Individual Commitments to Communities around the World

Climbing Kilimanjaro to Support the Alzheimer’s Society

In January, 2009, two colleagues in our London office climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to support the Alzheimer’s Society. Kristy Anderson and Emma Cheetham walked 10-12 hours a day, usually in rain or snow, to summit the mountain. They joined 31 other intrepid adventurers to raise more than £100,000 for the society.

Irish Volunteers Build Houses in South Africa

In Ireland, we sponsored two employees to partake in the Niall Mellon Township Trust in South Africa in November 2007.  They joined Irish volunteers to build 200 houses in Freedom Park, a township in Cape Town. 

London Marathon

Every year a number of our employees sign up for the London Marathon to raise money for various charitable causes.  There were some outstanding results in 2009 including £7,000 raised for education and healthcare charity Comrades of Children Overseas; £800 for Help the Hospices; and nearly £6,000 for children’s charity Whizz kids.