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Urgent appeal : Humanitarian Response Fund
Thank you for opening MapAction’s Humanitarian Response Appeal. We need your urgent help as we seek to fund our continuing responses to humanitarian crises in 2023 and beyond.
If you fund MapAction you won’t be buying blankets, water, shelter or food. You will be making sure that as those items arrive they get to where they are needed most, as quickly as is possible.
The maps we make help to inform the activities of many different streams of aid, making sure that the most up-to-date information is being used to identify the greatest need. Understandably situation maps and data are not the first thing you might think of when hearing about a response, but just imagine trying to plan search and rescue, emergency health care or efficient aid delivery without maps showing you what is happening, where, and just as important, where the needs are.
Roberto Colombo Llimona, Head of the UN OCHA Assessment & Analysis Cell for the first phase of the Turkiye response, had to support humanitarian decision-makers immediately after the Turkiye earthquake. He said: “Investing in MapAction is a great way to support humanitarian operations…supporting Mapaction is supporting response directly”.
MapAction’s field teams are the most visible part of our activity, but more often MapAction members are supporting situations remotely, making maps, preparing data, each as qualified and experienced as the team members in the field.
Why Support MapAction?
MapAction has a unique capability to help in humanitarian crises. Turkiye/Syrian Arab Republic is MapAction’s 12th earthquake and our 137th response: we bring a wealth of knowledge, know-how and operational insight. Immediately after news of this latest devastating earthquake broke, UNDAC, one of many long-standing partners of MapAction, requested support.
MapAction responded immediately, as we always want to do. However there is a significant cost for MapAction to maintain and provide well-trained, well-supported teams, very rapidly. As an organisation we aren’t large enough to receive funds from the big TV and newspaper appeals, so we must raise the money however we can. This is increasingly a combination of trusts and foundations, corporate support, (often from mapping, geospatial and data-related businesses) and private individuals. We are grateful to them all.
If MapAction’s support can’t be provided when its asked for, responses to disasters may be less effective and more costly. Supporting MapAction can save lives, and make scarce resources go further.
Please help us to continue this vital work. Whilst highly-valued and regularly requested, MapAction’s response missions have no direct funding right now. We no longer need immediate funding for the Turkiye/Syria earthquake response, but we do need funding for the next mission and those after that, to ensure we can get on the plane without hesitation . Any donation, big or small, matters right now.
Donations can be made direct to MapAction in the UK, or to MapAction USA as a 501c3, who can also receive funds for this urgent work.
Please partner with MapAction to ensure that all aid gets to where it is needed most, for the many people affected by humanitarian emergencies. Thank You.
How maps can save lives when disasters strike
Prompt mobilisation of MapAction volunteers is helping the earthquake response in Türkiye and Syria. But as natural disasters intensify, the charity is appealing for funds to meet growing demand
Read more in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Land Journal.
London Marathon caps ‘year of endurance’ for MapAction volunteer, Alice
MapAction deployable volunteer, Alice Goudie, is running the London Marathon in support of the charity’s work, on Sunday 2 October, 2022. Read Alice’s inspiring story below and please consider making a donation to help Alice on her way.
The Marathon won’t be the only amazing thing Alice has done this year; in February MapAction deployed her to Madagascar to provide specialist mapping and data support for the humanitarian relief effort following Cyclone Batsirai.
Alice says: “I was delighted to see that one of our UN colleagues from the Madagascar response has sponsored me in the Marathon. MapAction is a fantastic charity that works to ensure humanitarian responders have access to the maps & data they need to save lives & relieve suffering. It needs every penny to make sure we can always be there to respond when asked, so this support means a lot.”
To qualify as a deployable MapAction volunteer requires comprehensive training as deployments can be under extreme pressure. In addition to Madagascar Alice deployed to support The Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian (2019) and Equatorial Guinea following a munitions blast (2020). She has also volunteered remotely on projects supporting Libya and Kenya and led a project with civil society organisations in Niger, Indonesia and Nepal, where she helped improve the use of GIS in urban responses where communities are affected by climate change. In her day job Alice is a Senior Location Intelligence Analyst for Emu Analytics.
