EXCEPTIONAL FEMALE-LED EXPEDITIONS AND EXPERIENCES AROUND THE 🌍
- Shadi Ganjavian-Connor
Founder of TEAM GC, Ambassador to ‘'Imagine This [Formerly ‘The Murray Parish Trust’], Running Mayor of Winchester, Tedx Speaker
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Team GC exists to unite everyday people - mothers and daughters, sisters and friends, neighbours and acquaintances - individuals who are looking to broaden their horizons and get out of their comfort zone - by bringing them together on purposeful, life-changing expeditions and adventures across the globe, all year round.
We’re driven by community, kindness, fundraising, youth work and a deep commitment to giving back and honouring the lands we visit.
Since its founding in 2016 by Shadi Ganjavian-Connor, a mother of two teenage girls, Team GC has stayed true to its mission by bringing together over 90 thrill-seekers, from across Europe, Africa, and North America, to extraordinary destinations around the world - from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Atlas Mountains, the G20, the Sinai Desert and many more.
At Team GC, everything we do is rooted in connection, respect, and service.
We work closely with local children, schools, and charities, as well as trusted guides and sherpas, to make sure that every journey is meaningful and has a lasting impact.
50 YEARS TRAVELLING
44+ COUNTRIES VISITED 🗺️⁀જ✈︎
35+ GLOBAL EXPEDITIONS AND EXPERIENCES
90+ TEAM GC ADVENTURERS TRAVELLED 🫂
£200,000+ RAISED FOR CHARITY 🤑
“Shadi is an ambassador for Imagine This, and has achieved an extraordinary amount for our charity, bringing us very much closer to our goal of building a much-needed new children’s Emergency Department at University Hospital Southampton, which will serve most of the South of England. In 2017, not only did she personally raise close to £30,000 from feats as varied as climbing the Matterhorn, holding motivational speaking events, and competing in a Zumbathon, but she has subsequently gone on to continue raising hundreds of thousands of pounds, annually, by team expeditions and endeavours - spreading the message about what we are doing far and wide, all the whilst inspiring countless others to raise money, donate and volunteer for our cause. Her tiny but tough frame contains a heart the size of Hampshire, and enough grit to keep every road in Britain free of snow! She’s one of the kindest, most decent, tenacious and charismatic people I’ve ever had the privilege to meet - a true role model.”
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TALES FROM THE TRAVELS 📕
“Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Traveling offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings! Traveling gives you home in a thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land...”
