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\"Eloise
Eloise Edgar baked 26 cookies for the Road Victims Trust<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UK charities are facing closures due to fundraising events being cancelled from COVID-19. RAJA\u2019s employees have virtually come together to participate in the The 2.6 Challenge<\/a><\/u> on Sunday 26th<\/sup> April 2020, when the 40th<\/sup> Virgin London Marathon would have taken place, and when some of our employees would have joined the thousands of runners on the streets and bridges through London. Organisers of the biggest mass-participation sports events across the country united to create The 2.6 Challenge to raise the vital funds needed and to help save the UK\u2019s charities from the estimated shortfall of \u00a34 billion as a result of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Spurred on by the determination of our runners this challenge was set to every team at RAJA to complete their individual challenge in support of their own chosen cause. And what a great response! The team rallied together – and with family members – by completing their goal and to raise money for their chosen charities. By the looks of it – what fun they had!<\/p>\n

Highlights from The 2.6 Challenge<\/h2>\n

Here are some snaps from the weekend. Some baked, biked and blitz cleaned their houses, whilst others ran, rambled and rallied their family together for a quiz.<\/p>\n

\"Vicky
Vicky Baker galloped 2.6k, raising over \u00a3180 for MIND<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Afsar
Afsar Parkar ran his first half marathon, also supporting MIND<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
Sian Creegan appreciated the sights and supported Action for Children, whilst Amy Skingsley took on 26 questions, supporting Hula Animal Rescue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Karen
Karen Phillips supported Willen Hospice and St Nicholas Hospice Care – although we would have liked to have seen photos from the haircut!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amy
Amy Tyers (left), rode 26 miles for the Alzheimers Society, and Marianne Aitken (right) managed 2.6 meters instead of the 26 laps with Maxi in the basket, for Cats Protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Andrew
Andrew Wood (left) and his daughter ran 2.6 miles and raised \u00a3110 for Cats Protection, Phil Spratling (right) scootered 2.6 miles with his children for Myeloma UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And what appears to be the toughest challenge of them all…<\/h2>\n

Sophie Jamieson embraced staying at home and achieved all 26 jobs from her spring cleaning To-Do list – what an impressive accomplishment! She endured this long task for the Spinal Injuries Association.<\/p>\n

\"Sophie<\/p>\n

All the fun and games, not to mention hard work was to support charities that were close to people\u2019s hearts, here are just some of them\u2026<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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