The Marathon rounds off a remarkable ‘year of endurance’ for Alice, who cycled from London to Paris in 24 hours last autumn, and from Lands End to John O’Groats this spring.
If you feel inspired by Alice’s incredible efforts, whether in endurance or what she does when volunteering with MapAction, you can sponsor her run and support MapAction here.
Anne Kemp’s long walk back to normality
Anne Kemp is a previous trustee of MapAction. She has taken on walking the length of the South West Coastal Path and is raising funds for MapAction. Here she writes about why she is doing it and how you can sponsor her.
In March 2020, I started walking the Pennine Way (270 miles), motivated by a diagnosis of Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) – a type of cancer. At the time of the diagnosis, I was advised not to fight it but to learn to live with it – followed by a flippant remark that the worst-case scenario of a worldwide pandemic was unlikely to happen. This seems uncomfortably ironic now. Certainly, I didn’t realise in 2020 that I was walking into two years of effective shielding. I stopped four days into the walk due to lockdown, but finished the remainder of the walk that August, raising £8,600. A phenomenal amount and a phenomenal experience.
Last year I decided I wanted – and needed – to walk back to normality along the South West Coastal Path. I was partly inspired by “The Salt Path” – a book written by Raynor Winn about how she, with her terminally ill husband, set out on the South West Coastal Path following his diagnosis. In July 2021 I started planning the walk over 52 days for April/ May 2022: it would be over 630 miles and the equivalent ascent/ descent of four Mount Everest’s. Could the walk help me to be fitter and happier in myself about living with CLL?
It’s been a long haul the last two years not meeting friends and colleagues, and my family have made huge sacrifices to keep me safe… as well as putting up with my increasing hermit-like behaviour. But that was the point – I am safe and I am well.
So it’s now more than time to give something back and think of the many people who have been, and continue to be, less fortunate than myself. I do struggle with fatigue at times, especially on steeper slopes – but my stubbornness and determination have won through so far. My knees do protest – but not as much as they might (again, so far). But I still can’t think of a better way to walk back to normality. I do get lonely sometimes, especially in the evenings, but the opportunity to be alone with nature is a gift which will live long in my memory.
Anne’s fundraising page for MapAction.
MapAction in 2021
2021 was quite a year for both the world and MapAction.
There were many humanitarian crises to support and beyond that we had to adapt as an organisation.
See how we did in this StoryMap summary of our year (please click the link to get the best experience of this StoryMap).
Deepening the impact and effectiveness of humanitarian information
| MapAction has begun an important and exciting programme of work funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID BHA). |  |
The new grant, aimed at strengthening the sector, runs from 2021-2024. It will see MapAction working with local, regional and international organisations to ensure that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and information management processes are at the heart of humanitarian operations, including preparedness, anticipatory action and emergency response activities.
This work builds on the achievements of a previous BHA-funded programme that took place from 2017-2021, which helped improve the use of GIS and spatial analysis across the humanitarian response sector through preparedness work and training with key partners.
Specifically, the new fund will help us to address the key data and information management gaps at regional and national levels, as well as working with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and urban authorities at the local level. This will enable us to build on localisation initiatives and establish context-appropriate surge capacity.
It will also allow us to continue our work to develop best practice for managing information in humanitarian contexts and enhancing the policy environment.
It will be implemented by MapAction’s team of experienced and highly skilled staff and volunteers who will work closely with partner organisations to build on the relationships and foundations we have already established and develop new relationships with regional and national partners.
Our experience, skills and expertise, including in data science, means that we are uniquely placed to build on and share what works well in humanitarian information management, combined with the latest thinking in key areas related to data quality and preparedness.
By applying the best geospatial technologies to humanitarian problems, partner organisations can gain critical insights, enabling them to multiply their effectiveness.
