Non-profit event

What is it about? Does a drive from Leicester to Athens in August 2008 using beat up cars all for charity (Spinal research and Matt Hampson) sound interesting?  read more »

Entries now open!

Sign-up here

The Mongolia Charity Rally is the ultimate off-road adventure. The only 100% charitable rally to Mongolia. Departing from London on 5 July 2008 with a spectacular Mongolian Naadam, it will be just you, your vehicle and 10,000 miles of adventure.

All the vehicles that make it to the finish are donated to a charity foundation in Mongolia. You can take any vehicle you want: make it hard and silly with something completely unsuitable, or take something more serious and open up more off-road country and give the charity a great vehicle at the end.

Full details are on the Mongolia Rally website including how to Sign-up

Don't want to go in July? We can help you travel at any time of year.
Not from the UK? Don't worry you can join us on the route. We are also working on a rally coming in from the US.

Chat about this in the forums.

Road Trek Morocco 08

Can you and your team get a vehicle from Merseyside to Morocco
whilst having a go at a whole series of madcap stunts and challenges?

Ask Yourself:
• Could you get a photo of a nun in the boot of your car?
• How many nurses in uniform could you persuade to get in your car?
• How many hotel “Do Not Disturb” signs could you collect on route?
• Will your team all dye their hair pink?

Each challenge will earn your team points, the more extreme the
challenge the greater the points – The Team with the most points will
be crowned “King of the Road Trek 08” and awarded the Challenge Cup.

Have you got the bottle, ingenuity, cheek & cunning to take on
Road Trek Morocco 08?

The event is organised by UK registered Charity Pioneer People
Wirral, (registration number 1095310) and raising money for two
charities in Morocco: The Village of Hope and The Nichan Project

Full details on the Road Trek website.

The Sucata Run is an annual banger rally driving tour organised by the people at UK charity Gemin-i that takes place during the bank holiday weekend in August . Drive with them from Rouen to Cabo da Roca in Portugal, Europe's most Westerly point, and see some of the most spectacular sites in Europe, meet new friends, raise money for charity and have a truly memorable holiday.

   read more »

Why are we going?

The older I get the more infuriated I become with that which I do not know.
Places i've never been to, every country I haven't been to taunts me.. "ha ha you haven't come to see me".

I go into book shops like Borders or Books etc. during my lunch hour and every book that interests me that I haven't read mocks me from shelves. All the American writers i'm reading, the French writers I haven't finished yet and all the Japanese I want to read..

And the Russians !! The Russians wrote big f***ing fat books that i'm never going to get through.. like "Peter Petrov Petrovolovic my good friend.." and i'm like ahh! i'll never know what happened!

So I want to read all those cool books, see all those cool films and go to all those countries.. and this makes me realise that there is no excuse for boredom!
Which brings me back to the point, if you don't go you'll never know.

You can read all the books you want but it's all like empty facts. Like if you read a book about Egypt it's kind of cool, you see a photo of the Sphinx and it's kind of cool, but then you go to Egypt and stand in front of the Sphinx and for seven long minutes you'll stand there with your mouth open thinking *******!!
And your week in Egypt is 14 hours a day saying stuff like NO WAY ! Get the f*** out of here !

So anyway the point of this trip is to go out into the world and see new countries that I haven't seen before. To make things even more interesting i've put various limitations on transport to make it more like and adventure/challenge, and I would like to invite anyone else interested to attempt this epic journey.

London to Hong Kong by any way you want.

Departs July 2008.

Who's organising it?

Steven Moreno over at http://www.hongkongrally.co.uk/

What cars do we take?

You can only use a car with an engine of less than 1.3 litres. The
cars must NOT cost more than £250, repairs there after are your call
bearing in mind that if you can't bring your car back it will be
donated to the charity to be sold (probably for scrap). The lead team
will be Mini 86 with driver Steven Moreno and provisional navigator
Destin Summer.

Which charity is it in aid of?

Other than the adventure of it all the underlining reason for all
of this is to raise money for the COCOA Care of China's Orphaned and
Abandoned children.
Each team raises what they can for the rally
charity, with the bulk of the funds generated come at the end when the
cars will be sold or donated to the charity to be used by the
orphanages in some of the poorer harder to reach regions of China.

Why China's orphanages need your money.

• Every year around 30 million babies are born in China.
• As a result of China's 'one child' policy and it's traditional
  preference for boys, hundreds of thousands of girls and disabled
  children are abandoned each year.
• Many abandoned infants die from exposure. Others are picked up by
  gangs and used for begging.The lucky ones go to Chinese orphanages.
• Under funded and under staffed, the level of thesed orphanages is barely adequate.
• Through your help, COCOA can improve the conditions for babies and
  children in many of China's orphanages, by enhancing their quality of
  care and providing much needed equipment, medicine and trained staff.

Departs June 2009 12 to 16 weeks, depending on route and breakdowns.

London to Australia  read more »

North Korea. The ultimate destination for a charity rally...

North Korea, or more correctly the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is probably the most reclusive nation on earth. Sealed off from the outside world for the 50 years since the end of the Korean war, the country has developed under a unique combination of communism and the 'juche' ideal of the Great Leader, General Kim Il Sung. With so little known about the country much nonsense is often written about the country. This rally is out to blow away all those myths.

Routes

The routes are going to be very limited, if at all. Driving into North Korea will be through either the border with Russia or China.

When can I sign-up?

Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, maybe never. If anyone can get us into North Korea, it will be Koryo Group. They have spent over decade building up the trust of the North Korean guides and getting increasing access to the country.

Want to go to North Korea?

If you book a tour with Koryo group to North Korea please mention you heard about them through us, and Go Help will receive a donation.

All images are copyright Koryogroup and are used with their kind permission.

52 days by camel, how long by car?

The Timbuktu rally is the ultimate African adventure, taking in mountains, deserts and a camel or two in a 3000 mile quest to reach the town of Timbuktu in Mali.

Timbuktu was once a great city where the "rich king of Tombuto hath many plates and sceptres of gold, some whereof weigh 1300 pounds. ... He hath always 3000 horsemen ... and a great store of doctors, judges, priests, and other learned men, that are bountifully maintained at the king's expense".

Today, Timbuktu is an impoverished town, and our journey will be providing help to some of Africa's poorest people in Mali. Timbuktu is a UNESCO world heritage site and with local contacts we will be ensuring that your vehicles do not damage this fragile town.

When can I sign-up?

Sign-up will be opening in 2008 along with full details of the charity projects we are supporting in Mali. Make sure you are on the mailing list to keep updated.
Chat about this in our forums.