Two local charities to benefit from Royal London 360° staff Parish Walk achievements
19 July 2010
‘Macmillan Cancer Support Isle of Man’ and ‘Friends of Robert Owen House’ are set to benefit from the Parish Walk achievements of staff at Royal London 360°.
Nine employees of the offshore life assurance company recently participated in the event, including Head of Customer Services, Richard Gerrard, who completed the 85-mile course in just over 16 hours! His remarkable performance meant he finished in fourth place out of more than 1,700 entrants.
Richard’s colleagues Julia Bratty, Selena Bostock, Martin Blyth, Anne Clarke, Terry Kelly, Rebecca McKendrey, John Cleator and Stephanie Gardiner also took part in the Parish Walk. £1,000 will be shared between the two charities.
Richard has been training since the start of 2010, completing 60 miles per week during May and June. He commented: “I knew it was going to be a difficult day when I arrived at the start just after 7.30am - the sun was already warm. Instead of taking it easy to begin with, I got a bit carried away and went off too fast. I was feeling fine to Rushen but then realised that, whilst I had drunk a lot of water, I hadn’t been eating enough and was low on energy. Then came the Sloc!
“I felt sick halfway up with the sun beating down and no shelter, and decided that I would just get to the top and then finish. A couple of people passed me, which made it worse! Walking through the Round Table I knew there was no phone reception so decided that as soon as I had a signal, I would phone my wife to pick me up. However, I had something to eat walking through Dalby, forgot about calling and, a few minutes later, felt much better. After I got past halfway, I had no doubt I would finish.
“The worst thing was the heat, but the good weather brought out a lot of people to watch and provide encouragement, and you can’t beat the feeling walking down Douglas Promenade to the finish. I knew I wasn’t feeling my usual self at the end though, as I turned down a beer when I crossed the line!"
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Macmillan Cancer Support is Royal London 360°’s charity of the year. Friends of Robert Owen House provides accommodation for relatives of Manx patients receiving life-saving treatment at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
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For further information please contact:
Royal London 360°
Merita Taylor
Communications Executive
Tel: + 44 (0)1624 681610
Email: merita.taylor@royallondon360.com
Royal London 360°
Natalie Dutton
Head of Marketing
Tel: + 44 (0)1624 681726
Email: natalie.dutton@royallondon360.com
Notes to Editor:
Royal London 360° is the international division of the Royal London Group, and offers a broad range of offshore investment, savings and tax planning products to investors based around the world.
- Established in 2008 through the coming together of two highly successful offshore life companies – Scottish Life International Insurance Company Limited and Scottish Provident International Life Assurance Limited
- The company has combined industry experience of 30 years, and funds under management of almost US$2.75 billion (as at 31 March 2010)
- Royal London 360° website is www.royallondon360.com
- This press release is not a consumer advertisement and is only intended for use by journalists and financial intermediaries.
Royal London Group is a specialist financial service provider. Its businesses focus on those sectors of the market which value quality propositions, operating through a number of brands:
- Scottish Life – UK pensions market
- Bright Grey – UK protection market
- Scottish Provident – UK protection market
- Royal London 360° – offshore investment markets
- RLAM – fund management
- RLAS – life and pensions administration
- Fundsdirect / Ascentric – funds supermarket; Wrap platform
Royal London also distributes life and pensions products through Santander’s UK branch networks.
Royal London is the largest mutual life and pensions company in the UK with Group funds under management of £39.1 billion. Group businesses serve around 3.4 million customers and employ 2,890 people. Figures quoted are as at 31 March 2010.