Up the Creek Having a Paddle!!

On Sunday the Kier Scotland & North East team took the 2020 baton from Edinburgh to Glasgow. A team of hearty cyclists, Derry Barton, Clare Tait, Alasdair McFarlan and Alasdair’s wife started from the Edinburgh College of Art project and made their way to Kilsyth – a not insignificant 40 odd miles, supported all the way by Stuart Gibb in the support bus. The spectacular route followed the canal taking in tow paths, tunnels and more than a few dog walkers.

All the riders successfully completed the journey with Alasdair commenting ‘I’ve never ridden 40 miles on a bike before and I’m never doing it again!’. The team of cyclists successfully handed the baton over to a team of salty sea dogs who canoed on towards Glasgow. Chris McGhee, Manni Ferguson, Laura Ritchie and Michelle Ross set off for a pleasant paddle, although some were more competitive than others!! Fortunately nobody got wet and all enjoyed a gentle afternoons canoeing.

Next stop……the Stepps office and Glasgow College of Art.

2020 Challenge - Join the journey

This year Build UK are aiming to raise over £200k for charity with the 2020 challenge, the event will link up all the regional businesses on a ‘green’ journey and is open to everyone to take part.

Starting at the most northerly Kier site on Orkney the challenge is to join up each business on the green relay route that takes in all Kier offices and as many sites as possible. The journey has to be completed in 2020 hours and must finish at the most southerly site in Cornwall.

The challenge is to complete the green relay using only ‘non-motorised’ forms of transport such as walking, running, horse-riding, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, land surfing, surfing, ice skating, cycling…..

The monies raised will go towards the Kier Foundation charity this year ‘Alzheimer’s’ and to local charities that have been nominated by each of the local offices.

We would be grateful if you could help us raise as much money as possible by either sponsoring our journey or making a pledge.

As a sponsor you would be invited to join in the challenge at any stage. We have a range of sponsorship opportunities available and for our main sponsor the package also includes a team building day for ten people, which will make up part of the journey. The event takes place over four weeks providing plenty of press opportunities at local and regional levels for all sponsors.

We do hope that you will join us in some way on our journey and help us to raise us much money as we can for our chosen charities, who work so hard to support their local causes.

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