Bethany's Kermadec Adventure

I have always been passionate about the environment and conservation. In 2018 I was fortunate enough to attend the Young Enviro Leaders Forum (YELF) run by Blake (formerly the Sir Peter Blake Trust). The learnings and support from the forum helped develop my passion into actions.

Following on from that experience I have now been selected as a delegate for the 2021 Blake Expedition to the Kermadec Islands. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and I am so grateful and excited to be going!

As a delegate, I must raise funds for Blake to go towards the cost of our trip and the other incredible opportunities they provide to environmentally involved New Zealand rangatahi.

I am going to pledge that for every $200 I raise I will spend an hour doing a waterways clean-up project.

I am not expecting any massive donations but every dollar counts and would mean so much to me and other future rangatahi that benefits from other Blake programmes.

Thank you!!