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We provide Hospice care & support to patients and their loved ones living in Kent and East Sussex. Learn more about how we can help you.
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What to Expect:
Total Duration: 6 days
Spend six incredible days in Morocco, with four full days dedicated to trekking through the spectacular Sahara.
Trekking Days: 4 days
Experience four action packed days on foot, exploring vast desert plains, rolling sand dunes and rugged terrain, all with expert support and guidance.
Distance: 36–48 km
You’ll cover between 36 and 48 km in total, depending on the route taken.
Accommodation: Hotels & Desert Camping
Enjoy a comfortable hotel stay at the beginning and end of your adventure. In the desert, you will camp under the stars in traditional Bedouin-style tents, an unforgettable experience.
Challenge Level: Challenging (1/3)
This trek is physically demanding but achievable with training. Ideal for those with a good level of fitness and a taste for adventure!
What's included on your trip?
- Return flights from London Airport to Morocco with all associated airport taxes and fuel surcharges
- Transfers as per itinerary
- Accommodation
- Tents and camping equipment
- Meals from dinner on day 1 through to breakfast on day 6
- In-country support team made of porters, cooks, local English-speaking guide/s
- Drinking water throughout the trek
Choose Your Payment Option
There are two exciting ways to join this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Pick the option that works best for you!
Option 1: Minimum Sponsorship
- Registration Fee: £199 (non-refundable, paid to Global Adventure Challenges)
- Minimum Sponsorship: £2,000 (raised for Hospice in the Weald)
Raise vital funds for Hospice in the Weald as part of your epic journey! Once you’ve registered, you’ll commit to raising a minimum of £2,000 in sponsorship.
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80% (£1,600) must be received by 11th November 2026 to secure your place.
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The remaining 20% should be sent within 3 weeks of your return.
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The charity will cover the remaining challenge costs using the funds you raise.
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Raise over and above your target and every extra penny will go directly to supporting our care!
Option 2: Self-Funding
- Registration Fee: £199 (non-refundable, paid to Global Adventure Challenges)
- Challenge Balance: £1,105 (due by 11th November 2026)
Prefer to cover the cost yourself?
This flexible option allows you to fully fund your adventure. There’s no minimum fundraising requirement but we would love for you to raise what you can. Every pound helps us provide outstanding care for those who need it most.
Chris’s story
Do it for yourself. Do it for those you love. Do it now.
When Chris lost his fiancée Fran to bowel cancer in July 2021, everything changed.
Fran was just in her early thirties. Brave, she was always hopeful and determined she would get better right until the end. During those long months of illness, much of it during Covid restrictions, walking outdoors became his headspace, an escape, a way of holding on to each other when life felt impossibly heavy.
The Hospice in the Weald became a lifeline. A place where difficult conversations were held gently, where nurses understood, truly understood, the depth of what they were facing: Chris said, “It was a place where I could be Fran’s fiancé rather than her carer”, “I didn’t have to explain her complications and medication they just knew. Although the look on their faces when they saw how young Fran was, I will always remember”
“One of Fran’s gifts to me was her family “and being at the Hospice in many ways gifted Chris back to himself too, allowing experienced nurses to care for Fran and understand Fran’s complications.
And when Fran died, the Hospice didn’t stop caring. “I am so glad I have started bereavement counselling before Fran passed so I could unload in a way that I couldn’t in front of Fran and her family”
Providing physical, medical and emotional support through our services, the Hospice provides care completely free of charge to patients with a life limiting illness and their loved ones. A Journey Toward Healing
In the rawness that followed Fran’s death, Chris joined the Hospice Run very quickly following the loss of Fran. He was exhausted, angry, emotional, and yet it helped start his grieving process. Fundraising felt natural. Giving back felt right.
Whilst training for a Kilimanjaro trek with MacMillan, in memory of Fran, there was an opportunity to join the Camino trek for Hospice in the Weald with both being charities so close to Chris’s heart.
“I was nervous to join the group, not the trek but the group environment, I was the only male in the group and was apprehensive about meeting people who had also suffered loss. I was conscious I had lost Fran who was so young, whereas other groups I had been to were full of people who had lost partners who were mainly older and usually were male partners. But the pre-meet helped break the ice, and having the group WhatsApp eased the fear, getting the conversation out there early”
Chris found that on the actual trek he could share parts of Fran’s story, parts of his own, and still retreat into silence when he needed space. Nature did what nature always seems to do, heal. Chris said “Walking in a group of people who had a common theme didn’t define us; but it allowed us to be open and honest about our feelings and broke down boundaries early”
Those days became part of Chris’s journey forward. Part of rebuilding a life he never expected to live without Fran. Part of realising that he wasn’t alone and didn’t have to pretend to be strong.Today, Chris gives back however he can and champions the hospice that supported him, Fran, and her family so profoundly.
Chris said “It doesn’t end when someone passes away, moving forward after that with the Hospice’s help has been extremely important to me, and I know it’s what Fran wanted”
His message to anyone considering the next challenge, the Sahara?
“Life doesn’t always work out the way you think it will. If there’s something you want to do, don’t wait.” Chris
Now it’s your turn.
Join #TeamWeald and Conquer the Sahara
From 4–9 February 2027, take on an unforgettable 4-day trek across the breath taking Sahara Desert. An opportunity to be part of an amazing journey with stunning views, sleep under incredible star studied skies, a chance to experience something new, challenge yourself and discover a world that
will stay with you forever.
Most importantly: every step supports Hospice in the Weald, helping families like Chris and Fran’s feel safe, supported and never alone.
Are you ready? The difference you can make is huge
Register you interest , for a live link to the team to find out more on 8th January 2026 – 6.30pm