Warwickshire staff raise over £1,500 in charity Snowdon trek

By Peter Davison

17 October 2023

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From the left, Meredith Atkinson, Jess Wood, Danny Leitch, Bradley Hopkins, James Davies, Bella Davies, Donna Sheppard, Alexis Considine, Zoe Timms, Ana Cabrita, and Louis Washington-Smith from The Wigley Group

Adventurous staff from a Warwickshire company reached new heights as they raised more than £1,500 for a baby hospice in Coventry.

Staff and family from The Wigley Group battled through rain and wind as they trekked 18 miles to and from the summit of Wales’ highest mountain, Mount Snowdon.

The team raised a total of £1,670 for Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice, which provides palliative and respite care for babies and children up to five years old with a range of life limiting, life threatening or complex conditions.

Finance Manager Alexis Considine, who was part of a team of 12 who took part, said: “I enjoyed the challenge, the rain was really heavy at some points, but we all supported each other every step of the way and it was a great effort from everybody involved.

“Although it was difficult weather conditions, knowing we were doing this for such a worthwhile cause which supports so many children with life-limiting illnesses – and their parents – really drove us on. We hope the money raised helps to make a difference.”

Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice is based in Ash Green and is the only hospice in the Midlands providing respite, palliative and end-of-life care to babies and children up to the age of five.

Lara Taylerson-Whyte, Corporate Fundraiser at Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice, added: “On behalf of everyone here at Zoe’s Place, we’d like to say thank you to The Wigley Group for their incredible fundraising and for taking on such a challenging trek in support of the hospice.

“Zoe’s Place is almost entirely run on public donations and it is thanks to support like this that we are able to offer our services free of charge to all who need it and ensure that very unwell children can enjoy the best possible quality of life. Thank you to everyone who took part and supported the event for raising this amazing total!”

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The Wigley Group is a family-run firm based at Stockton House in Southam, Warwickshire.

It is ISO 45001, 9001 and 14001 certificated and is active in real estate investment, development and construction, as well as asset management of portfolios for both itself and commercial partners.

Anyone who wishes to donate are still able to do so by visiting www.justgiving.com/page/the-wigley-group-limited-1692261368966.

By Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country.

An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts.

Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.