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British sports stars take to the water for the Artemis Challenge

27 • 07 • 10

Sporting stars Zara Phillips, Amy Williams and former England rugby international Martin Bayfield will this year join teams sailing in the Artemis Challenge at…

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Strong international line-up for the Artemis Challenge 2010

26 • 07 • 10

The fourth edition of the Artemis Challenge on Tuesday, 3rd August will see a strong international line-up for the annual IMOCA 60 round the…

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2009 Artemis Challenge prizegiving

2009 Artemis Challenge prizegiving: Sebastien Josse, Ellen MacArthur, Mark Tyndall, Zara Phillips

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ARTEMIS OCEAN RACING

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Simon Hiscocks


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Kids Company provides practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children.Their services reach 14,000 children across London, including the most deprived and at risk whose parents are unable to care for them due to their own practical and emotional challenges. For many, the roles of adult and child are reversed and, despite profound love, both struggle to survive.

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TOE IN THE WATER

SKIPPER

Steve White


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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a largely voluntary organisation dedicated to saving lives at sea, relying on membership fees and donations as its only source of funds. Since its conception, the organisation has saved over 137,000 lives and remains the UK’s primary source of rescue at sea, with the majority of the lifeboat men working as part time volunteers.

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GAES CENTROS AUDITIVOS

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Dee Caffari


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Toe in the Water aims to inspire the servicemen and women who have sustained injuries, including loss of limbs, to move beyond their disability and be re-inspired by life, using the platform of competitive sailing.

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VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT

SKIPPER

Roland Jourdain


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Founded over 70 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organisations in the world. They work in 48 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.

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AKENA VÉRANDAS

SKIPPER

Arnaud Boissières


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Chacun son Everest, the charity founded by Christine Janin supports children with cancer or leukemia through mountain climbing. Their slogan “one child, one cancer, one summit” summarises the method established by the first French woman to have scaled the roof of the world.

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VE1

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Ryan Breymaier


People with cancer living in outlying areas of South Devon and Cornwall have a very long way to travel for treatment. Derriford Hospital in Plymouth would like to have a mobile team that could travel to cottage hospitals to treat patients near their homes but they do not have the funds. So the Chemo Outreach Project is hoping to raise the £80,000 needed to employ two senior oncology nurses for a year that would visit hospitals in Kingsbridge, Tavistock and Liskeard.

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2007

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Estrella Damm
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Africa Viva

2008

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Pindar
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Earthwatch

2009

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BT
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Ellen MacArthur Trust

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