EVENT: Tania Noakes: The Length of Norway by Skis
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Wheelie Well Done Nick!
Wheelie Well Done Nick!
Congratulations to our Chairman, AVM Nick Kurth, for completing the RideLondon - Surrey 100 yesterday in truly awful conditions and raising a fantastic £6,287 for The Ulysses Trust.
After a long spell of sunshine the timing of the inevitable downpour could not have been worse. The conditions during the bike ride...
Chairman’s Fundraising Bike Ride
Chairman’s Fundraising Bike Ride
Ulysses Trust Ambassador Completes 25th Anniversary Expedition
Ulysses Trust Ambassador Completes 25th Anniversary Expedition
Tania Noakes has become the first British woman to complete the classic Norge På Langs, or ‘Norway from end to end’. She has skied and trekked more than 2,500 Km over 82 days across snow and ice to reach her destination, Nordkapp – earlier today.
Tania made the journey to raise...
Inspiring Ice Maidens Help Launch Charity Appeal
Inspiring Ice Maidens Help Launch Charity Appeal
Two British Army Reservists from the hugely successful ICE MAIDEN expedition will be joining fellow Antarctic crossers from the award-winning SPEAR 17 expedition at the Ulysses Trusts’ 25th Anniversary Reception at Lancaster House on Thursday 15th February 2018.
Ice maidens Major Sandy Henne and LSgt Sophie Montagne are two of the...
Congratulations Ice Maidens – First All-Female Team To Cross Antarctica Using Muscle Power Alone
Congratulations Ice Maidens – First All-Female Team To Cross Antarctica Using Muscle Power Alone
The Ice Maiden Expedition has become the first all-female team to cross the Antarctica continent from coast-to-coast using muscle power alone.
The Ulysses Trust is proud to have been a major sponsor for such a challenging and ambitious expedition.
After spending 62 days on the ice, the six soldiers crossed the finish line at...
SPEAR17 Wins Award
SPEAR17 Wins Award
Congratulations to the SPEAR17 for winning the Military Awards 2017 'Inspiring Others' category, otherwise known as 'the Millies'.
The SPEAR 17 expedition (supported by the Ulysses Trust) consisted of a team of British Army reservists who completed a coast-to-coast crossing of Antarctica earlier this year.
Upon completing their 1,100-mile expedition, the team of...
25th Anniversary
As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations the Ulysses Trust is launching an appeal to raise £1.5m by the end of 2021 to significantly increase the amount of support we can give to cadet expeditions.
Our ambassador, Tania Noakes, is embarking on an expedition to raise funds for the appeal. Tania...
Winter Newsletter 2017
Winter Newsletter 2017
The latest edition of our newsletter is out now.
This edition contains:
+ An introduction to our new Vice Patron, Viscount Chelsea and ambassadors Levison Wood and Tania Noakes
+ Expedition reports
+ The Prince of Wales's Expeditionary Awards 2016
+ Our 25th Anniversary Appeal
+ An update on SPEAR17
Click the Ulysses Trust Newsletter...
Birmingham Cadets Visit the USA for the Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge
Birmingham Cadets Visit the USA for the Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge
In July 2017, 11 cadets and 3 Cadet Force Adult Volunteers from TS Stirling Sea Cadets in Birmingham set off for the adventure of a lifetime in the USA - Exercise Stirling Venturer 2017.
The group consisted of six senior cadets from the community side of TS Stirling and five, newly enrolled cadets...
Ex Ice Maiden Antarctica Challenge Team Announced
Ex Ice Maiden Antarctica Challenge Team Announced
We are delighted to be a major sponsor of Ex Ice Maiden, the first all-female traverse of Antarctica scheduled to take place later this year, and we are thrilled to report that the final team sheet is in and there are two Reservists on the team! Their full message...
Phil Neame Awarded MBE in 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Phil Neame Awarded MBE in 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List
We're delighted to report that our Founder and Deputy Chairman, Philip Neame, has been awarded an MBE in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for Voluntary Service to Reserve Forces and Cadets.
Phil founded the Ulysses Trust on the back of a winter Everest attempt in 1992. The Trust is now...
Ulysses Trust Annual Review 2016
Ulysses Trust Annual Review 2016
The end of 2016 marked a major transition point for the Ulysses Trust. Aside from the considerable achievement since 1992 of raising some £2.7M to help nearly 33000 individuals take part in some 2600 expeditions, the Trust itself has raised its game in the run up to our 25th anniversary in...
Prince of Wales’s Best Expedition Awards 2016
Prince of Wales’s Best Expedition Awards 2016
Each year the Ulysses Trust presents awards for the annual Best Expedition to the following categories – Volunteer Reserve Forces, University Units and Cadet Forces to highlight the very best in leadership, challenge, courage and planning. The expeditions for the Ulysses Trust 2016 Awards have been selected using the award...
Congratulations As Spear17 Crosses The Finish Line
Congratulations As Spear17 Crosses The Finish Line
Huge congratulations are due to the SPEAR17 team who have successfully crossed the finish line of their epic trek becoming part of a very exclusive band of brothers. To put it another way, more people have walked on the Moon than have achieved the remarkable feat...
The Winter 2016 Newsletter Has Arrived!
Winter has arrived, bringing with it the joys of frosty morns, roaring log fires, hot toddies, and the obligatory public transport delays caused by any number of weather based line blockages. Never fear, because while you're waiting for the leaves to be swept from the line, the Ulysses Trust Winter...
Duke of Westminster, Vice Patron of the Ulysses Trust, Dies Aged 64
The Trust is saddened to announce the death of Major General His Grace The Duke of Westminster KG CB CVO OBE TD CD DL who passed away after a short illness on the 9th August 2016. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the 6th Duke of Westminster, became a Vice Patron of...
Summer Newsletter 2016
Summer Newsletter 2016
Nothing beats an English summer, relaxing outside in the afternoon sun with the soothing sounds of the village cricket match filtering through on the light breeze, a cool drink in one hand, and a copy of the Ulysses Trust summer newsletter in the other.
In this edition we focus on the...