charity testimonials

"At Habitat for Humanity we don't run our international volunteer programme just to raise funds and we don't run the programme to increase our rate of construction in the field either. We do it because we know that when volunteers come face to face with the struggle of living in poverty housing they instantly adopt the cause of the poor. Their lives are changed by working in solidarity and fellowship where it matters most at the heart of housing need in local communities. The issues that our homepartners face every day begin to really matter in a very personal way. Our volunteers bring the message of Habitat for Humanity back home with them.
 
"Our partners at communitychallenge give us a very reliable, personal service that creates the additional capacity we need both in terms of travel and in terms of hosting teams at their destination to enable the issue of poverty housing to be firmly implanted onto hearts and minds so that day by day it gradually becomes more and more unacceptable in our world today.
 
"By working with communitychallenge we have been able to siginificantly increase the opportunities people have to participate in the programme. That has meant we have been able to raise more funds too. But more importantly the work of communitychallenge in travel and hosting services allows us to concentrate on delivering the projects. By specialising in what we do best, together, we can ensure that everyone benefits, from our homepartners and local community groups all the way through to the volunteers and the organisations they represent."
 
Ian Walkden, National Director, Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (registered charity number  1043641)

"We started working with Charity Challenge in 2001 and did our first ever testing of this product with open challenges in 2001.  Since then we have grown our portfolio of events and now offer 8 bespoke bespoke trekking challenges per year with Charity Challenge. We also promote a range of Charity Challenge open events which are always popular.

"This year we launched two exclusive communitychallenge itineraries in Nepal and Cambodia which have proven very popular with our supporters. We look forward to many more years of fundraising challenges and continued support from Charity Challenge and communitychallenge.

"We choose communitychallenge because of the service, the quality and experience of the UK staff and ground handlers in-country. Working with Charity Challenge and communitychallenge, we have been able to increase our income from our challenge events programme by 400% over the last 5 years. I would have no hesitation in recommending Charity Challenge and communitychallenge to other organizations and we always have great feedback from supporters about their events."

Helen Walker, ActionAid (registered charity number  274467)