A group of work colleagues from across the Midlands have completed a 15 km Tough Mudder challenge and raised nearly £1,200 for Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound.
The seven-strong team from the central division sales team of Hydro-X Water Treatment Ltd came together for the gruelling challenge in Birmingham and worked together to complete a series of 20 obstacles.
Account manager Mark Judson, who lives in Burton-on-Trent and nominated the charity for the fundraising event, explained: “I am a keen runner so enjoyed that part of it but some of the obstacles were particularly tricky – especially those which gave out electric shocks!
“Overall it was great fun and really brought us all together – drawing on everyone’s individual strengths to negotiate the obstacles which ranged from crawling through mud to plunging into an ice bath.
“Having supported Safe and Sound previously, I am very proud of all my colleagues who have collected a very respectable total for an extremely worthwhile local charity.
“I would like to thank Hydro-X for supporting this fantastic charity and organising the event for us and also my team mates Ben, Wes, Scott, Ani, Chris and Antony for making it a memorable experience.”
Tracy Harrison is chief executive of Safe and Sound which supports children, young people and families whose lives have been affected by child exploitation including online grooming, sexual exploitation, County Lines, trafficking, modern slavery and radicalisation.
She said: “The team at Hydro-X have done an amazing job collecting sponsorship and then tackling this gruelling course.
“Our own challenges are often focused on going beyond people’s comfort zone and this definitely fits that brief so congratulations to the whole team.”