Ultimately, this fund will mean that decision makers are better informed so they can more effectively anticipate, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
My London Marathon venture
By Ian Davis, MapAction’s Fundraising & Marketing Director
I’m 56, unfit and with the build of the wrong kind of Chippendale (short-legged wooden furniture, not under dressed male dancer). So why on earth am I running the London Marathon?
Because I’m raising money for MapAction, an organisation that enables mapping, GIS and data experts to volunteer their time and expertise to humanitarian emergencies. Yes, I know it sounds a bit geeky but what our volunteers can do makes the difference between vital aid arriving to the people who desperately need it, in time or not. MapAction volunteers sometimes work from home, but they are equally willing to jump on a plane, in the middle of a pandemic, and sit in a sweltering tent in Haiti, Guatemala or anywhere else.
Because, whilst I’ve been grumbling and groaning my way around the highways and byways of Oxfordshire in training, some of our volunteers have been doing just that in support of the response to the recent earthquake in Haiti.
I’ve had my path blocked by the odd deer, dog or heron on my travels, but at least the tarantulas are quiet around Oxfordshire at this time of year, and I don’t worry much about kidnappings or gunfights between armed gangs.
Please remember, by sponsoring me, or any of my fellow runners (see links below), you are really sponsoring the work of our amazing volunteers and this small but very important organisation. By doing it through one of our London Marathon fundraising pages, it’s also really easy to add Gift Aid which makes your donation go even further (and yes, it will make us all feel a little better as we try to complete this epic race).
Also taking part:
Raising vital funds through the London Marathon
Five heroic individuals are gearing up to run the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon for MapAction.
Our runners (and their fundraising pages) are:
Aaron Berdanier – running virtually
Ian Davis, who is Director of Fundraising and Communications at MapAction, is running this year and says:
“2021 is going to be MapAction’s most challenging year due to the funding landscape.”
“Hopefully by pledging to complete my first marathon at 56 and not being naturally suited to running, I can raise extra funds by showing just how much I believe in MapAction’s vital work.”
“Struggling through the training this summer I’m more appreciative than ever of the efforts of Aaron, Ed, Paul and Timothy. Every penny they raise is vital and I thank them.”
The event, which will help raise vital funds for MapAction, is scheduled to go ahead on 3rd October this year due to COVID-19, but as normal, the 26 mile course will start at Greenwich and finish at Buckingham Palace.
This year will be a record breaker, as along with 50,000 people doing the race in person, 37,000 are signed up to do a virtual race, meaning that they can take part wherever they are.
MapAction and HeiGIT partner to further geoinformation innovation
The Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) and MapAction have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining their plans to collaborate in a number of areas.
Both organisations share a common vision to support humanitarian mapping by providing innovative geoinformation services for humanitarian response, mitigating risk, anticipatory action and economic development. This includes developing up-to-date disaster maps based on OpenStreetMap (OSM).
In order to fulfil these objectives, HeiGIT and MapAction will work together on various activities involving research and development, teaching, outreach and fundraising.
Examples of current and emerging services we plan to jointly develop include OSM analytics such as Humanitarian OSM Stats, which provides detailed statistics about humanitarian mapping activities in OSM, as well as OSM data-quality assessment and improvement. Here, the ohsome quality analyst is of particular interest, which provides end users such as humanitarian organisations with information on the quality of OSM data for a specific region and use-case.
Further tools may include apps for crowdsourcing, data collection, navigation, routing and logistics services and machine-learning-based methods for data processing and enrichment.
We will also share knowledge, with MapAction contributing experiences aligned to HeiGIT’s teaching curriculum, and HeiGIT, in return providing teaching materials and research results to MapAction.
Make marathon history with MapAction!
The 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon is taking place on Sunday 3 October, with a record 50,000 participants running on the streets of the UK’s capital, from Blackheath to The Mall.
On the same day, an additional 50,000 people will have the chance to take part on the course of their choice from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 BST, wherever they are on the planet.
This remote event will build on the success of the first-ever virtual London Marathon which took place last year in which four fantastic MapAction runners took part.
Together, these participants will make history by creating the world’s first 100,000-person marathon. Would you like to be one of them?
