Travel Places completes 10,000-mile challenge for charity
The Travel Places team has completed a challenge to virtually swim, cycle, walk and run the distance between London and Brisbane, Australia, in aid of a children’s charity based in Sussex.
Chestnut Tree House provides vital hospice care and community support for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. We are proud to have supported the charity for several years, and in 2023 have set ourselves a target to reach £10,000 in donations for the charity – the amount it costs to run the hospice for just one day.
With members of our staff supporting the England Women’s team on site throughout the Women’s Football World Cup tournament in Australia this summer, we designed our latest fundraising challenge to align with Serena Wiegman and her team’s campaign, taking on the approximate distance between London and Brisbane from the tournament kick off until the team returned home.
From Seoul in Korea to St Tropez in France, and even Australia itself, we’ve had staff pounding the streets and getting on their bikes to help us reach our target
Travel Places Head of Marketing, Lucy Brooks, said of the challenge:
“Chestnut Tree House is one of four charities that we have chosen to support in 2023/24 and we have set ourselves the target of raising enough donations to pay for a day for this amazing charity that does so much for children and their families in Sussex and Hampshire.
“This latest fundraising activity was inspired by the England Women’s Football team who faced their own campaign this summer. But it also supported our employee wellbeing programme and our ‘keeping active’ theme. We’ve loved seeing so many of our staff get moving – both those working in the office as well as on site with our clients. From Seoul in Korea to St Tropez in France, and even Australia itself, we’ve had staff pounding the streets and getting on their bikes to help us achieve our challenge.”
To reach its £10,000 target, Travel Places is supporting Chestnut Tree House in a number of other ways, including providing donations of goods, volunteering and many other fundraising activities.
The money raised by Travel Places will help us add life to shortened years, supporting local families to make magical memories together.
Alison Taylor, Corporate Fundraising Manager at Chestnut Tree House, said:
“We’re so grateful to Travel Places for supporting Chestnut Tree House with this amazing campaign. It costs more than £5 million every year to provide hospice care for local children and young people with life-limiting conditions. Only a small proportion of this comes from government, so we depend upon the generosity of our local community. The money raised by Travel Places will help us add life to shortened years, supporting local families to make magical memories together. Thank you.”
To donate to our Chestnut Tree House fundraising campaign, please visit our Just Giving page.
