00:01I've learnt a lot about homelessness. It's extremely complex.
00:04I used to just think homelessness was those people sitting on the street.
00:07And it's just not. That's the 5%.
00:1195% of homelessness is those we don't see.
00:14It's hidden homelessness and there's categories of that.
00:17But once you kind of open up this gigantic issue,
00:20you then go, oh, we need to start really doubling down.
00:24I think I just took action.
00:26I think it was a matter of, well, we can always sit back
00:29and play out the best scenario of how we're going to make this work.
00:34But I think the worst thing you can do is the inaction around these issues.
00:38The first kind of fundraising event I did was the 50 marathons in 50 days in 2020
00:43while working full time as an electrician.
00:45And we raised around $93,000.
00:472022, I dreamt up the idea of running across Australia
00:51in the hope to break the record of 40 days, 43 days, sorry.
00:55And through trials and tribulations and all sorts of injuries and weather,
01:01you name it, we had it.
01:02We got to Bondi in 46 days.
01:04So I didn't necessarily break the record,
01:06but I raised a lot more money than I thought even possible in $2.6 million.
01:11And I had a million was the goal.
01:13I wanted to do a similar thing.
01:15So I ran 1,000 miles around a track pursuing the 1,000 mile world record.
01:20And off the back of the 1,000 mile, I wanted to launch what is now called
01:24Ned's Uncomfortable Challenge.
01:25So getting people to do their own 10 day challenge
01:27and know that the money is going to help those experiencing homelessness.
01:32So I'm very proud of the Uncomfortable Challenge.
01:34Of all the things I've done, I would absolutely say
01:36the Uncomfortable Challenge I've set up for everyone else
01:38is 20 times cooler than any run event I've ever done.
01:43It feels 1,000 times better to give than take.
01:46And I truly, truly believe that.
01:48How much do we need?
01:50You know, how much do we actually truly need?
01:52If you open up your heart and have a bit of compassion,
01:55and that is the beautiful thing about this country.
01:58We had 37,000 people donated to my first run across this country.
02:01And then we had 20,000 people partake in the Uncomfortable Challenge.
02:04So there's a lot of people opening their heart.
02:06No one chooses to be homeless and no one deserves to be either.
02:10And I truly believe that.
02:11No one, not a single human being would choose to be on the street.
02:14It's actually like deeply rooted in me to make sure this ends.
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