PwC, the leading professional services firm, has once again taken to the roads, bringing together all its staff from across the UK to Ride the Nation.
Ride the Nation is PwC UK's charity cycle challenge, the inaugural event being held in May 2015. The event aims to physically connect all 30 offices in the UK network by means of a cycling relay, including offices in the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. Ride the Nation 2015 remains the single largest event of its kind the UK firm has embarked upon, raising over £150,000 for The PwC Foundation and charities local to each office, with over 700 staff taking part on their bikes with support from all grades of staff in all offices nationwide.
The event was conceived and continues to be organised and run solely by PwC staff to demonstrate the firms’ ethos of doing the right thing in our communities and what can be achieved when we work together as One Firm.
This year’s event takes place between 1stJune and 30thJune, starting and finishing in London but not before visiting all 30 PwC offices consisting of 26 different stages linking staff across the network from Aberdeen to Plymouth even the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. The event is a three layer challenge where mass participation on a local level will join riders relaying from office to office alongside a five strong national team who will cycle the entire 2000 mile route.
The West region stages are taking place on 7th and 8thJune where 54 riders will travel from Exeter to Plymouth and then up to Bristol, travelling a total of 307.3km. The riders are also expected to reach a combined overall climb of over 4000 metres. Full details of the stages can be viewed here via interactive maps:Ride the Nation Exeter to Exeter Ride the Nation Exeter to Bristol
Also this year PwC is delighted to announce that the event will be sponsored by a number of high profile sponsors including Halfords, Marriott International & Grosvenor House – a J W Marriott hotel BMW, Hertz, Outstanding Branding and the Principle Hotel Company.
Katharine Finn PwC’s West region Chair, said;
"I am delighted that Ride the Nation will be hitting the road again in 2017. This is an epic challenge in which all our people can raise money for charity and physically connect with colleagues across our UK network.Whether it’s getting in the saddle to cycle, fundraising or simply cheering colleagues on, it gives us all the opportunity to raise much needed funds and awareness for local West region charities and our PwC Foundation.Supporting our local community is incredibly important to PwC in the West and I am always proud of the enthusiasm and commitment our people show to a number of local causes.”
Stephanie Hyde, PwC UK Executive Board Member and Global Entrepreneurial & Private Business Leader, concluded;
"Ride the Nation has rapidly grown to be the largest fundraising event the UK firm has ever put on, raising over £150,000 for the charities supported by the 2015 event is outstanding and testament to the passion, determination and hard work of our people. As Head of Regions and the Ride the Nation Board sponsor, I am incredibly proud of what our teams across the depth and breadth of the PwC UK network achieved in 2015, it not only demonstrated the power of our firm but that we can make a real difference to the communities we work and live in. I am really looking forward to seeing that true ‘One Firm’ spirit again across all our 30 offices for Ride the Nation 2017!”