2009 - 3 Peaks Challenge

This year 6 of the Avondale team successfully completed the 3 Peaks Challenge (Ben Nevis, Scafell Peak and Snowdon in just 23.5 hours.  They have raised just over £6,000 for St Michael’s Hospital neo natal intensive care unit through Above & Beyond charities.  A big thank you to those that supported our challenge.  If you would like to support the charity and directly benefit many hundreds of premature babies, please visit www.justgiving.com/richardsamuels

2007 Ironman UK – Business Consultant Simon Baldwin is not only back on the tracks, but in the water and on a bike when he took part in 2007 Ironman event, along with 15,000 competitors from around the world.  As a solid club triathlon competitor, with a best finish of 13^th overall in the London Sprint Triathlon last year, he states, “I am entering Ironman on a ‘complete’ not compete basis.  And complete he did, raising money for World Vision.  www.worldvision.com

2006 Marathon Challenge: Managing Director, Kevin Uphill and head office-based Consultant, Simon Baldwin are already known for their charity raising for Leukaemia by competing in The London Triathlon. For 2006, they went "the extra mile" by entering into the London Marathon and raised over £1,500.  

Triathlon: Some Consultants put their athletic abilities to good use by organising sponsorship for sporting events. Over the last two years, Avondale Group Managing Director, Kevin Uphill and Business Sales Consultant, Simon Baldwin successfully completed the Michelop ULTRA London Triathlon raising over £1000 for the Multiple Sclerosis charity PAMS and  nearly £2,000 for Leukaemia.

St Catherine's: Our fundraising events can also be fun. In January 2006, Avondale  teamed up with Morrisons Solicitors to hold a charity Casino Evening in aid of St. Catherine's Hospice. A number of local business people were invited and had a great time raising £1,200 through donations and a charity raffle.

World Vision: In 2006, Avondale ran the same Casino event with Shadbolts Solicitors for World Vision and raised even more money.

Senegalese: For the last four years Avondale has sponsored a Senegalese boy through World Vision.

St Peter's Hospice: In October 2005, Tom McCarthy, a Business Sales Consultant in our Bristol office, took to the road taking part in a half marathon to raise funds for St Peter’s Hospice, Bristol.