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Sahara Challenge 2012: introducing Jeanie Smith

Lovely Jeanie is no stranger to fundraising for The Body Shop Foundation; not only did she run 26 miles in the first Brighton Marathon EVER for us, she’s only gone and signed up for the Sahara Trek too! As gorgeous on the inside as she is on the outside, Jeanie is our dark horse and secret weapon when it comes to stamina!  We’re relying on her to keep us all going when the going gets tough (no pressure) but enough from us, here’s more about the rather wonderfuly Jeanie in the 10 questions we ask absolutely everyone…. Apart from your home and

Sahara Challenge 2012: introducing Danielle Davy-Moore

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again; this call for charity challengers really has brought us the most amazing group of people. Take Danielle Davy-Moore for example.  She’s keen, committed and enthusiastic and ready to walk her talk in


Sahara Challenge 2012: introducing Mark Davies

Here at The Body Shop Foundation we are exceptionally proud of our volunteering programme because basically, we’ve got some incredible helpers on our books.  Like Mark Davies, for example. Mark has volunteered for the Foundation for the past three years, has


Sahara Challenge 2012: introducing Zoe Nicholson

What can we say about the lovely Zoe that hasn’t been said before?  When we first kicked the idea of a trek across the desert to raise money so a community would benefit from clean water for the first time,


Sahara Challenge 2012: introducing Stuart Hardy

Stuart Hardy is no stranger to the Foundation; he’s been a keen supportet for years, assisting and helping at events both at NCC (our London office) and at the Brighton Marathon in 2010.  He’s always keen to get involved and


Sahara Challenge 2012 – introducing Sophie Custance

Its that time of day again when we introduce you to another extra ordinary person, willing to go that extra mile (literally) to help someone else. She’s positive, she’s driven, she’s utterly fabulous – she’s Sophie!  Here’s a little more about



Sahara Challenge 2012 – introducing Nicky Starns

You’ve probably guessed by now but this Sahara Challenge has given us a welcome insight into our supporters. Firstly, they are all nuts for happily signing up for what promises to be a challenge of a life time – trekking across


Sahara Challenge 2012 – introducing Katarina Watson

The Watsons are a pretty incredible couple, I think you’ll agree.  We met the lovely Katarina through Tony, her husband, and she’s gone and agreed to walk the Sahara for us on our quest for water! She’s a big softie with


Sahara Challenge 2012 – introducing Tony Watson

We’ve known Tony for AGES and can vouch for the fact that he’s a jolly nice bloke, he works very hard and is always one of the first to put their hands up to support charities.  So it didn’t come