Over 5,300 KPMG colleagues across the UK signed up to take part in the firm’s ‘Big Walks’ in June and July this year, raising over £320,000 for the end-of-life charity, Marie Curie.
Those lacing up their boots initially aimed to cover a collective distance of 75,000 kilometres to mark Marie Curie’s 75th birthday, but actually covered a staggering 94,000 kilometres in total – equivalent to twice the circumference of the globe.
Alongside varying Big Walk lengths at one of ten locations across the UK, those taking on the challenge could opt to go the distance in whatever way was most accessible to them – from swimming or cycling, to rowing or running. Over 34,000 kilometres was racked up by 180 people taking on their own big distance challenge.
Marie Curie was announced as KPMG UK’s national charity partner in November 2021, supporting the charity’s mission to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, has the support they need around them, whatever terminal illness they're facing.
The £320,000 raised by the Big Walks could help fund 16,000 hours of vital nursing care for someone with a terminal illness.