13 July 2020
When the Edinburgh marathon was cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the team at wealth manager Brewin Dolphin’s Edinburgh office didn’t want their training to go to waste or to miss the opportunity of raising money for the office’s chosen charities, and so they decided to run or walk the equivalent in miles of the north coast of Scotland for their virtual ‘north coast 500’ challenge.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, employees couldn’t undertake the challenge in groups and so they individually logged their daily exercise walks and runs in order to complete the challenge. Collectively they covered, on foot, the equivalent distance of the north coast 500 route, around the top of Scotland, over nine days, starting from and finishing at the Edinburgh office. The team observed the Scottish government’s Covid-19 restrictions whilst undertaking the virtual challenge. The total amount raised so far is £2,950, which will be split between the office’s two chosen charities, the Edinburgh Foodbank and Scottish Action for Mental Health.
Lynne Lamont, head of charities, Brewin Dolphin Scotland, who took part in the challenge, said: “It was a real team effort with 66 people involved from both the investment team and business support, and helped by the sensational Scottish weather over the bank holiday weekend, meant that we met our target by day four. The bar was raised, and we kept going, walking or running the equivalent miles as from Scotland to Rome, we even took on the extra challenge of climbing the equivalent height of Mont Blanc.”
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The Brewin Dolphin Edinburgh office’s Strava map detailing the miles completed for the virtual charity challenge
PRESS INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:
Richard Janes richard.janes@brewin.co.uk / Tel. +44 (0) 20 3201 3343
Payal Nair payal.nair@brewin.co.uk / Tel: +44 (0) 20 3201 3342
NOTES TO EDITORS
Disclaimers:
- The value of investments can fall, and you may get back less than you invested
- Brewin Dolphin is authorised and regulated by the FCA (Financial Services Register reference number 124444)
About Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin is a UK FTSE 250 provider of discretionary wealth management. With £41.4* billion in total funds, it offers award-winning personalised wealth management services that meet the varied needs of our clients including individuals, charities and corporates.
We give clients security and wellbeing by helping them to protect and grow their wealth, in order to enrich their lives by achieving their goals and aspirations. Our services range from bespoke, discretionary investment management to retirement planning and tax-efficient investing. Our focus on discretionary investment management has led to significant growth in client funds and we now manage £35.7* billion on a discretionary basis.
Our intermediary business manages £12.5* billion of assets for over 1,700 advice firms either on a discretionary basis or via our Managed Portfolio Service.
In line with the premium we place on personal relationships, we’ve built a network of 33 offices across the UK, Jersey and Dublin, staffed by qualified investment managers and financial planners. We are committed to the most exacting standards of client service, with long-term thinking and absolute focus on our clients’ needs at the core.
*as at 31st March 2020