Trek Sahara 2025
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Join our #FightingForce team and trek 50km through the Moroccan Sahara on a once-in-a-lifetime challenge raising funds and awareness to help find a cure for brain tumours.
Taking place during Brain Tumour Awareness Month, this six-day adventure includes two full days and two half days trekking across ancient dried-up river beds, ever-changing dunes and vast sun-baked plains. You’ll take in diverse scenic landscapes, camp under the stunning stars of the clear desert night sky (weather permitting), enjoy traditional cuisine and learn from your professional English-speaking Berber guides who have an excellent knowledge of culture and hiking in the region as you take on this incredible challenge.
A self-funded place on the trip costs £1,295, comprised of a £390 registration fee and a balance payment of £905 (due by Thursday 2nd January 2025). Participants are also required to raise a minimum fundraising target of £2,740. More information and details about our limited number of charity places is at the bottom of this page.
Once you have completed this form, we will send you an information pack, a recording of an information session that was held by Different Travel and Brain Tumour Research (to explain the trip and the costings), and details of how to book your place.
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OUR SUPPORTERS FEEDBACK
Clare Ruffell
I signed up to the challenge beginning two weeks after my 2nd crainotomy. I wanted an excuse to get up and get out, get back to fitness. I loved the walks I went on and the support from the group online was amazing. It was great to notice things in the neighbourhood I'd never noticed before. Being out side is definitely good for your mental health. Thanks for the opportunity.
Charlotte Lilley
MyFamily and I recently held our first fundraiser for Brain Tumour Research – a family rounders match. Around 30 of us took part in memory of my lovely Dad John Lilley who passed away in May this year from a #Glioblastoma. We are ‘John’s Crew’ and we had a great day in the sunshine with a very competitive game of rounders all for a good cause. We were really well supported by Brain Tumour Research’s community fundraising team and had lots of leaflets, banners and petition cards which we handed out to those we met during the day. We also proudly wore our bright pink charity T-shirts! Looking forward to organising and taking part in lots more fundraising activities.
Suzanne Davies
I was diagnosed with a grade 4 Glioblastoma after my surgery, which I chose to be awake throughout. Our son was 7 at the time and our daughter was just 4. That was enough to make me have a positive mindset from day one. Very fortunately my amazing family and friends have been extremely supportive. So far we have raised several thousand pounds for Brain Tumour Research. I have done several things including collecting ‘tins’ in local businesses, cycling 272 miles in a month, joining the Scottish team at the Scottish Parliament to raise more awareness and the latest was supporting some lovely people on their fundraiser at an Absail in Aberdeen. I clearly can’t run or jump myself given my situation but I’m always here to help anyone else who needs it. We desperately need more funding through Brain Tumour Research for a cure. To me Brain Tumours in children is so sad and wrong - let’s get this done!
Helen Ives
So to mark my Husbands 5th brainaversary I organised a ‘sing and Supper’ event. It brought together girl guiding friends, scout friends, choir friends and our friends and family for an evening of campfire songs and supper. I’m used to large scale catering so 60 jacket potatoes, beans, cheese and salad wasn’t daunting for me. I’m lucky to live on a farm so we had the space for everyone and I ask the local Network scouts to organise the car parking for me. I think the trick is to delegate as much as possible. Our youngest who is a cub leader organised the scouts and they also took turns to lead the singing. My guide friends helped me lead a few songs and I got my family up to demonstrate an action song. My choir leader lead a few also and it meant that no one was under too much pressure. That would be my advice. Share the load. And put a just giving on Facebook for those people who can’t come …. We made over £1800 in an afternoon.
Sally Pickering
I did the firewalk at York in memory of my Dad & Uncle who both passed away with GBM but 30 years apart. Also from the money I raised, the best thing was knowing if they both were still here how excited & proud they both would have been of me & that they would have been right behind me having a go themselves & causing absolute mayhem. They were real partners in crime.