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UK Challenge 2025 - Lake District

Joshua Edwards is raising money for Onwards and Upwards

Team: UK Challenge "UCL Team 1" 2025 - fundraising for Onwards and Upwards

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We run training programmes giving prison leavers practical skills and employment support to rebuild their lives. By creating small, beautiful and loud ventures, we mean to prove that employing prison leavers makes business sense, shifting attitudes towards hiring them.

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Help me raise money for Onwards & Upwards – a charity set up to break the cycle of reoffending by training, mentoring and employing ex-offenders.

Over the past year or so I’ve been on a bit of a transformation journey — a personal mission to rebuild my health, fitness, and self-confidence. It’s been a brilliant decision and a tough journey but I’m now ready to push myself even further. This July, I’m proud to be part of a UCL team competing in the UK Challenge — a multi-day adventure race through my beloved Lake District.

I’ll be running up mountains, cycling across rivers, orienteering over rugged terrain, and solving complex team challenges — all over three intense days. We’re doing this in support of Onwards & Upwards — a brilliant organisation that helps people rebuild their lives during rehabilitation. They launch and grow sustainable social ventures, giving individuals real opportunities and lasting support to create a better future.

👉 You can read more about their life-changing work here.

If you’re able to support this cause, I’d be incredibly grateful. Every donation — big or small — makes a difference.

Thank you so much.

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