We have a limited number of charity places this year; four in the London race and 10 in the virtual race – so if you’d like to take part in this unique challenge, while raising much-needed funds for MapAction, please register your interest by 1st May 2021.
We would love to find enough runners to participate on every continent, so please do share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested.
Join us and thousands of other participants on 3 October who’ll be celebrating everything the London Marathon embodies – fun, fundraising, fancy-dress and amazing community spirit – in aid of MapAction!
Not the normal London Marathon, but certainly not a dry run
MapAction patron Vanessa Lawrence CB and her running partner and god-daughter Jocelyn Moore (whose partner Steve is a MapAction volunteer and also a London Marathon veteran) ran the London Marathon for us together for the second year running on a very wet day in October. Here’s Vanessa’s account of the experience.
The 2020 London Marathon was named by the organisers for the non-elite runners as the ‘my race, my way’ London Marathon. Participants had 24 hours to complete the 26.2 miles (42.2km); you could start when you liked and finish when you liked and do it in any way you wished…so long as an electronic device tracked you, to ensure you completed the distance!
Sunday morning 4th October 2020, Marathon day dawned – but hardly! It was very dark, the rain was slashing down and a cold wind was blowing.
Jocelyn and I had planned the route, plotted it on an Ordnance Survey ‘custom made’ map (a good Christmas Present for those who like maps – £16.99!) and thankfully found a ‘long lost’ map case to keep the map dry.
We set off wearing full wet weather gear and the whole day was dominated by driving rain, a cold wind and lots and lots of mud!
Our route took us through pretty villages which were totally empty, across a windswept airfield, through ancient woodlands, along roads completely under water, over and under the M25 and past very interesting local landmarks. We had an encounter with about 70 bullocks who walked into ‘our field’ as we were about one third across it. They surrounded us but eventually they lost interest…phew!
Thankfully, two thirds of the way along the route, we stopped at a friend’s house. It was so welcome to get out of the driving rain and the biting wind to enjoy some warmth and a welcome cup of tea. We thought she was marvellous as she decided to join us for the next two miles to experience the horrible weather and took a photo of us both at mile 17, with still nearly another 10 miles to go!
Darkness fell early but thankfully we had head torches and hi-vis jackets with us and we arrived back at our start with 1.1km still to do…so we decided to walk around the local roads and thankfully that did the trick. 26.2 miles or 42.2 km completed!
Thank you so much for supporting us. The money thankfully is still streaming in and it is likely our final total will be in excess of £4000.
But please be warned; the London Marathon organisers are not subtle! They already have sent Jocelyn and I places in the ‘real London Marathon’ to take place on Sunday 3rd October 2021 in London when they confidently predict the pandemic will be over. Let’s hope so! But I am confident of one thing (well at the moment anyway!)…London Marathon 2021 probably will be my last Marathon as they really are a long, long way!
Stay safe and thank you again from us both.
Auction of famous antique map collection
MapAction ambassador Farhad Vladi is a world-renowned collector of antique maps. Over many years, he has travelled the world, seeking out the finest, rarest, and most beautiful examples of early cartography.
Now he is putting this incredible collection up for auction, with a percentage of the proceeds benefiting the work of MapAction.
Included in the sale is the first map to be printed from woodblock (Magna Germania, created by Ptolemäus in 1486), marking the start of modern map making, as well as maps from the world’s most noted cartographers, including Gerard Mercator, Willem Jansz Blaeu, Abraham Ortelius, Johann Baptist Homann, Sebastian Münster, and Matthäus Seutter.
MapAction Past & Future auction lot
Bidders can also purchase one of the first three MapAction Past & Future Packages. This will enable them to select a map from a back-catalogue of thousands of maps, each of which tells its own story. The map will be a framed, printed version, signed (where possible) by one or more of the team members that attended that emergency and made that map. MapAction will also provide a short description of the purpose and situation for which the map was made.
In buying a map from a past emergency, they will also be helping to fund MapAction’s ability to support future emergencies. To recognise that, the winning bidders can choose any map that appears in our online map library arising from a future response, and MapAction will send a digital copy of that map, along with a sincere message of thanks.
