David, who is raising money for every charity at every London Underground station, will be the first person to ever achieve this. He has been endorsed “with acts of kindness” by the public since he began his challenge. Dan Tredget, 27, musician from Perth, Australia, set himself the mission of busking at all 272 Tube stations across London. Since he began he has been sharing his experience on his TikTok account @dantredgetmusic, amassing more than 132,000 followers in the process.
David started his challenge in April 2023, and has since worked his way through all the stations on the Piccadilly and Northern Line, equating to at least 108 stations. Currently, David is working his way along the Victoria Line.
He told the PA news agency: “I’m starting to get recognised a lot more and the donations are going up more and more, which is great.”
David originally began busking, after a student had to cancel a lesson: “A student that I teach guitar to cancelled their lesson so I thought, ‘Oh well, I might as well just make up for the time by going into town and just busking and I might as well film it as well.’”
It wasn’t until David busked at 30 stations that he decided it would be a good idea to turn his mission into a charity fundraiser. He decided to pick Glass Door Homeless Charity, which helps provide care and services for people affected by homelessness around London.
David said: “I started doing research on different charities and then eventually decided that the best thing to do would be to make it local, make it about London, since it is a challenge on the London Underground.” His donations keep growing—between physical money and online donations he has now raised £800 for Glass Door.
President and general manager at Justgiving, Pascale Harvie, said: “Dan’s busking challenge is like nothing I have ever seen before. It was inspiring to hear that Dan took a personal challenge he set himself and selflessly turned it into a fundraiser for an amazing charity that does so much work to help the homeless in London.”
David has gained support and recognition from people all around the world. In December 2023, he had the chance to perform the opening acts for the Sugababes at their pop-up concert at Paddington Station. On New Year’s Eve, at Tooting Broadway station, he raised a personal record of gaining £52 in half an hour. Commenting on this feat, David said this was one of his highlights so far, as it was also the day that marked the 100th station.
www.justgiving.com/page/ dan-tredget-272 is the fundraising page to follow if you would like to know more about his story and the money he has now raised.