My name is Dr Stephen Vercoe and I recently returned from Manbu where I was volunteering on the PHASE GP mentoring scheme, supporting two Auxiliary nurse midwives – Saraswati and Sushila- who are working at the PHASE health post in the village. I spent just 8 days there but it…
Bristol to Base Camp Bristol to Base Camp is our annual campaign that has been running since 2019. On the 22nd of March, our 2023 campaign team set off from the UK to Kathmandu to begin the challenge. They will be embarking on a 20-day round-trip journey to Mount Everest…
20 August 2020 Rosie stopped off in Bristol to visit the PHASE Worldwide team on her way from Land’s End to John O’Groats. The team were very happy to see her and had a lovely time hearing about her stories from the road. 10 July 2020 Rosie is…
Rosie Swale–Pope, who is currently taking on the #RosieRuns challenge has just celebrated her 73rd birthday. That alone is exciting enough, but she also got to celebrate it on the road from Sofia to Istanbul; the current leg of her run from England to Nepal. We caught up with Rosie whilst she was back in the UK to see how she was…
We caught up with Rosie Swale Pope MBE from our #RosieRuns campaign to find out a little more about her incredible journey. Spending time with Rosie, it was clear to see that she had learnt a lot from her travels around the world. We were delighted that she would share…
This June, we ran our fourth Walk for Nepal challenge. Having already scaled Britain’s three highest peaks, we decided to cross the sea to Ireland, to tackle Carrauntoohil. We have put together a short photo-journal, documenting the journey from start to finish. Our challenges help us raise funds to support…
The Bristol to Base Camp team have just returned home from tackling the dizzying heights of the Himalayas. Over 19 long days, the team trekked from Lukla to Everest Base Camp, to raise money for PHASE. Most of the team had never completed anything like this before, and were challenging…
Last Summer I organised a fundraising ‘Walk for Nepal’ in my local area. We had six people and raised £70. Every little helps, especially when strangers come out in the rain to support a cause, but I was a bit disappointed. Fortunately it didn’t put me off. I’m privileged to have helped PHASE Worldwide to organise ‘Walk4Nepal’…