even split in perceptions amongst universities as to whether the current process places enough emphasis on extra-

CLASS ADVENTURE HELPS GIVE STUDENTS THE EDGE

Class Adventure Commercial Manager Paul Warrilow believes more Universities should give students every chance of succeeding in the workplace by taking part in valuable non-academic experiences whilst studying.Class Adventure, part of World Challenge – the leading global provider of student-led overseas expeditions, currently works with schools, colleges and universities across the UK and offers one to seven-day adventure programmes at a variety of inspiring nationwide locations including the Peak District, the Brecon Beacons, the Lake District, Snowdonia and Condover Hall in Shropshire.

‘WORLD CHALLENGE’ AWAITS OLYMPIC STAR

Winter Olympics Gold Medallist Lizzy Yarnold MBE is the new brand ambassador of World Challenge.The 25-year-old Skeleton star, who shot to fame with her heroics on the Sochi track back in February, has pledged her support to the leading global provider of student-led expeditions. Lizzy, who originates from Kent but now lives and trains in Bath, is a keen advocate of the great outdoors and undertook a World Challenge expedition across the Maya Route (Belize, Guatemala and Mexico) with Maidstone Girls Grammar in 2006. And she still maintains that her World Challenge experience helped

GOING FOR GOLD!

The Commonwealth Games may be in full swing, but one determined athlete already has his sights firmly set on the Paralympics in 2016 - with his World Challenge experiences playing a part in the rehabilitation process.Jonny Young, originally from Belfast but now living in Nottingham, had led two World Challenge expeditions to Borneo in 2011 and Malawi and Zambia the following year, and was due to travel to Thailand in 2013. The 29-year-old said: “My career ambition had always been to use outdoor activities to travel and World Challenge offered me this experience. “As an Expedition

REUNION SUCCESS FOR ST MARGARET’S

There was plenty of cause for reminiscing at St Margaret’s Bushey (Hertfordshire) recently thanks to the sterling efforts of one determined lady.Months of detective work came to fruition for Michele Olie when eight of the original team who undertook a World Challenge expedition to Northern India in the summer of 1994 travelled from far and wide to reunite at the Independent School for Girls 20 years later. “My son is heading off on expedition to South Africa this summer and it dawned on me that it is now 20 years since we went off to India,” explained Michele, who was an art teacher at

STERNER TEST YET TO COME SAYS SCOTTISH ATHLETE

Bishopbriggs runner Kris Robertson may be lining up on a global stage for Team Scotland in the 4x400m relay at the Commonwealth Games later this month – but the 26-year-old still believes that his school’s World Challenge expedition to Malawi in October will be a tougher test!Kris ensured home representation at the Games in Glasgow (23 July to 3 August) when he, along with fellow athletes Grant Plenderleith, Jamie Bowie and Greg Louden clocked 3:06.58 at a qualifying event in Belgium. The quartet’s performance in Namur also placed them second on the all-time list for Scottish men in the

CONCERNS ABOUT LEVELS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW REPORT

New data released today by leading schools expedition provider World Challenge has raised concerns about the levels of physical fitness amongst young people.28% of young people applying to take part in a World Challenge expedition in 2013 failed to reach the company’s recommended level of fitness (sample of 5,000 young people predominantly aged 15-16 across the UK). As a self-selecting group - young people who wanted to volunteer for a physically challenging, overseas expedition - these results raise serious concerns about the general level of fitness amongst young people across the

DUO SET TO EMBARK ON VERY OWN WORLD OCEAN CHALLENGE!

