Alliance Healthcare UK Raises Over £100k for Charity Following Three Fitness Challenges

Alliance Healthcare UK has raised over £100k for Action Medical Research, Vitamin Angels UK, and the Theodora Children’s Charity, following three charity fitness challenges: Race the Sun, Tour D’Alliance, and Sports Championship event.

The total distance travelled by Alliance Healthcare team members in the three events is roughly 2,300 miles, which is roughly the same distance as London to Türkiye.

In Autumn 2023 three teams of Alliance Healthcare colleagues took part in the Action Medical Research Race the Sun Challenge in the Lake District. The race consisted of a 28-mile off-road cycle loop, a two-mile water course across Coniston Lake, and finally climbing the summit of The Old Man of Coniston to an altitude of 803m.

In September, seven team members took part in the 2023 Tour D’Alliance cycle challenge, pedalling over 300 miles from Great Yarmouth to Swansea Service Centre. Now in its fourth year, the race saw two teams - Team Vos and Team Merckx, race across the country to a heroes welcome in Swansea.

Finally, Alliance Healthcare hosted its Sports Championship event in October, where colleagues competed in various football and netball tournaments. The tournament raised valuable funds for all of Alliance Healthcare UK’s children’s charities, Action Medical Research, Vitamin Angels UK, and the Theodora Children’s Charity.

Matt Addison, Operations Director of Alliance Healthcare UK, said: “I am so pleased that we were able to raise over £100k for charity through three huge fitness challenges. Thank you to all team members who ran, cycled, walked, and swam to raise money for our various partner charities.”

Marie Evans, Managing Director of Alliance Healthcare UK, said "Every step, pedal, and climb taken by our dedicated team members in our charity initiatives reflects our commitment to positively impacting those in need. Together, we've turned compassion into action, and I couldn't be prouder of our Alliance Healthcare UK team members."

Howard Schiffer, Founder of Vitamin Angels, said: “Currently, Vitamin Angels UK reaches over 1,600 children daily. The need is much greater than that. With one in four children at risk of food insecurity, our work is only just starting. Through our partnership with the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), Vitamin Angels UK has the potential to work with over 677 nurseries in the future reaching over 30,000 children daily with the supplementary feeding programme.”

Thank you to our generous sponsors of all three events, including:

Tour D’Alliance: LCM, Mertrux, LF&E, Lexmark, Knapp, Driver Hire, Asset Alliance, DTM, HBC Logistics, Carlton Packaging, Global Trading, Circom, Dakota and Fen-Bay Services.

Race the Sun: Momentous Studios, TB Cardew, Caramba and Essity.

Championship: Bristol Laboratories, Ennogen, Noumed, Rudipharm, Crescent Pharma Limited, Macleods, tillomed, HDA UK and Viatris.