Information for Charities: About Open Challenges 

A no risk, no commitment way of raising funds ... 

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There are huge advantages in telling your supporters about Discover Adventure Open Challenges, which are open to supporters of any registered charity:  

1. Benefit from one supporter taking part! No need to commit time and resources to recruit a minimum number of participants.

2. Open Challenges provide a wide choice for your supporters:

 - from UK weekends to classic worldwide destinations over five continents

- from trekking and cycling to survival and sailing challenges

You can offer a wide choice of destinations and departure dates with Open Challenges, whether you already offer Bespoke Challenges to your supporters or not.

3. Discover Adventure Open Challenges are consistently priced to offer you the best cost:income ratios around! At least 60% of the fundraising target stays with your charity.

We are the only tour operator to offer this, and we are proud to be the best deal for charities. 

4. No up-front payment is needed from you; you only pay the tour cost to us when you have received the fundraising from your participant: Open Challenges are designed to present no risk to you.

5. Flexibility for you and your supporters!

Participants daunted by the idea of the minimum fundraising target can choose our Self-Payment Option.

This means they pay their own tour costs, but send everything they raise to you as a simple donation.

Some charities promote only this option because it saves resources. You can choose to promote either the Self-Payment or the Fundraising Option, or both – it’s entirely up to you.

6. It’s very easy for your participants to register on a Discover Adventure Open Challenge. They can use the secure online booking and payment facility on our website via a simple link from your own, and it’s even specially-tailored for your charity!

7. No trip administration, leaving you free to concentrate on giving fundraising advice and encouragement. From our unique online charity log-in area you’ll be able to see certain details about your participants, but you do not need to input any of this data yourself! 

8. Don't spend time planning or writing trip information or newsletters!
Open Challenges give you pre-established trip itineraries, dates and fundraising totals, and we handle all trip updates once your supporter has registered. We also give you all the trip information you need to send out when supporters first enquire. All you have to decide is whether to promote them all, or a few!

9. Minimal promotional costs – all you have to do is let your supporters know about Open Challenges and we’ll do the rest! You can do this in many easy, cost-effective ways. From our online log-in area (coming soon!) you can access all sorts of promotional material to make your life very easy!

OPEN CHALLENGE BONUS SCHEME:

We know that letting your supporters know about our Open Challenges still requires some work on your behalf, so we operate the Bonus Scheme to reward you for your efforts!

Depending on how many of your supporters come on our trips in a given year, you could be awarded a FREE TRIP PLACE, or goodies to share with your colleagues including a Christmas hamper or box of chocolates!