Climbing mountains and crossing countries

13 Sep 2023

Two of our UK-based teams decided to take on big physical challenges to raise money for charities of their choice.

Our Energy & Water team travelled from the south of England to northwestern Wales to climb Snowdon, which, with an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. On a hot day, the team completed the challenge in eight hours and raised more than £1,000 for WaterAid, an international nongovernmental organisation focused on water, sanitation and hygiene.

The UK HR team took a different approach, challenging its members to collectively to cover the distance from Land's End at the far end of southwest England, to John O’Groats on the northernmost coast of Scotland. The team successfully covered the 1,743km distance in three months, raising £1,000 for the Alzheimer's Society, a UK charity supporting people with dementia and funding research into the condition.