Vivian Fuchs Youth Award

The Sir Vivian Fuchs Youth Award

Katie Grieve is the youngest member of Glasgow University’s Egypt Marine Expedition 2023.
The team will be carrying out three projects in the Red Sea near El Quesir and the reef at Abu Satir.
The projects will be investigating the effect of scuba diving and snorkel traffic on species, coral and the Freckled Hawkfish. The project will also dive deeply to uncover fish communities of mesophotic (deep light) ecosystems and how this can be preserved.

KATIE GRIEVE - MARINE EXPEDITION TO EGYPT

2023

Seventeen year old Fraser travelled independently to San Pedro and then joined a research team from Operation Wallacea in the jungle of Cusuco National Park, Honduras, to study impact diversity on reptiles, amphibians, bats and larger mammals such as the mantled howler monkey and Baird's tapir.

FRASER VENN - HONDURAN RAINFOREST EXPEDITION

2022

A group of eight Kent and two Scottish scouts associated with ReQuest 2021 will travel to Argentina and Board the (tall-ship) Barque 'EUROPA'. They will then sail across the Drake Passage and make landfall on Antarctica. Once there, they will undertake a number of personal and collective investigative projects before returning home.

KENT SCOUTS - REQUEST 2021 EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA

2021

Kayak Drina was a multidisciplinary research expedition to the Balkans, kayaking sections of the Drina, Sava and Danube rivers. Working with host-nation partners, the four man team conducted research into plastic and heavy metals pollution, invasive mosquitoes and even the impact of civil war on youth opinions. The expedition collaborated with Kings College London and the Royal Geographical Society in publishing their findings.

OLLIE MARVEL - KAYAK DRINA BALKAN EXPEDITION

2019

This was an unsupported 165km alpine trek around Western Europe’s highest peak, wild camping above the tree-line throughout. The 10 day journey included a research project on team cohesion and leadership that will be pursued on future expeditions and shared with the University of Lancaster.

JOE MCDERMOTT - TOUR DU MONT BLANC TREKKING EXPEDITION

2018

Jennie joined a British Exploring Society team for five weeks in the challenging Zara Valley of the Himalayas.
Travelling from Delhi, onto Leh towards the Ladahk region took the team into high altitudes and an encounter with shallowness of breath and feelings lethargy, however this was soon overcome and at lower altitudes field work on conservation issues proved to be an enjoyable experience. Jennie and the team got to meet the Dalai Llama at his summer retreat before leaving India.

JENNIE ROBERTS - HIMALAYAN ADVENTURE

2017

The 2 month long expedition was completely dive-based and conducted marine surveys in Mnazi and Mikindani bays of the Mtwara region of Tanzania. A well prepared diving / surveying programme was disrupted by difficulties with an unreliable boat captain who needed to be fired. The team did get the programme underway and went on to dive in 21 different sites. Whilst a lot of the sites yielded healthy marine diversity, evidence of dead coral and rubble from dynamite fishing was all too apparent.

SUSANNA KENNEY – MTWARA DIVING EXPEDITION TO TANZANIA

2016

William and his university friend Matthew Grinham attempt to retrace Genghis Khan’s longest invasion route. Through doing so raising funds for the charity Mary’s Meals.
Overall, this would entail cycling 8500km through 7 countries over the period of 4 months, living in a tent for the entirety, and carrying the equipment, weighing around 20-30kg, needed to sustain them.

William White - The Way of Genghis Khan

2015

Alistair Walker, from Braemar, was one of 86 young people from all over the world taking part in the Students on Ice trip to the Arctic.

2014 - Alistair Walker

Michael Twomey joined Outlook Expeditions on a trip to the Himalayas. The expedition involved project work in a local village in Ladakh prior to a ten day trek through the Nubra Valley at altitudesup to 6,000 metres (19,700 ft). Ascending terrain at these sort of altitudes proved challenging but very rewarding and the team learnt a great deal about survival skills.

Michael Twomey - Himalayas Expedition

2013