Thomas's Triple Challenge

On Friday, 18 October, the NCTJ, Read family and supporters of the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) will embark on Thomas's Triple Challenge to raise money for the Thomas Read bursary.

The NCTJ team will run, walk, cycle, swim, row and lift to reach three totals:

• 1000km by walking or running
• 2000km by cycling, swimming or rowing
• 3000kg by lifting (every rep counts, so 5 x reps of 10kg = 50kg)

This will be a team effort which will be physically and mentally challenging but we will all be working as a team. Nothing is impossible with determination on your side and that is what we are going to show.

We will be based at Fitness Focus Gym in Clavering and Thaxted, but we would love for you to join us in this challenge by donating and contributing kilometres and kilograms towards our goal. Everyone is welcome! Just remember to track your efforts and send them to info@nctj.com or tag us on social media.

Keep up with our challenge on 18 October by following the NCTJ's social media pages, where we will be posting updates on how we're progressing throughout the day.

We are aiming to raise £5,000 for the Thomas Read bursary, which was set up in the memory of the young Sky Sports News journalist Thomas Read, who died unexpectedly in 2015. Thomas was an inspirational young journalist with cerebral palsy, who achieved a substantial amount in the field of journalism in a short space of time.

Each year the bursary is awarded through the JDF to an aspiring journalist with a disability or long-term physical or mental illness to fund their NCTJ journalism training. The bursary is now in its tenth year.

Please support us and this very worthy cause to help people with disabilities kick start their journalism careers.

For more information about the Thomas Read bursary, please visit thomasread.org/about.html