Britain V Cancer challenge event raises £250,000

Participants in challenge event company Action for Charity's first Britain v Cancer trek have raised £250,000 for 24 different cancer charities and hospices across the UK.

Over 100 people aged from 20 to 69 took part in the five day trek across the Jordan desert.

Participants can either pay for the trip themselves and raise as much as they can for the cancer charity or hospice of their choice, or they pledge to raise at least £2,500 for the charity.

Charity beneficiaries include Accord, Cransley Hospice, Prostate Cancer UK, Demelza Hospice Care for Children, and Ovarian Cancer Action.

A second Britain V Cancer trek in Jordan will take place in October, and the 2014 challenge will take place in the Himalayas.