A team of enthusiastic walkers from Advance Construction Group Scotland in Bellshill have raised a staggering £44,962 for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.
They completed the Three Peaks Challenge in under 24 hours, climbing England’s tallest mountain, Scafell Pike at 3,209ft; Wales’ Snowdon at 3,560ft; and Ben Nevis in Scotland at 4,409 ft.
The group, some of whom hadn’t climbed a Munro when they started training, raised £22,481 through sponsorship which was matched by Advance Construction.
Michael Toolan, technical manager at Advance Construction Group Scotland and one of the team organisers, said, “It was such a fantastic experience, and everyone loved it. It was extremely challenging, more so trying to navigate the traffic and ensure we got to each mountain on time, but we were never in any doubt we could achieve our goal as we knew it was to help support a very worthy charity and we couldn’t let down all those who had generously donated.”
William McGowan, head of partnerships and business development at Glasgow’s Children’s Hospital Charity presented the team with individual medals and said, “The team at Advance Construction Scotland are steadfast supporters of the charity and we are incredibly grateful to the fearless fundraisers who took on this great challenge to raise funds for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.
“A huge thank you to Advance Construction Scotland for matching the donations raised by the team. The money raised will help children from across Scotland who are treated in the children’s hospital in Glasgow, helping to fund life changing equipment, support services and research projects.”
Advance Construction is a legacy partner of Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity and to date has raised £97,012 including this latest donation.
