Alexander Coleridge

Founder @wearegivestar | Building the future of giving ❤️
I post about tech and charity

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

Great piece and parallels with some of the failures we see in the UK

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving https://t.co/aPTfmQzoo6

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

It’s kind of crazy the amount of good we’ve been able to do thru a YouTube channel

23,000,000 Trees planted
33,000,000 Pounds of trash from ocean
10,000,000+ Meals to people in need
500,000 People getting water from our wells we built
$3,000,000 To war refugees for supplies
$1,000,000+ Clothes to people in need
20,000 Shoes to kids in Africa
3,000 People helped walk again
1,000 Deaf people helped hear
1,000 Blind people helped see
100+ Houses for homeless people
100+ Cars given away
100s Of Dogs rescued
3 Islands given away
1 Orphanage/School/Hospital/Town/Gym/Village Powered/etc
1 Chocolate brand that pays farmers fairly and audits child labor.

And over $50,000,000 given to people NOT including the stuff listed above. All while still in my 20s 🥰

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'Sailing in an ocean is never plain sailing'

Craig Wood became the first triple amputee to sail across the Pacific. He talks about the challenges he faces during this feat, including breaking his prosthetic hand.

https://t.co/TC2ROCL7wW

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

@PeterDiamandis Major GTA V nostalgia !

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

@qwertyu_alex Done!

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

Wow, not every day that the PM tweets out a link to your site and (insta too)!

Massive congratulations to @hardestgeezer for his insane run across Africa, and the team at givestar for helping make it happen every step of the way, including helping coordinate the global press

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

Only a few thousand miles to go...

My morning run with @HardestGeezer, congrats on Project Africa hitting £1 million.

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

Legends

[SimonThorburnClark @ClarkThorburnS]

"Brilliant!" support for my 150km walk to Hereford, from @PaulWhitehouse and @RealBobMortimer - https://t.co/TdtWPGXOBo - including a thank you to everyone who's already donated. All proceeds go to @royalmarsden & Fish In Need (link in bio)

[SimonThorburnClark @ClarkThorburnS]

"Brilliant!" support for my 150km walk to Hereford, from @PaulWhitehouse and @RealBobMortimer - https://t.co/TdtWPGXOBo - including a thank you to everyone who's already donated. All proceeds go to @royalmarsden & Fish In Need (link in bio)

[givestar @wearegivestar]

He's only gone and done it 🎉💪

Big shoutout to @huel for giving @hardestgeezer the final push!

https://t.co/jLEWvbVpys

#ProjectAfrica #HardestGeezer #GetRussto1Mil #givestar

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

Words to live by!

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

They said impossible. They don’t anymore. 332 days in, 19 days to go🫡

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

Fantastic morning at the Algerian embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania today. Very excited to visit! Back on road smashing tarmac this afternoon🫡🇩🇿🇲🇷

[givestar @wearegivestar]

The final piece of the puzzle. Now all that's left is to run 4000km...

Think this guy deserves a tenner? Donate here: https://t.co/jLEWvbVpys

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

GREAT NEWS!

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

Massive thank you to all involved. Can’t wait to visit Algeria🇩🇿

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

This is genuinely a game changer. Raising for charity? You need this feature....

[givestar @wearegivestar]

Stop what you’re doing! 🎉 We have some VERY exciting news…

We’ve just launched Boost Donate, our 🔥 new feature on the givestar app that turns your phone into a contactless donation device!

Whether you want to collect donations easily from colleagues at work, from mates down the pub, or even at the starting line of your next race, Boost Donate will let you take contactless donations from donors with a simple tap of their debit card or smartphone against your phone. It’s a gamechanger.

Download the givestar app and have a go yourself: https://t.co/Hkjm3f3vj4

#BoostDonate #FastFundraising #givestar #Charity #FundraiseAnywhere

[Scott Reid | Windshear Birding @stmarys_patch]

Orkney’s final run before his big week starts on Wed on Tresco - feat. some @hardestgeezer inspired warm-ups!

Over £1000 raised so far for @ScillyWildlife & @mcsuk through the awesome @wearegivestar!

8 years old - 55km - 5 Islands - 5 days! LET’S GO!!

https://t.co/49hNV5umB1

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

Insane. So much achieved already and so much to come

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

138 days ago I began my attempt to become the first person ever to run the entire length of Africa.

Here is a list of some of the problems I’ve had to overcome to get to this point (I’m not even halfway):

• Day 1- Started the mission with less than 10% funding

• Day 5- Support van breakdown

• Day 14- Attempted robbery

• Day 17- Support van couldn’t cross the border. Solo into the desert

• Day 26- Food poisoning (multiple days)

• Day 35- Another attempted robbery

• Day 42- Started pissing blood (lasted 6 days)

• Day 64- Got robbed at gunpoint (passports, cameras, phones, money got taken)

• Day 74- Visas issues (had to travel 2000km backwards & pay a load of bribes to get it sorted)

• Day 89- Leg injury

• Day 103- Got stuck in a rural Congo village. Thought I was going to die.

• Day 107- Van needed fixing (10 days)

• Day 112- Restructure of the support team. Made 2 new hires.

• Day 120- Arranged purchase of new support vehicle

• Day 128- Foot injury

• Day 136- Support van crashed. Potentially a write off.

Throw in running daily ultra marathons and it has been quite the party out here so far. The message stays the same as always.

WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. TILL THE END🫡

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

#ProjectAfrica Day 53: 59.1km

Been a few days with very little/no signal so here’s a quick recap.

Day 50: 50km
Final day in Namibia🇳🇦 Jarred rejoined the team🫡

Day 51: 24.5km
Spent most of the day crossing the border. Poo’d myself. Hectic. Made it eventually.

First experience of Angola; Everyone speaks Portuguese🇵🇹 Petrol is 25p per litre. The people seem well friendly for a country that has a machete on its flag🇦🇴

Day 52: 60km
First full day here. Trademark trembling of tarmac all day long. Very hot. Kicked ball with some local lads in the evening. Boys still got the sauce.

Day 53: 59.1km
Fastest run of the mission so far. Felt loose out there. Scattered pockets of signal. Big tease. Cream crackered.

Not sure if this will upload but I’ll give it a stab before I pass out. Hope you’re all having a great week🫡 here’s to hoping for some more signal in the coming days🤞

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

Day 33 of running the entire length of Africa. Incredible support out here today🫡🇳🇦

[Alexander Coleridge @AJColeridge]

Insipirational words! Go on @hardestgeezer !

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

Day 21 of running the entire length of Africa. Keep showing up🫡