A virtual relay hosted by youth charity Jon Egging Trust (JET) has raised over £25,000 to help launch the charity's 10-year mission to reach 1 million young people by 2031.

The JET10 Virtual Relay took place across the weekend of 10th and 11th July, with competitors signing up from as far afield as Ascension Island, Australia and the USA.

Each team of ten was asked to set their own challenge for their 10x10km relay in a way that best embodied JET's ethos of 'overcoming adversity', and together teams ran, walked and even paddleboarded a collective 5,000km.

JET CEO, Dr Emma Egging, who lives at Colsterworth, said that what impressed her most was how wholeheartedly the teams embraced the challenge element of the relay.

She said: "We had teams pushing cars, pulling armoured vehicles and even running onboard the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth.

"We also had teams running in fancy dress – including a camel(!) - as well as those competing with young children who had never attempted a 10km route before.

"We're incredibly grateful to have had such huge support from across the JET family, and it was especially heartening to see so many of our corporate partners joining in, as well as a huge number of RAF bases whose teams also act as inspirational mentors to our young students."

Emma is no stranger to a physical challenge. This year marks ten years since the tragic death of her husband, Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging, in whose name she founded JET.

To mark the anniversary and shine a spotlight on JET's work, Emma is taking on ten epic challenges herself across the year including an ultramarathon and a 13-mile paddleboard.

As Nub News recently reported, Emma is originally from Rutland and her husband Jon is buried in the churchyard at Morcott, where they lived.