About Us
The Trust provides funding assistance to challenging expeditions and adventurous activities involving members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces and Cadet Forces of the UK.
Founded in 1992, it has supported over 2,650 expeditions to the tune of almost £2.8 million. The Trust’s funds come from a variety of sources: some of the benefactors, and details of how to make donations, are shown within the Fundraising section of this site.
The Trust is a registered charity (registration number 1170600), sponsored by the Ministry of Defence who promulgate details of the Trust’s activities in Defence Instructions and Notices (currently 2010 DIN 07-120).
Press releases
BAE SYSTEMS BOOSTS CHARITY FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT DISADVANTAGED YOUNG...
The Ulysses Trust, a charity that supports adventurous activities for the UK's Volunteer Reserve and Cadet Forces, has today reached two... read more
24.06.2023 • By Ulysses Trust
London University Officer Cadets Win Expedition Award
The first of our prestigious Expedition Awards was presented by Lord Lieutenant for Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE yesterday. The... read more
12.05.2023 • By Ulysses Trust
Student Bike Expedition To Mongolia Wins Prince of Wales Award
The second of our prestigious 2019 Prince of Wales's Expeditionary Awards was presented by Lord-Lieutenant of Fife, Robert Balfour, yesterday.... read more
08.09.2021 • By Ulysses Trust
7 SCOTS Diving Expedition Wins Prince of Wales Award
The Prince of Wales’s Expeditionary Award for 2019's outstanding Reservist Expedition was presented by Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross, Mr... read more
04.11.2020 • By Ulysses Trust
Tile Cross Academy Wins Social Mobility Award
Tile Cross Academy has won the school/college category of the prestigious Social Mobility Awards 2020. The award was announced on Thursday 8 th... read more
12.10.2020 • By Ulysses Trust
PRINCE OF WALES’S EXPEDITIONARY AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Cycling across Mongolia, snowshoeing in the Alps and exploring the depths of Scapa Flow are some of the highlights of The Ulysses Trust’s 2019... read more
20.05.2020 • By Ulysses Trust
World Record Atantic Rower Wins Prince of Wales Award
The fourth and final Prince of Wales’s Expeditionary Award was presented in Oxford last night by HM Lord Lieutenant of Oxford Mr Tim Stevenson.... read more
01.11.2019 • By Ulysses Trust
Sussex Wing ATC Win Prince of Wales Award
The second of four prestigious awards was presented by HM Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex – Peter Field at a special event last week. The Prince... read more
30.10.2019 • By Ulysses Trust
225 Medical Regiment Wins Prince of Wales Award
The third of four prestigious awards was presented by Lord-Lieutenant for Stirling and Falkirk – Mr Alan Simpson OBE last week. The Prince of... read more
30.10.2019 • By Ulysses Trust
Students Win Prestigious Award
The first of four prestigious awards was presented by HM Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire Mr David Laing at a special dinner in Northampton... read more
09.10.2019 • By Ulysses Trust
Prince of Wales’s Expeditionary Award Presentations
Rowing across the Atlantic, trekking in the Guyanese jungle, canoeing on the Amazon and building a toilet block for orphans in Peru before... read more
30.09.2019 • By Ulysses Trust
PRINCE OF WALES’S EXPEDITIONARY AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Rowing across the Atlantic, trekking in the Guyanese jungle, canoeing on the Amazon and building a toilet block for orphans in Peru before taking... read more
19.04.2019 • By Ulysses Trust
British Woman Skis 2,500Km into the Arctic to Raise Funds for Charity
Tania Noakes has become the first British woman to complete the classic Norge På Langs, or ‘Norway from end to end’. She has skied and trekked... read more
10.04.2018 • By Ulysses Trust
