To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week earlier this year, Isle Listen launched a £100 in 100 days challenge, but members of the Zurich team wanted to make it even bigger.
They proposed a walking challenge to do 10,000 steps every day for 10 days, to reach a target of 10 million steps.
Zurich gathered participants from various businesses and community groups to rise to the challenge, including: Boal & Co, Canada Life, Castle Rushen High School, Equiom, Kestrel Insurance, Laxey School, MAC Financial Group, Manx Telecom, Morning Momentum, Nedbank, PokerStars, and Robinsons.
A total of 104 participants joined the challenge.
The Z Zurich Foundation, a charitable foundation funded by various members of the Zurich Insurance Group, provided match funding and offered a £10,000 donation to Isle Listen if everyone completed the challenge.
After an amazing effort all the participants hit the 10,000 steps challenge target resulting in over 10 million steps, and meaning that the final donation made to Isle Listen was £16,458.
The funding will be used to support the school programme Isle Listen delivers to students across the Isle of Man, which educates children on mental health and wellbeing.
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