Challenge 2007 - a daring 1001 mile venture by tandem and K2 canoe from England to S.France to save a homeless center

Be inspired, be part of the team and be part of our project to save this essential life changing resource in our town!!!

Raising £100,000 to save the Wellspring Center

The Challenge

• Seek sponsored support for an epic daring 1001 mile journey over land and sea.
• Volunteers Brian and Peter will give up everything for 3 weeks, go homeless for the homeless to complete the journey.
• Tandem cycle 300 miles from Stockport to Dover.
• K2 canoe 30 miles across the English Channel, the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
• Continue by tandem across France via Paris, covering over 700 miles to reach Stockport twin town Beziers on the South coast.
• Visit homeless centers on route to promote and support their work.
• Promote local business that pledge support to help the greater community through sponsored support.
• Through education, highlight the local need in any town/culture for communities to engage in helping the homeless.

We welcome you to discover more about our daring 2007 challenge to tandem cycle and K2 canoe the journey from Stockport to Beziers. Brian Anthony who is registered blind, along with long standing fellow volunteer Peter McDonald from the the Wellspring center are taking their fund raising efforts even further in order to secure the future of their local homeless center. Dilapidated and threatened with compulsory purchase by the council, the Wellspring center has survived for 15 years serving thousands of visitors each year from the Cheshire and Greater Manchester region. Following on from previous trans-UK and round-Britain journeys, Brian and Peter now plan to K2 canoe the 30miles across the English channel as well as tandem cycle the 1000 miles between twin towns Stockport and Beziers.

Through hard work, determination and a passion to support the greater community, Brian and Peter hope their efforts will inspire education, business and society to consider those that slip through the net, and how we all can make a difference. Follow the links to find out more how your business can benefit from supporting this venture, or involve your school or organisation to realise how we can all make a difference!

With increasing property prices, reduced benefits and trends for families and communities to be more diverse, more and more are finding themselves in a situation where they have no one to help or no where to go.

The Wellspring Center is often the safety net and the first step for many to find a place in the community for receiving the care, advice and help from professionals to guiding them back into housing, employment or to a safe place!