The auction takes place on 23 September 2020 at 12:00pm EST and is open to all. It will be hosted on Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, and Bidsquare.com. Bidders can participate online, through absentee bidding, or phone bidding.
2.6 Challenge success
At the end of April lots of people took part in the MapAction 2.6 Challenge, finding creative and impressive ways to get active using the number 2.6 as a theme while maintaining social distancing.
Bouncing, hopping, putting, running, cycling and swimming were some of the activities undertaken, measured in miles, minutes, multiples and – of course – maps!
We’re absolutely delighted to report that to date, the MapAction 2.6 Challenge has raised over £6,000, and we are still to receive our portion of a central fund to be distributed to participating charities.
This is a fantastic amount, and is vitally important to us as at the moment, when we are rapidly adapting our services to meet the fast-changing needs of our partners as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part as well as everyone who made a donation.
The 2.6 Challenge was the brainchild of the organisers of the 26-mile London Marathon, which was due to take place on 26 April. Like many charities, we had runners who were planning to take part, raising money for us in the process. It was disappointing for them and us when the event wasn’t able to happen and we’re hugely grateful to them for all the effort they put into training and fundraising.
Special thanks to the pupils and staff at Gateway School, Jonathan Hendry and 4 Earth Intelligence, Barbara Bond, Valerie Hindson, the Sims and Maynard families, Mike Denicolai, Pauline Newton, Dan Smith, Penny, Ian and Raquel for your great efforts while taking up the 2.6 Challenge. And thanks also to Stefan Schweinfest, Vickie White, Karen McDonald and Jonathan Hendry for your dedicated support in planning to run the Marathon for us, which is greatly appreciated. Next time!
Join the MapAction 2.6 Challenge
At a time when charities throughout the UK and around the world are being severely impacted by big drops in fundraising income caused by the Corona virus, MapAction is busier than ever before.
We’re helping national governments, the UN and humanitarian organisations across the globe make rapid sense of the COVID-19 pandemic and plan the best response, to save the most lives and minimise the long-term impacts.
Managing a pandemic of this kind requires the rapid collection and analysis of vast amounts of data. Without maps and data, those responding to the crisis are effectively blindfolded. This is where MapAction’s help is crucial. Our expertise in humanitarian information management and mapping is hugely in demand, as we face a global crisis of unprecedented scale. We’re having an impact, right at the heart of the world’s response.
At the same time, other humanitarian emergencies that existed pre-Corona, or have occurred since its onset – such as Cyclone Harold and the Syrian refugee crisis – require our urgent assistance too.
Like all charities, our funding has been affected by the COVID crisis. That’s why we’re asking all our supporters to take part in the MapAction 2.6 Challenge.
Here’s what you need to do:
- Plan a 2.6-mile route around your home using a tool like mapmywalk.com or the map app on your phone. Make sure you adhere to government guidance and social distancing measures in force where you are.
- Run, walk, cycle, scoot, hop, jump or anything-you-like around your route between 26 April and 1 May 2020. You could even do the same loop ten times to make it 26 miles!
- If you can’t leave your home, you can still take part by performing any activity you like 26 times (do 26 sit ups or 26 minutes of yoga, toss a pancake 26 times…). If you like, you can create a fantasy 2.6 mile map route that you plan to do one day.
- Take a picture of you doing your challenge (videos and GIFs are also v welcome, but make sure you include at least one photo), and a screenshot of your route map, if applicable. Send them to fundraising@mapaction.org with your name(s). (Route maps will be anonymised before we share them. By sending us your name and images, you consent to us storing and publishing them.)
- Share your picture/video/GIF on social media with the hashtags #MapAction26Challenge and #twopointsixchallenge. (NB don’t share a map that shows where you live.)
- Donate £26 – or whatever you can afford – to MapAction via this Virgin Money Giving page or set up your own 2.6 Challenge fundraising page.
- That’s it! You’re a super hero. Thank you!
