It will be Ho Ho Ho all the way up and down the highest mountain in Wales when a group of Coventry and Warwickshire business professionals raise money for a local charity.
Housebuilder AC Lloyd, based at Tachbrook Park in Warwick, challenged their business contacts to join them in taking part in the Santas Rock Snowdon 2017: The highest Christmas Party in the UK.
Deeley Construction and law firm Wright Hassall have accepted the invitation to raise funds for Young People First which helps to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people living in Coventry and Warwickshire.
All three companies have entered two teams and are on course to smash the £5,000 fundraising target set by Young People First.
The walkers will be among a total of 11 teams of five people wearing Santa suits who will leave Pen-Y-Pas at 9.30am on Wednesday, December 13 and will walk the Pyg route with the support of qualified mountain leaders wearing snowmen suits and the charity’s helpers wearing elf suits.
Once at the summit, the group will enjoy the highest Christmas party in the UK before heading down the mountain to arrive back around 5pm.
Edward Hudson, of Deeley Construction, said: “At Deeley Group, we pride ourselves on doing as much as we can to support the community and good causes.
“This is a great challenge for a great cause and we are delighted to be supporting AC Lloyd and other firms from the region in this event.”
Alistair Clark, a director at AC Lloyd, said this would be a fun, festive way to collect funds for a Leamington-based charity.
He said: “We have raised money for Young People First in the past and we also built their headquarters in Westlea Road in Sydenham.
“When we heard about the Santas Rock Snowdon, we thought it would be good fun to walk up Snowdon and we decided to challenge our business contacts to enter teams as well.
“We are delighted Wright Hassall and Deeley Construction have accepted and we are looking forward to seeing who completes the walk in the fastest time and we are also grateful for those who are not taking part but have made a donation.
“We are all going to be dressed up in Santa suits and I am sure it will look quite a sight on Snowdon!”
David Skoppek, of Young People First, said this was the third Santa-type event they had organised and it looked set to collect the most money.
“Last year we raised £2,124 and we wanted to try and more than double that to £5,000 this year,” he said.
“We are on course to achieve that, thanks to the support of AC Lloyd, Wright Hassall and Deeley Construction as well as other teams taking part, which is just incredible.
“I am sure it will be a memorable day because we have organised a Karaoke Christmas party at the top of Snowdon which is different to the usual type of office festive get-together!
“We are really grateful to Alistair at AC Lloyd for being the driving force behind this in urging teams to get involved and we are really looking forward to it.”
PLEASE SPONSOR US!!
We decided to create some friendly competition between the boys and girls on site and in the office! Please choose to sponsor either:
The GIRLS: https://localgiving.org/fundraising/deeleyteam1/
The BOYS: https://localgiving.org/fundraising/deeleyteam2/
Caption: From the left: David Skoppek (Young People First), Cathy Sheehan (AC Lloyd), Matt Goodwin (Wright Hassall), Matt Ellis (Deeley Construction) and Alistair Clark (AC Lloyd)
