Category Archives: Progress update

Send off Day! The team woke up at 6 o’clock to get showered and finish final bits of packing and get interviewed for a piece on BBC South Today! After a casual drive from Ian’s house, where his parents kindly … Continue reading →

We are delighted with a donation of toys from the Toy Barn in Sherborne, Dorset. We will be donating these to children along the way, with any left over going to the charity at the end. The Toy Barn, based … Continue reading →

After the horrible and painful removing of the old signs we are incredibly pleased to show everyone our fantastic new signs courtesy of GRS Signs. I think you will agree the improvement of the vehicle’s appearance is phenomenal! We would like … Continue reading →

For the past 5 days the team has been busy stripping the old signs off the ambulances. This turned out to be a mammoth task and took well over 40 hours to do! It turns out removing 8 year old stickers without removing vehicle … Continue reading →

Today we took delivery of the team clothing! T-shirts and Hoodies with the team logo across the front and website across the back. We now look even more prepared than we are feeling! Many thanks to Signature Leisurewear for helping us sort … Continue reading →

Thanks to the lovely people at Cinch, we now have a plethora of tents! As you can see from the festival at 134, these tents are looking fantastic and will definitely provide some shelter from the elements.

We are pleased to announce that we have purchased a SPOT Messenger! The SPOT Messenger is a GPS device which is able to transmit its location via satellite back to the UK and onto the internet. One of the SPOT … Continue reading →

Last Friday, 8th June, four members of the SDOP team (Berry, Ian, Rich and Neil) went over to the Isle of Wight to receive a fantastic donation from the Faith, Hope and Charity charity shop based in Totland. Faith, Hope … Continue reading →

The distinct lack of blog posts in the last two weeks has been caused by the whole team being busy with exams and courseworks. However the entire team are now enjoying the freedom of being Graduands (Except 3rd Year Alex). … Continue reading →

Sorry for being late with the blog update. Everybody is in the middle of exams, final projects or important modules, so we are all being stressed with work. A few fun things have happened over the past few weeks. We … Continue reading →