As well as the money you donate, we will receive a portion of a central fund being collected from large corporate donors. The amount of that we receive will be proportionate to the amount of donations we receive, so please give as much as you can.
Huge thank you to our Ride London cyclists!
Cycling 100 miles from Central London out to the Surrey Hills and back again in a day is no mean feat (even if you are a former Olympic rower, as in the case of one of our bikers, Peter Beaumont)!
Doing it while raising life-saving funds for MapAction is even more noble.
So, we’d like to say a very big thank you to Peter and fellow MapAction cyclist Mike Denicolai. Between them, they’ve raised over £1000, which is a fantastic amount. We are hugely grateful.
Happily, they seem to have had fun in the process, too. “The ride went well; just one puncture and some bottlenecks along the way. But I made it and really enjoyed it,” Mike told us. Well done, Mike and Peter!
Mark completes gruelling Marathon des Sables for MapAction
MapAction volunteer Mark Poole has just returned from Morocco where he took part in the Marathon des Sables – a six-day, 250km run through the sands of the Sahara Desert.
Mark completed the epic race – equivalent to 5.5 regular marathons, with 20% of the distance across sand dunes, in temperatures of up to 48 degrees – to raise money for MapAction.
Mark is no stranger to endurance running, having completed a number of mountain marathons in his youth. However, he was still nervous about this challenge. “Whilst it wasn’t a completely unknown proposition, at 56, I approached it with some trepidation in light of its reputation. It was my wife Kathie who persuaded me to enter – something that I couldn’t resist reminding her of as she questioned our sanity in the small hours of the morning on the long stage.”
Thanks to match funding from his employer BP, Mark has raised a staggering £4,300, which will be used to help ensure disaster management teams around the world have the data and maps they need to effectively respond to humanitarian emergencies, such as the recent flooding in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai.
We’re extremely grateful to Mark for undertaking this enormous challenge for MapAction, and to Kathie for asking him to do it with her!
If you’d like to sponsor Mark, you can do so here. Your donation will be matched by BP.
Countdown to the London Marathon
It’s just over a week until the 2019 London Marathon. Five fantastic MapAction runners are making their final preparations for the big race, and some of them are feeling quite nervous. We’re looking forward very much to cheering them on at miles 13 and 22 and celebrating with them when they cross the finish line. If you fancy coming to join us, please get in touch with Ian.
We’re extremely grateful to all our runners for taking on this epic challenge, and raising money to enable us to continue to help get aid to where it’s needed in humanitarian emergencies.
You can find out more about why they’re running for MapAction and donate via their fundraising pages:
Alistair Wilkie is a MapAction volunteer. This will be his first marathon for 27 years! 
Caroline Robbins is running to show how proud she is of her sister, MapAction volunteer Jo Robbins 
MapAction volunteer Pip Hamilton is running her third consecutive London Marathon for us 
Jocelyn Moore is running with her godmother, MapAction Patron Vanessa Lawrence
Last chance to join the London Marathon!
We unexpectedly have one space available for this year’s London Marathon on Sunday 28 April. Now’s your chance to trump all your friends’ new years’ resolutions by joining our fantastic team of runners taking part in this incredible event!
To secure the place, we ask you to pledge to raise £1350 for MapAction. This will spur you on while also enabling us to provide lifesaving information and maps to help save lives and minimise the impacts of disasters around the world. We can help you get the word out and give you help, advice and fundraising tips. And of course we’ll be there on the day to cheer you on and help you celebrate crossing the finish line.
If you’d like to find out more, drop us an email at fundraising[at]mapaction.org, or register your interest here. The deadline for applications is Thursday 17 January.
Will 2019 be your year to do something amazing?
Huge thank you to our London Marathon runners
Four runners, including two new MapAction members, defied the heat at the hottest London Marathon on record on Sunday to run the race and raise thousands of pounds for MapAction.
