VENTURE TO VICTORY
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FUNDRAISING CHALLENGES & ADVENTURES THAT ARE NO HOLIDAY.
HI, SHWMAE, HAIDH, DIA DUIT!
Hello and thanks for visiting. My name is Simon Ford and following the loss of my fiancée several years ago I set up Venture To Victory with the express purpose of running extreme fundraising challenges in aid of various treatment and support organisations including the NHS, Royal British Legion, Alzheimer's Society, and more localised community groups.
Over that time I've taken incredibly committed teams on challenges all over the world, from the Sahara Desert to the Arctic, the rivers of Asia, the mountains of Europe, and through the most stern challenges the UK can offer. All with the express purpose of raising funds in the scrap against life changing and life limiting conditions and the pain that brings.
Lots of support from like-minded people has meant 'I' became ''We'.
The 'We' are now profoundly part of this. Nothing corporate. Nothing selfish. Just doing.
Have a look around our site. If anything grabs you and you have a mind to help save lives through one ridiculous challenge or other, give us a shout.
SCOTLAND 1st - 5th Sept 2025
BEN NEVIS TO LOCH NESS IN 5 DAYS - 8 PLACES
Challenge type: Charity Fundraising
SUB-ARCTIC SWEDEN 19th - 24th Feb 2026
26 MILES OF SUB-ARCTIC TUNDRA - 12 PLACES
Challenge type: Charity Fundraising
ARCTIC SWEDEN 2nd - 10th Sept 2026
ASCENT OF MOUNT KEBNEKAISE - 12 PLACES
Challenge type: Charity Fundraising
SAHARA DESERT 9th - 11th Oct 2025
THE ERG CHIGAGA DUNES OVER 26 MILES - 16 PLACES
Challenge type: Charity Fundraising
ARCTIC SWEDEN 24th March - 2nd Apr 2026
100 KM ACROSS THE ARCTIC CIRCLE - 12 PLACES
Challenge type: Charity Fundraising
SWEDEN 6th - 13th June 2026
5 DAYS OF SWEDEN WILDERNESS - 12 PLACES
Challenge type: Charity Fundraising
Hard
Charity Fundraising Adventures
Challenges that will push not only your fitness but your ability to learn different skills under the pressure of the changing environment around you.
Harder
Charity Fundraising Adventures
Not quite in the 'extreme' category but challenges that will push the relatively fit individual to their physical limits and occasionally ask more.
Hardest
Charity Fundraising Adventures
These are real expedition style challenges. The going is arduous and achievable but only if you can work as part of a team on the edge.