Bridgehead Step Challenge for Cancer Research
Kate Houlton is a Reprographic Artworker at our Bridgehead site. As with many of our colleagues, Kate’s keen on keeping fit and active, so she recently gave us an update on the SGS Step Challenge.
As the official Walk All Over Cancer event that’s organised by Cancer Research UK, staff at Bridgehead have given themselves the challenge of walking 10,000 steps every single day throughout March, meaning that by the end of the month each of them will have walked a minimum of 31,000 steps (no cheat days or weekends off).
Kate says: “Karl Thomas organised it last year as a Team Brand vs Team Retail competition. It proved really successful, so it was organised again for 2020 with the help of John Lazenby, Charly Marritt, Charlie Saunders and Nikki O'Donnell. This year we are doing Team Retail vs Team Brand again and have also added an extra category, Team Liquorish (as they do all sorts), for anyone else who wanted to join in.”
Our Bridgehead colleagues have given themselves the goal of raising £200 for Cancer Research UK, which we’re delighted to say they’ve already beaten. However, this worthy cause can never receive too much support, so if you’d like to add anything to the fundraising pot you can do it here (and don’t forget to click the Gift Aid box, as the charity will receive an additional 25% without you spending an extra penny).
There are 25 colleagues taking part across Bridgehead, including Kate who is almost seven months pregnant: “My walks (or waddles) are on my lunch break, at the gym or when walking my dog Minnie.” Now that’s commitment!
Whilst the aim is to walk 10,000 steps a day, Kate says that it’s fine if some people don’t make the quota, the important thing being that they get involved, have fun, spread the word about the charity and raise as much as they can for its ongoing research into new ways to prevent, diagnose and cure a range of cancers. Having said that, our Bridgehead employees always love some healthy competition, so it comes as no surprise that some of them are beating their daily target on a regular basis.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic resulting in self-isolation and working from home, we’re proud to say that our colleagues are still sticking to the target by walking around their homes, up and down the stairs and in the garden during this lovely weather. Some of them have said that rather than keeping a large bottle of water at their desks, they instead go to the kitchen every time they want to hydrate, helping to increase their daily steps total. There are even some who walk on the spot throughout the day, which has made conference calls and virtual coffee breaks highly entertaining.
We wish everyone taking part in the SGS Step Challenge all the best and will share the fundraising total on our social media channels in April.
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