Two employees will undertake a World Challenge expedition of their very own next year when they boldly attempt to row unassisted across the North Atlantic Ocean from New York to London.Both originally from the UK, Pete Fletcher and Tom Hudson, who now work at Work Challenge’s Australasia office in Melbourne, will employ the company’s ethos of Challenge, Participation and Environment to achieve their goal when they set off on their journey in June 2015. The challenge is set to take a gruelling 80 days with only 13 boats having ever previously crossed the North Atlantic from west to east,

WORLD CHALLENGE’S CLAIRE MAKES A DIFFERENCE AT STREET CHILD WORLD CUP

World Challenge employee Claire Davis has described her experience as a “privilege” after recently returning from the Street Child World Cup (SCWC) in Brazil.SCWC, in association with Save the Children, is a global movement for street children to receive the protection, rehabilitation and opportunities that all children are entitled to. And in April, over 230 former street children from 19 countries united in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a football tournament, festival of arts and a participatory conference for children’s rights. VIP visitors to the event ranged from Brazilian World Cup

MAYORAL VISIT FOR WORLD CHALLENGE

The Mayor of High Wycombe, Cllr Trevor Snaith, was a guest of World Challenge earlier today.He was invited to their Queens Road offices by Group Managing Director Matt Eastlake where he was given a guided tour of the leading school expeditions company’s offices and Operations Centre whilst meeting and talking to staff members. The Mayor also got together with a number of World Challenge’s In-Country Agents, from afar afield as Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and Sri Lanka, who are currently over in the UK for training. World Challenge moved to High Wycombe five years ago from Acton, West London

PRINCIPAL PRAISES WORLD CHALLENGE GLOBAL IMPACT

Ramsey High Principal Michael Thumm is a firm believer that School Expeditions Company World Challenge helps provide students with the necessary skills required to succeed in the United States’ increasingly global society.That is why he had no hesitation in allowing a staggering 88 students sign up for an expedition with the global organization for next year (2015). Six separate teams from the school, established in 1909, will travel to Ecuador (Latin America) for two weeks in July before two of the groups then head over to The Galapagos Islands – famed for their vast number of endemic

LEGENDARY EXPLORER SUPPORTS NEW WORLD CHALLENGE GLOBAL PRODUCT OFFERING

One of the world’s greatest adventurers, Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE, has urged more students to sample the “life-changing experience” of an expedition.Speaking in the foreword of World Challenge’s new global Challenger (student) Handbook aimed at delivering key learning, safety and expedition skills information, Fiennes said: “An expedition is a life-changing experience as well as a developmental journey that begins long before you take those first steps into the unknown. “The intensity and unpredictable character of the natural environment is what excites and stretches me to the limit and

WORLD CHALLENGE AND CLASS ADVENTURE TEAM UP

Leading schools expeditions company World Challenge has joined forces with Class Adventure to help offer a wider portfolio of UK and International based outdoor educational programmes for students from Year Three to Year 13 and above.Class Adventure, also part of TUI Travel Group PLC - the world’s largest leisure travel company, currently works with schools, colleges and universities across the UK and offers one to seven-day adventure programmes at a variety of inspiring nationwide locations including the Peak District, the Brecon Beacons, the Lake District, Snowdonia and Condover Hall in

WORLD CHALLENGE OFFERS COMMUNITY SUPPORT

World Challenge employees have helped make a difference locally by undertaking their very own ‘DIY SOS’ project.The global schools expeditions company, which has its head office in High Wycombe and works with schools in over 25 countries, paid a visit to Thames Valley Adventure Playground (TVAP) in Taplow, near Maidenhead on Friday (April 11) to help staff and other volunteers rebuild its Sensory Garden, situated in the middle of the 2.5 acre site. TVAP, a registered charity, has been operating since 1982 and provides a chance for children and adults with all types of special needs to

WORLD CHALLENGE WINS SAFETY AWARD

World Challenge has been recognised by The British Safety Council at its International Safety Awards for 2014.The International Safety Awards scheme, now in its 56th year, is open to UK and international organisations of all sizes across all industries and seeks to promote high standards of health and safety management practice in order to prevent workplace injury and ill health. The winning organisations span all sectors from the United Kingdom, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the West Indies. Alex Botha, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, congratulated World Challenge

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