Local technology company ramp up the activity for charity

Local technology company ramp up the activity for charity
Pictured L-R Bottom: Jes Westerman; Beverley Allison; Faye Colarossi; Daryl Bailey; L-R Top: Gary Knight; Sam Cutler; Madison Adams; Daniel Udale Forrester; Conner Horsley; Alison Turton

Staff at Worcester-based technology solutions provider, Open GI, have been out and about taking on a variety of fundraising events, including Mud Runner Oblivion, to help raise awareness and vital funds for Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign.

The gruelling 10km cross country course took place on Sunday 28 June around the Eastnor Castle Estate. The Mud Runner events are a regarded as a supreme test of fitness with the course interspersed with ten different tests of strength, endurance and co-ordination, dredging through muddy trenches, scaling muddy hillsides and swimming across stretches of open water. Collectively, the team of ten runners have raised in excess of Ā£1,500.

On Sunday 28 June, 16 Open GI members took part in ā€˜Race the Dragon 2015ā€™, a 25-year anniversary event for Dragon Boat enthusiasts. More than 35 teams registered for the event, with the River Severn playing host to over 600 participants. A physically demanding challenge, bringing in more than Ā£300.

Most recently, Open GI held its annual staff conference and summer fete on Tuesday 7 July at Sixways Stadium, home of the Worcester Warriors. The day commenced with a company update and was followed by an afternoon of celebrations, fun and laughter. Outside, fair ground stalls such as; ā€˜beat the keeperā€™ and ā€˜cakes and craftsā€™ were on offer, as well as a BBQ for all. The summer fete raised an astonishing Ā£2,500.

Following the recent flurry of fundraising activity, Open GI is proud to announce it has raised over Ā£12,000, smashing its annual target of Ā£8,000 with five months still to go. The money will help to develop a dedicated Breast Unit at Worcester Royal Hospital for use by women and men across Worcestershire for all breast related issues.

“Once again, the employees of Open GI have taken it upon themselves to go the extra mile towards supporting our chosen charity. Itā€™s a commitment thatā€™s important to us as a business ā€“ and every one of our staff. We are very excited to see that work has commenced on the new Breast Unit, with Christmas 2015 set for completion.”

Chris Guillaume, Group CEO, commented:

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Helen Andrews
Group Head of Marketing & PR

Notes to Editors:

Open GI is one of the leading technology partners to the General Insurance industry. Open GI provides a range of configurable insurance software to insurance brokers, underwriting agencies, insurers and MGAs in the UK and Ireland.

Its digital insurance solutions, which includes Mobius and Core, provide multi-line, multi-channel, multi-brand trading capability complemented by innovative eCommerce and mobile technologies.

Open GI is part of the Open International Group and has 550 staff across offices in Worcester, Dublin, London, Winchester, Milton Keynes, Skopje and Krakow.