A duo from veSpace has completed
the ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ to raise £1,365 for Meeting Needs.
Two team members from event and venue solutions agency, veSpace,
set themselves a £500 target to conquer the Three Peaks, which include climbing
Scotland’s Ben Nevis, England’s Scafell Pike and Wales’ Snowdon, to raise funds
for their chosen charity – Meeting Needs.
Despite adverse weather conditions and injuries, they have so far raised £1,365.
Following months of training, veSpace executive assistant,
Natalie Morhen, and account manager, Marlene Scott, ventured into the elements
to complete the challenge over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
Up for the challenge
Despite snow at the top of Ben Nevis, blistering torrential
rain at Scafell Pike and rain and fog at Snowdon, nothing could stop them.
“We completely underestimated the weather conditions. Even
leading up to the day of the first mountain, checking the weather we didn’t
think we’d face such diverse conditions, that no matter how much training we
had done would prepare us for,” said Morhen. “So much so, it caused injury to
my knee on the first day. We weren’t going to let this stop us though, and I’m
so proud of us both for battling through.”
Scott added that they chose to raise funds for Meetings
Needs because they wanted to support a charity that’s industry related. “We
know that Meeting Needs do some amazing projects and support a wide-range of
charities themselves. We set ourselves an original target of £500 and we’re
absolutely thrilled to have smashed this, as to date we’re at £1,365. The
support from our families, friends, colleagues, and industry peers was amazing,
and across the weekend, seeing the new donations come through certainly spurred
us on to complete the challenge.”
Marlene and Natalie. Photo Credit: veSpaceMeeting Needs vice chair Lene Corgan, said, “We’re delighted
by the support of both Natalie and Marlene in helping to raise the profile of
Meeting Needs and achieve such a fantastic amount of fundraising for the
charity. This money will go towards a great cause, and its initiatives like
this that help us deliver different projects across the UK and worldwide.”
Anita Lowe, CEO of veSpace shared her pride for the team’s achievements.
“We have a wellness committee here at veSpace, and we regularly organise
internal events to support the wellbeing of our employees. It’s not only
wellness we look at, but our support to charities. As a business, we sponsored
Natalie and Marlene by paying the £600 entry fee for the challenge, this
allowed for all additional fundraising to go straight to Meeting Needs,” said
Lowe.
The Just Giving Page is still active, if you’d like to
support this cause, you can donate here.
