fundraising

We’re thrilled to share that Mind Foundry has selected The Ulysses Trust as the beneficiary of their annual fundraising challenge – kicking off today! Their ambitious “Walking the World” challenge is now underway, with participants aiming to collectively cover an incredible 40,075 km over the next 275 days. Whether it’s pounding the pavements, clocking up […]

A huge thank you to City Veterans CIC for hosting a wonderful Carol Service at the Guards’ Chapel at Wellington Barracks in Westminster on 11 December 2025. It was a warm, uplifting event, and we’re truly grateful to have been part of it. We extend our sincere thanks to all the City Veterans and the

Previous Chair of the Ulysses Trust, AVM Nick Kurth (pictured centre), represented the Trust at the Aviation Focus Group (AFG) Christmas lunch on 11 December 25 at the RAF Club. Cadet Flight Sergeant Charles Johnson (pictured left) from 282 (East Ham) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets highlighted the great expedition support his squadron had

The Ulysses Trust is delighted to announce a generous donation of £60,000 from Forces Support, a UK charity dedicated to supporting the families of fallen service personnel. This significant contribution will directly enable cadet units across the UK to deliver challenging and life-changing expeditions for young people in the Army Cadets, Royal Navy Cadets and

The Ulysses Trust is delighted to announce that City Veterans CIC has selected us as their charity partner for the coming year. We are deeply grateful for their support and commitment to strengthening opportunities for young people across the UK’s Reserve and Cadet Forces. Our first official partnered event will be the City Veterans annual

The Ulysses Trust is delighted to announce the generous donation of £10,000 from Cambridge Management Consulting, an international consulting firm. This contribution will directly support cadet units across the UK to deliver adventurous and challenging expeditions to army, air and sea cadets. The donation was marked by a formal cheque presentation at Cambridge MC’s London

On Wednesday 7 May 2025 we hosted a special event at the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) to meet our special guests and Ulysses Trust ambassadors, Dr Amelia Wendy Searle and Louis Rudd MBE. Our guests were greeted by Sea Cadets from London Area Sea Cadets Adventure Training-LASCAT who escorted the guests into the venue. Following

Last night we hosted a special event at the Honorary Artillery Company (HAC) to meet our special guest, and Ulysses Trust ambassador, Ray Mears. Following introductions from the HAC’s Major General Simon Lalor and our CEO Polly Marsh DL, cadets Lance Corporal Tia Smythe and Cadet Honneki Samman Perrucha from the City of London Academy

Previous Chair of the Ulysses Trust, AVM Nick Kurth (pictured left), represented the organisation at the Aviation Focus Group (AFG) Christmas lunch on 29 Nov 23 at the RAF Club. The AFG is a member of the Trust’s Odyssey Circle and Nick presented the Circle Plaque to the AFG Chair, AVM Sean Bell (pictured right).

The Ulysses Trust was delighted to announce its fundraising plans for the coming years at its annual team briefing event at HMS President on Friday 7 July 2023. The charity’s Trustees have agreed to continue to use Morgen Thomas Ltd for The Ulysses Trust’s fundraising activities. The Trust Chair, AVM Nick Kurth, said, “I am

The Ulysses Trust, a charity that supports adventurous activities for the UK’s Volunteer Reserve and Cadet Forces, has today reached two significant milestones. First, with renewed support of BAE Systems, the Trust’s New Horizons fundraising campaign (launched in 2020 to meet the growing need for support for cadets) has crossed the £2 million threshold. Secondly,

On Thursday 1st December 2022 the Transformation Leaders network celebrated its ‘end year’ event in style at the prestigious Army and Navy Club in St James Square, London and raised a fantastic £500 for The Ulysses Trust. David Pinchard MD of www.transformation-leaders.com organised a book talk at the club featuring two distinguished retired veterans of

Our Chairman, Air Vice-Marshal Nick Kurth, attended an Aviation Focus Group (AFG) lunch at the RAF Club yesterday. Earlier in the year the AFG made a generous donation to The Ulysses Trust. One of the expeditions supported by this donation was an Air Cadet expedition (Ex: Big Lakes 2022) undertaken by 282 (East Ham) Squadron

Penal Company on the Falklands: A Memoir of the Parachute Regiment at War 1982 Our Vice Chairman, Phil Neame, has recently published his memoir about his time serving with the Parachute Regiment in the 1992 Falklands War . “One of the finest Falklands accounts, written by a man who was in the heart of the

Our Chairman, Air Vice-Marshal Nick Kurth, attended an Air Focus Group (AFG) lunch at the RAF Club last week. Earlier in the year the AFG made a generous donation to The Ulysses Trust to support an Air Cadet expedition undertaken by 282 (East Ham) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets in Snowdonia – Ex: Summit

Our MARCOMMS Officer, Paul Randall, completed a 50 mile bike ride on Sunday as he toured the hills of North Nottinghamshire to raise money for charity. The bike ride was in memory of his late brother, Peter Randall who would have been celebrating his 50th birthday over the weekend. Paul was supporting two charities for

On Thursday 5th December the Transformation Leaders network celebrated its 19th anniversary ‘end year’ event in style at the prestigious Army and Navy Club and raised a fantastic total of £3,500 for The Ulysses Trust. £500 was raised from various events that evening and a single donation from the network’s start-up Chairman, who added an additional £3,000

There is no idle moment for Trust Chairman, AVM Nick Kurth, who was guest of honour at a dinner held by the Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders on Wednesday night at Goldsmith’s Hall in London. He spoke about the work of The Ulysses Trust and the benefits the Charity brings. Nick passed muster as

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 were so treacherous that it

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