Sport & Leisure

We provided sponsorship to Eddie Young, our Head of Building Services, for his participation in a charity fund raising walk along the Great Wall of China which he claims was an experience of a lifetime.
Between 16th and 26th May 2008, a team of about 35 walked for six days along the Great Wall of China to raise money for the British Olympic Foundation and Cancer Research. The walk itself was titled `Walk like an Olympian` as the group included previous Olympic participants such as Steve Cram, Allison Curbishley, Karen Pickering, Steve Smith and Guin Batten.
The walk covered the areas of the wall North of Beijing around Jinshanling, Simatia and Gubeikou and included lengths of the Great Wall which date back to 2000 BC to parts which were re-built in the early part of the twentieth century for more recent conflicts.
The wall itself covers a total approximate length of over 4000 miles and has been walked in its entirety (which took just over two years) - luckily for Eddie and his fellow walkers, they only walked between five to eight miles a day!
www.cancerresearch.uk.org

In our support of colleagues and their families, we offered sponsorship to the Acton Under 12s Cricket Team in order to provide them with new equipment (bats, balls and stumps) as well as supporting their end of year party to encourage participation and promote new members.
www.actoncc.play-cricket.com

Again, supporting our employees and their families, we donated funds to help raise money for new floodlights for Dorking Saints Football Club with members from Under 6s to Under 12
www.clubwebsite.co.uk/dorkingsaintsfc
The sponsored walk also raised money for Marie Curie Cancer Care Trust in memory of former Dorking FC play, Stewart Vaughan
www.mariecurie.org.uk

We were pleased to provide sponsorship to a young, up-and-coming windsurfer, Chris Murray
Our sponsorship helped him participate in windsurfing competitions both nationally and internationally whilst promoting the new, dynamic sport of windjamming
www.wavejam.com
http://k202windsurfing.blogspot.com/

In order to encourage exercise and group activity, we arrange regular five-a-side football matches against our clients and sub-contractors. Not only does this promote sporting activity and teamwork but it also gives us the opportunity to meet people that we deal with on a social level (in addition to the fierce competitiveness which can also be witnessed!).

We were pleased to have offered support and sponsorship to one of our consultants who participated in the Stockholm Marathon on 31st May 2008
CRY is a charity founded in May 1995 to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young (Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS) which affects as many as eight apparently fit and healthy young people under the age of 35 who die each week from undetected heart conditions.
www.c-r-y.org.uk

We were pleased to sponsor two consultants who participated in the Cycle 2 Cannes event in March 2009.

This event sees cyclists of varying standards from all throughout the construction industry participate in a sponsored 6-day, 1500km endurance cycling event between London and Cannes. This is an annual event that departs from London and arrives in Cannes six days later to coincide with the start of MIPIM.

Money is raised for five major charities; Article 25, The Tom Ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust, The Sarah Matheson Trust, LandAid and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.