Deadline: 31-Dec-22
The Adventure Queens is inviting applications for its Grant to help women take on their first human-powered, boundary-pushing, life-changing adventure through providing funding, kit and mentoring.
What’s On Offer?
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Three lucky winners of the Adventure Queens Grant will receive the following goodies:
- A whopping £500 cash & £750 worth of fantastic Eddie Bauer clothing and equipment to fully kit you out for your adventure
- Mentoring and support from their fab Adventure Queens Community
- A rucksack fit for any adventure, from legendary outfitters Osprey
- £200 cash and a Premium Komoot Subscription (worth £79.99) and support and training to help you plan and track your route
- For the winner of the Jessi Tucker Memorial Grant: A full year’s subscription to Adventurous Ink, delivering a new adventure, travel or nature book every month
What are they looking for?
- At Adventure Queens, they firmly believe that adventures in the outdoors, where you are pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone can have an incredibly positive impact. They are looking for an Adventure Queen who is teetering right on the edge of terrified. She has never done anything quite as big as what she has planned and isn’t entirely sure that she can pull it off, but she is darn well willing to give it a go.
- If this sounds like you, go ahead and apply! There are a few things they ’ll be looking for in the grant applications:
- Your adventure is, at least mostly, human powered. they won’t argue with the odd bus or plane journey though to get you where you want to be! Bikepacking, running, hiking, cycling, pogo’ing…. inspire us!
- It’s probably your first big adventure and is going to be at least a few days long
- It can be based in the UK or in some far off land
- The grant would have a significant impact on giving you the gentle nudge you need to get out there and take on your challenge. Help us to understand why this trip is going to be a big deal for you.
- Ideally your adventure should take place between March and October (though longer trips that run beyond this window are also welcome). Those dates mean they get to share your story in time to inspire the next batch of grant applicants.
- Planning and taking ownership of a trip is a big part of the adventure so they won’t be able to support something that is part of an organised event or trip – you have to be the primary organiser.
- If your idea involves a ‘significant other’ (male or female) in your life – well done for finding an adventure partner in crime! But the Adventure Queens Grant probably isn’t for you. they figure that having your other half in tow is a great support vehicle in itself and you probably are in less need of the Grant and the support that comes with it. Whilst it isn’t an explicit requirement for your trip to be a solo adventure, they are really looking for applications where they can see you are pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and taking ownership over your adventure
- If you’d like to be considered for the Jessi Tucker Memorial Grant, your adventure should have a focus on connecting with nature
- You can only submit one application per year so make sure it’s a good one!
Eligibility Criteria
- If you identify as a gal , are 18 or over and live in the UK, this is for you. But it’s worth checking the bit on the kind of adventures they are hoping to support. And by ‘living in the UK’ you don’t have to be a UK citizen, but this country should be your primary base.
For more information, visit Adventure Queens Grant.
For more information, visit https://adventurequeens.co.uk/aq-grant/