We’d like to say a very big thank you and well done to Steve Penson, Pippa Hamilton, Iain Brackenridge and Richard Wood. It was Pippa’s second consecutive year running for MapAction and Iain has previously run the gruelling Marathon des Sables for us. Steve and Pippa both joined our humanitarian mapping volunteer team earlier this year.
Despite the warm temperatures, all four runners completed the course safely and with good times. We were on hand to cheer them on at the halfway point and at mile 22. So far, they have raised a fantastic £6,500 which will help fund our work providing vital geographic information to help people in crisis.
Be part of #TeamMapAction with RideLondon 100!
This July why not test your cycling prowess with the best of them on the 100-mile route made famous by the London 2012 Olympic road race!
The shear enjoyment and exhilaration of riding on closed roads through the 2012 Olympic road route is worth entering the ride for, along with the camaraderie of 25000 cyclists, cycling past all those landmarks, finishing on the Mall and not forgetting raising money for such an important cause.
Colin, RideLondon participant 2015
Apply for a MapAction place for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey event today!
Date: Sunday 31 July 2016
Location: The event starts in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and follows a 100-mile route on closed roads through London and into the spectacular Surrey countryside.
Registration fee: £50
Sponsorship target: £500
Difficulty level: People of all abilities are welcome, but please be aware that the route involves some challenging hill climbs. Participants are expected to complete the 100-mile route within 8.5 hours.
What support do you get?
- A dedicated point of contact to help you with your fundraising
- A support team on the day
- Well-earned refreshments and a massage to welcome you at the end
- A branded MapAction cycling top once you’ve raised over £200
- The knowledge that your fundraising efforts will help deliver our emergency mapping service to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.
How to apply: Please complete our short online application form to register your interest.
Got your own place? We’d love to welcome you to #TeamMapAction! There is no minimum sponsorship, but if you raise over £200 you too can earn one of our stylish MapAction cycling tops! For more information, please email fundraising@mapaction.org or call 01494 56 88 99.
Rise to the challenge of RideLondon 100
UK, 17 Mar – DEADLINE EXTENDED…..This August test your cycling prowess with the best of them on the 100-mile route made famous by the London 2012 Olympic road race.
“The atmosphere on the day was electric. It was such an inspiring experience and wonderful to know I was raising money for such an important cause.” Lucy, past RideLondon participant
Why not apply for a MapAction place for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey event today?
Date: Sunday 2 August 2015
Location: The event starts in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and follows a 100-mile route on closed roads through London and into the spectacular Surrey countryside.
Registration fee: £50
Sponsorship target: £500
Difficulty level: People of all abilities are welcome, but please be aware that the route involves some challenging hill climbs. Participants are expected to complete the 100-mile route within 8.5 hours.
What support do you get?
- A dedicated point of contact to help you with your fundraising
- A support team on the day
- Well-earned refreshments and a massage to welcome you at the end
- A branded MapAction cycling top once you’ve raised over £200
- The knowledge that your fundraising efforts will help deliver our emergency mapping service to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.
How to apply: Please complete our short online application form below to register your interest.
Got your own place? We’d love to welcome you to Team MapAction! There is no minimum sponsorship, but if you raise over £200 you too can earn one of our stylish MapAction cycling tops! For more information, please contact Melina on info@mapaction.org or call 01494 56 88 99.
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Run the London Marathon for MapAction
UK, 15 Dec – Final chance to run the London Marathon for MapAction! The charity has been lucky enough to secure guaranteed places in the Virgin London Marathon for next April. You can find out more about what it means to join Team MapAction and register your interest at: www.mapaction.org/marathon.
Places are limited, so please register by 12pm GMT Wednesday 17 December to be in with a chance of joining Team MapAction!
RideLondon 100 bike ride for MapAction
UK, 5 Feb – Be part of something amazing this August. You can test your cycling prowess with the best of them on the 100-mile route made famous by the London 2012 Olympic road race.
Lucy took part in the event last year: “The atmosphere on the day was electric. It was such an inspiring experience and wonderful to know I was raising money for such an important cause.”
