IN total, 385 school children from the local area came together at King's College Taunton on Sunday, June 29, to take part in the Knight Frank Schools Triathlon, the UK’s largest fundraising event for children.

In teams, they swam, cycled and ran their hearts out and have so far raised over £38,300 for Restless Development and more than 15 other charities chosen by the participating schools. It is a truly inspiring story of local children supporting young people to lead positive change across the world.

This is a national series organised by global youth charity Restless Development who support young leaders to create a better world and last year alone worked with over 288,000 young people. This year 12,000 pupils will be taking part in the Schools Triathlon to raise over £1.2-million. Thanks to the event sponsors, Knight Frank and Neilson Beach Clubs the much needed funds raised will go directly to charity.

This is the first year that King's College Taunton has hosted the event and it was certainly a day to remember. It is truly a community centred occasion, with local businesses and more than 1,000 attendees coming together for a feel-good event. Generous volunteers and King’s College pupils kindly gave up their Sunday to ensure the event ran smoothly.

Lots of inspiring stories came out on the day including top fundraisers Thomas, Joshua, Jude and Rufus who raised an incredible £655 for charity. When asked why they decided to fundraise they said; “some people don’t have the opportunities that others do and we want to help so that they don’t feel left out”.

If anyone would like to be involved in the 2026 event as either a sponsor or host school please email the Schools Triathlon team [email protected] with the subject line 'Getting Involved’.