Since 1992 we have granted almost £1.8M to over 21,000 Cadets and Reservists participating in adventurous training and expeditions around the world. To help us to do more to support Cadet units in particular in the future, we recently ran a survey to find out what you think about the Ulysses Trust, about Adventurous Training in …
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From 29 March to 5 Apr, a team of 8 Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force Reservists using Nordic skis will attempt to cover part of the of the extremely challenging Kungsleden (King’s Trail) in Sweden. Sponsored and planned by the Ulysses Trust, and underwritten by the Nuffield Trust, the expedition will be lead …
Odyssey 2014 – Kungsleden, Sweden Read More »
While the Ulysses Trust supports a broad range of adventurous training and expeditions for both UK Reserve Forces and Cadets, some activities that we support are particularly noteable. One such example is scheduled to take place in September 2014 when a team of eight servicemen selected from all branches of the UK Armed Forces, including …
Ulysses Trust Supports Services’ Makalu Climb Read More »
From 26 Mar to 29 Jun 2014, four Reservists will be participating in an eight man British Army expedition to Mount Everest. Starting from China, the team plans to climb the north ridge of the mountain with the primary aim of placing least one member on its summit. One of the Reservists, Flt Lt Ted …
Ulysses Trust Support For British Army 2014 Everest Attempt Read More »
December 2013 We are pleased to announce the launch of a new part of our fundraising initiative – the official Friends of the Ulysses Trust programme. Aside from the knowledge that donations are supporting a good cause, for a relatively modest £7.50 per month Friends of the Ulysses Trust will receive a professionally printed copy …
Friends of the Ulysses Trust Launch Read More »
The latest edition of our newsletter has now been published, and can be downloaded here: Ulysses Trust Winter 2013 Newsletter The 8 page newsletter features several full colour photographs of expeditions that we have supported over the last 12 months, key announcements, many interesting facts about the Trust, and further details of how you can …
Winter Newsletter 2013 Read More »
The Ulysses Trust again has a number of places for the British 10k London event, run annually in July by over 20,000 participants through the historic sites of London. See the British 10K website. It has traditionally focused on raising support for charities. We would like to invite all members of the UK’s Reserves and …
BRITISH 10k LONDON – Sunday 13th July 2014 Read More »
The Ulysses Trust is delighted to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales has kindly extended his patronage of the Ulysses Trust until 2018. HRH’s involvement began in 1991, when he agreed to become Patron of the Territorial Army’s expedition to attempt the first British winter ascent of Everest, a project that resulted in the …
A Quarter Century Commitment of Royal Patronage Read More »
David Mallam was Secretary of the Ulysses Trust until 2007, and continued to support our fund-raising until 2009. He died, aged 75, on 6th June. It was mid-1992 that David appeared in Project DARC STAR’s (the TA winter attempt on Mt Everest) expedition office – a converted freight container. David was a big man, and …
In Memoriam – Colonel David Mallam OBE Read More »
A leader both within the Royal Air Force and on rock faces throughout the world, Air Vice-Marshal Nick Kurth has now taken over from Colonel Julian Radcliffe as the new Chairman of the Ulysses Trust. Julian steps down from the role after several years of valuable service for which his sterling efforts are much appreciated …
AVM Nick Kurth Takes The Lead Read More »
Each year we announce the winners of the Ulysses Trust Awards for expeditions undertaken in the previous year. Our task was particularly difficult this year as the quality of entries was extremely high. Congratulations are due to the following winners in each category. Best Expedition – Adult Volunteer Reserve Winner 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regt …
Ulysses Trust Awards 2013 Read More »
General Sir Michael Wilkes, one of our founding Vice Patrons, died on 27th October 2013, aged 73. In June 1991, General Mike was Deputy Commander Field Army and Inspector General TA, when he was invited to London by GOC London District to “hear about what part of his Army was trying to achieve.” This was …
In Memoriam – General Sir Michael Wilkes KCB CBE KStJ Read More »
The Ulysses Trust has secured a number of places for the 2013 British 10k London event, run annually in July by over 20,000 participants through the historic sites of London. See www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk We would like to invite you to participate and help raise funds for the Ulysses Trust. If you have been part of a Reserve …
British 10K Run on Sunday 14th July 2013 Read More »
Charles Wilson from the Isle of Man Reserve Forces & Cadets Association is undertaking the WW2 Freedom Trail through the Pyrenees, the Chemin de la Liberte, and is looking for sponsors. To support Charles, go towww.bmycharity.com/Freedom In September, a team of Veteran OAPs are planning to walk the Grand Randonee (GR) 20 – a 200 …
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In August 2011, The Ulysses Trust led the planning and funding of a Tri-Service expedition of 11 Reservists, from the RNR, TA and RAuxAF that retraced the steps of perhaps the hardest and most famous wartime escape routes, ‘Le Chemin de la Liberté’, over the Pyrenees from France into Spain on Ex ODYSSEY. Le Chemin …
Ulysses Trust and UK Reservists take the lead in retracing daring wartime escape route Read More »
The Ulysses Trust celebrated its 20th anniversary by presenting awards to cadet and reserve forces who have benefited from its grants, for the best expedition and the best expedition photograph in each category. These four awards were kindly sponsored by the Adventurous Training Group (Army). Among the winners were a Glaswegian Army Cadet who took …
Ulysses Trust 20th Anniversary Read More »
In 2011/12, the Ulysses Trust supported 82 expeditions involving 1427 VRF and Cadet units members with a total of £152,000 financial assistance to challenging locations such as Greenland, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Central Asia, the Far and Middle East, Nepal, South America, Iceland and several European countries.