Date: 10 August 2014
Location: The event starts in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and then follows a 100-mile route on closed roads through London and into the spectacular Surrey countryside
Registration fee: £50. This contributes to the cost of your place and your MapAction cycling top.
Minimum sponsorship: £500, but don’t worry – we will support you with fundraising help and advice.
Difficulty level: People of all abilities are welcome, but please be aware that the route involves some challenging hill climbs. Participants are expected to complete the 100-mile route within 9 hours.
What do you get for your money?
- A branded MapAction cycling top
- A dedicated point of contact to support you with your fundraising
- A support team to help you on the day
- Well-earned refreshments and a massage to welcome you at the end
- The knowledge that your fundraising efforts will help deliver our emergency mapping service to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.
Please Note: All spaces have been filled.
Interested in running for MapAction?
UK, 11 Nov – Interested in running the London Marathon for MapAction next April? MapAction is delighted to announce it has a limited number of places available for the London Marathon 2014.
We ask our runners to commit to raising at least £1,500 and pay a £100 registration fee to secure their place. In return, you will receive a branded MapAction running top and have access to our post-race reception room, where you can enjoy a well-earned massage and refreshments. We support our runners every step of the way with their training, fundraising and on the big day itself. We would love you to join the team.
Places are in high demand for this prestigious event, so if you’re interested in running for MapAction, please complete the following form – MapAction London Marathon 2014 – by Friday 22 November and we will get right back to you.
London Marathon 2013
UK, 7 Nov – MapAction has been lucky enough to secure guaranteed places in the Virgin London Marathon for next April. You can find out more about what it means to join Team MapAction and register your interest at – www.mapaction.org/marathon.
Places are limited, so please register by Monday 19 November to be in with a chance of joining Team MapAction!
Marathon runners reach over £25,000
UK, 25 Apr – On Sunday 22 April six lovely people took part in the London Marathon in aid of MapAction. We’d like to say a HUGE thank you to…
- Christopher and Sarah Egerton-Warburton
- Chris Holcroft
- Ian Holt
- John Lyon
- Naomi Morris
for raising over £25,000 for our emergency mapping service. Thank you also to everyone who lined the streets to cheer them on.
Chris Holcroft, one of our runners, commented:
“Doing the 2012 London Marathon was a life enriching experience that was full of fun, emotion, hardship and achievement. It gave our team of six runners a chance to make a vital contribution to MapAction, a unique charity that uses geographic information to save and improve the lives of those affected in humanitarian crises and natural disasters. It demanded a heck of a lot from us, but at the same time MapAction supported us and helped us very well at every stage of the process. I would certainly do it again.”
If you’re interested in running the London Marathon for MapAction in 2013, please contact Chloe Browitt – 01494 56 88 99.
Kili challenge to MapAction supporters
TANZANIA, 20 Oct – A challenge has been laid down to people who want to help MapAction in its vital work. The charity is inviting supporters to climb Africa’s highest peak and the highest freestanding mountain in the world, Kilimanjaro.
Other challenge events benefiting MapAction in 2011 will include a London to Paris cycle ride and trekking through the High Atlas of Morocco.
The charity’s chief executive Nigel Woof said: “We know many of our supporters share MapAction’s own spirit of adventure. To those who want to make a real difference to our work, we invite you to raise funds by climbing Kili for MapAction in 2011, or tackling another of our challenge events. Whilst helping us in our mission, you’ll also be broadening your own horizons – literally!”
MapAction has teamed up with the world’s most experienced operator of fundraising treks and challenges. This is aimed at ensuring that the challenge events are well organised and guided, with an emphasis on ensuring participants complete the trip safely. Costs and commitments are transparent and participants can ensure that MapAction will receive the maximum benefit from their efforts before, during and after the trip.
For more information email info@mapaction.org.
MapAction supporter to run London marathon
UK, 9 March – John Lyon, Geographical Association’s programme director, is running the Virgin London Marathon 2010 on behalf of MapAction. John has had some interesting training runs as the photos on his JustGiving website show. We thank him for his support and wish him all the best for Sunday 25th April – http://www.justgiving.com/John-Lyon