Two cycle events this weekend with ATD

Across the Divide has a busy weekend planned.

Tomorrow sees the start of the London to Paris bike ride with Visa – who are fundraising for NSPCC.  They cycle over 300 miles in just 4 days but what an amazing trip if not an exhausting one.  They will start in the centre of London, cycle through the rolling Kent countryside, across the channel, along quiet French roads and into the heart of Paris finishing at the Eiffel Tower.  Why not join us on this event next year?

Then on Saturday sees the NSPCC once again with a cycle event in Buckinghamshire – the Big Bike Ride  A stunning cycle event through picturesque countryside with the choice of taking part in a 25km, 50km or 75km route.  Why not join them in Sussex next weekend?

BIG Red Bike Ride for the Red Cross

BIG Red Bike Ride

Why not join the British Red Cross on the Big Red Ride, a new charity bike ride from London to Eastbourne? Covering 75 miles the ride will start at Blackheath Common in south-east London a nd take you heading south into the East Sussex countryside and all the way to finish on Eastbourne’s magnificent seafront.
 
Olympic Champion cyclist Victoria Pendleton is joining the Big Red Ride so why don’t you?  Join here.
 
The British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.  The British Red Cross enables vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, they help people recover and move on with their lives.

THE BIG RED RIDE

‘Just’ Charity Challenges for 2009/ 2010

JUST EVENTS

Here are just a selection of some of the Just Charity Challenges we are running in 2009/2010

Just Bike is rapidly approaching, now just over 3 months away! We have over 20 charities actively promoting this event and lots more signing up.  Remember you can cycle for the charity of your choice and choose either the 50km or 100km route.  Find out more at Just Bike.

Just Walk 2010’s date has been set, 15 May 2010 and is promising to be our biggest one yet.  We are expecting over 1000 walkers so get yourself signed up on either the 10km, 20km, 40km or 60km route,  choose your charity – then away we go, it’s that easy, book your place now.

UK Three Peaks Challenge 21-23 August 2009.  An iconic British Challenge, as participants scale the three highest peaks in England, Wales and Scotland.  In total you will climb over 11,000ft of mountain within the target time of 36 hours – a lifetime experience and one to be immensely proud of.

Vietnam Trek 27 February – 8 March 2010.  A stunning trek in the remote region of Sapa.  Beautiful scenery and the chance to experience the culture of the local tribes makes this a fantastic challenge for any fundraiser. 

Pike Peak 19 – 29 November 2010.  This is a challenging trek through the most beautiful and remote parts of the Himalayas.  Our route is off the beaten track and allows access to hidden monasteries.  A wonderful sense of achievement as you reach the summit of Pike Peak.

For more details on the Just Events click here overseas or UK

Work for us – new opportunity

A new job opportunity has arisen at Across the Divide for a Operations and Development Assistant.  To support the ATD directors in the operational running and development of the company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / OBJECTIVES

• Manage the diaries of the 4 Directors, including travel arrangements
• Manage the Directors workloads when they are out of the office
• Liaison with non executive board members
• Preparing materials and catering for management meetings
• Assist in client and local agent liaison
• Assist in the creation and update of sales materials and presentations

To view more click here.

New position opens up at ATD HQ

We have an exciting new position open up at Across the Divide we are looking for an Operations and Development Assistant to support the Directors in the operational running and development of the company.

We are seeking someone with:

• Sales or marketing experience
• Customer service experience
• Presentation skills
• Experience of PowerPoint, Photoshop, Word, Excel and Dreamweaver is advantageous
• Experience of writing risk assessments

Personal competencies:

• Positive and enthusiastic nature
• Consistent and accurate work
• Self confidence and ability to use own initiative to find solutions to problems
• Good team player
• Integrity
• Reliability
• Flexible approach to tasks
• Effective time management
• Can communicate with staff, at different levels within the company

Further  information on the position of Operations and Development Assistant.

Men’s Fitness Magazine out now!

Go grab your copy of Men’s Fitness magazine to view some fantastic coverage about Across the Divide’s Namibia 24 hour ultra marathon.

Team Men’s Fitness went out and literally conquered with one of them coming in first….just. The race is gruelling and extreme but all runners did phenomenally well,  and the camaraderie was exceptional.

Join us in 2010 on the 24 hour Namibia Ultra Marathon

Malawi site visit carried out by Across the Divide

Across the Divide managing director Mark Hannaford has just recently returned from carrying out a site visit to the east African country of Malawi

Malawi in one of the poorest nations in the world but inhabited seemingly by some of the world friendliest – their catch phrase is that they are the ‘sunny heart of Africa’ and my experiences seem to bear this out.   The scenery also exceeded my expectations with a great deal more variation than I expected from high but accessible mountains to verdant tea plantations as well as numerous small traditional African villages easily matching most people’s expectations of the ‘real’ Africa.   It is also a highly traditional country with a well established network of missions dating back to Livingstone’s age of exploration engaged in a wide range of community initiatives along with a number of enlightened tourism operators who have also established a wide network of charitable or CSR projects – one of Across the Divide’s area of growth.

There are a number of excellent trekking areas in both the south on Mount Mulange and to the north of the country near the Ntchisi  Forest Reserve which has the additional benefit of being only two hour’s drive from Lilongwe and which will, with further investigation, yield some excellent and worthwhile projects.   A wide range of water sports are available on Lake Malawi including multi day kayaking trips.  

Will we be including Malawi in out list of destinations – yes you bet we are.

Many thanks for to the Malawi Tourism Marketing Consortium for helping making the  in-country arrangements.

Work for us…Challenge Events Coordinator

We have a new exciting job opportunity come up within our UK Events Team, for a challenge events coordinator.

The role is to assist the UK Events Director to plan and manage your own portfolio of UK based challenge events. You will be working within a team covering all details regards the creation, planning and delivery of a wide selection of charitable and corporate challenge events. 

Comments From Just Walk 2009

We had such a fantastic time at the weekend on Just Walk here are just a few of the comments trickling in:

To date our walkers have raised £9868 so should get to the £10K mark which we are absolutely thrilled about.They all had a great day and some looked very happy by the photos, ending up in a most acceptable pub congratulating themselves on their efforts.  Caroline Brookes at TreeHouse charity

Every one of the Just Walk Team made me feel special all through the event – it was as though I was the only person that mattered to them.  Stevie Parker

Across the Divide is now on Twitter!

Across the Divide is now on Twitter – http://twitter.com/AcrossTheDivide – come join us!!