A slow start

It's been an incredibly busy week at work, but I have made a small amount of progress with my challenges.

I met with some of my fellow trekkers and the Springboard team in London yesterday evening, having spent most of the day at a taxing meeting in Kingston. I eventually got home at half past midnight, 20 hours after pulling the front door to at 4:30am! Anyway, they are a very mixed group (in terms of what they all do for a living!), but we got on really well and shared many interesting ideas about fundraising.

One idea is to sell raffle tickets, with the winner gaining a free place on the Great Wall of China trek in March 2011! Watch this space...

I was delighted to see that Justin & our HR team are donating 50p for every Elior response completed in the Sunday Times 'Best Companies to work for' survey. This will help to swell the coffers!

Sadly, there has been very little interest in the Elior Walking Club, with NO offers of help, and only three people potentially committed to complete the training and challenge. On that basis, I will have to think of other fundraising ideas, and scrap the walking club ..... unless the next week brings in more applicants & helpers, that is!

The date for the 'Krypton Factor' challenge has been set as Friday 12th November. Teams of four are required to complete seven 'fun' challenges at Grafham Water near Huntingdon. The event will include tasks which will test general knowledge, skill, problem solving, dexterity, balance .... etc! The over-riding objective is to have a lot of fun, but I'm certain that it will also be highly competitive. Entry fees are £120 per team, which includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. Every penny will be matched by Elior, and the total raised will go to Springboard.

Please remember that you can donate directly at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/StewartSmallwood
Many thanks to those who have sponsored me so far!