A team of staff from Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and EIDCymru tackled Wales’s three highest peaks and raised £5,000 for charity.
The 16-strong team tackled Yr Wyddfa, Cadair Idris and Pen Y Fan within a 24-hour time period and raised money for Tir Dewi, Wales Air Ambulance and the British Heart Foundation.
The challenge was set ahead of Mental Health Week’s ‘Moving more for our mental health’ theme and the team managed to complete the challenge in 17 hours and 45 minutes.
One of the team members to take part, Sara Rees from EIDCymru, said:
“Tir Dewi was one of the chosen charities for the challenge as we see how much of an important asset they are within the agricultural industry, to the farmers we speak to every day. The Wales Air Ambulance Charity was also one of our chosen charities as it is widely used within the agricultural industry due to agricultural workers living and working in some of the most remote parts of the country which means when they suffer injuries it can be out of the question for traditional emergency services to reach them.”
HCC’s Campaigns Executive Philippa Gill, who led the initiative, said:
“The British Heart Foundation is another worthy charity which will benefit from the extra funding which we were able to raise with this challenge. The challenge was tough, particularly in the hot weather, but we all managed to complete it within the time limit and with smiles on our faces by the end.”
