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The winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2009 have been announced today. The overall winner of the title “British Wildlife Photographer of the Year” and the £5000 main prize was Ross Hoddinott who took the beautiful shot of a damselfly sillhouette (above). The aim of the awards are not only to recognise and celebrate […]

Having grown up in the eighties and nineties, you can imagine our excitement when the mechanics across the road from our office received a DeLorean to work on. How could anyone resist the posed photo, can you guess which ones we are?!!!

They made it and here’s the proof! Well done to Chris and Lucy who successfully cycled from London to Paris fundraising over £2285 for their two chosen charities.  Money raised will go to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and Quest4Change. Sponsor Lucy for Quest4Change Sponsor Chris for EJF If you would like to fundraise for […]

It’s gap fairs galore again this week so if you want to come and have a chat with us, need some help working out if a gap year is for you, find out more about our projects and expeditions or just to learn some more about Africa and South America come and say hello at […]

Only 254 days to go and FIFA are continuing warnings of fraudulent World Cup tickets currently being sold over the web.  They have also praised British efforts to stamp out such websites but it is still feared that 1000’s of fans will be caught out and disappointed.  The BBC commented that “In order to prevent […]

If you’re looking for ways to get into the volunteering, expedition or travel industry, Quest Overseas may be able to help. We will shortly be looking for a new intern to get involved either in the operational or marketing side of our organisation (or even both). Working here is a lot of fun and our […]

I HATE ICELAND! It changed everything, everyone was late…Two arrived at two in Joburg from Nairobi, they were tall Toby and the often oblivious Dave, it was supposed to be three…where was Whalley? He had lost his passport in Nairobi airport and was pretty much an illegal citizen for 2 days! Zac Effron-esque hard rocker […]

Being huge fans of the previous BBC environmental and wildlife series Planet Earth and generally having a lot of love for David Attenborough in the office, it wasnt surprising that on Monday night we were all glued to our TVs to watch the new, spectacular wildlife series – Life. And it was fantastic – a […]

How do you fancy dressing as Santa Claus with over 2,000 other people and running, walking, skipping or jumping your way around Greenwich Park this December? Sounds like quite a bit of fun doesn’t it?  One of Quest4Change’s trustees Kunal Patel will be Santa-fied himself getting involved in this festive fundraiser and with a registration […]

The Quest Overseas and Quest4Change crew headed up to London on Tuesday night to support La Vida, a fantastic charity which aims to help further the development of Latin American economies through funding specific projects in health and education. The event was a huge success with over £7,500 raised for the charity.  We all had […]