Support for Young People : ReQuest 2021 and the ReQuest Foundation

The Shackleton-Rowett Expedition was the first polar expedition to involve Scouts. Although Norman Mooney returned home not long after the Quest departed, James Marr participated throughout and went on to a distinguished career in polar exploration and research, with a direct line to what is now the British Antarctic Survey. In January 2022, a group of Scouts from Kent and Scotland ventured to Antarctica on theReQuest2021 expedition, in recognition of the centenary of Marr’s journey on the Quest. The expedition was called ReQuest2021.

As a key legacy of the ReQuest 2021 project a new UK charity, the ReQuest Foundation, has been established. The foundation supports young people (aged 16-24) to conduct polar projects – which can encompass a wide range of topics across science and humanities. The Foundation assesses applications in two cycles a year. Awards involve financial contribution and assistance with finding expert mentors from the Foundation network of partner organisations. The Quest Chronicle’s author, Jan Chojecki, is a founding trustee of the ReQuest Foundation.

Donations are very welcome : https://www.requestfoundation.org.uk/donate

ReQuest2021 Project information  https://www.request2021.org.uk/

ReQuest Foundation information: https://www.requestfoundation.org.uk/