To mark Equiom's 10 year anniversary, Global CEO Sheila Dean invited all staff to sign up and take part in Equiom's first ever Global Charity Challenge: The Equiom 100,000 mile challenge

The challenge is for Equiom staff, across all 9 jurisdictions, to walk or run a combined total of 100,000 miles between 11 March and the 21 December 2017, while collecting sponsorship money for local causes.

The team at Equiom Guernsey will be monitoring the steps they take and participating  in various sporting activities during the course of the challenge.

To kick-start the challenge, the board of Equiom have agreed to match funds raised by staff up to a maximum of 20,000 GBP.

We are supporting Guernsey Chest and Heart LBG which is a local charity that aims to prevent, treat and research respiratory and circulatory disease. Their screening programmes looks at a range of risk factors and consists of a comprehensive questionnaire, electrocardiogram, breathing tests, blood pressure, height and weight measurements, together with a number of readings taken from a single blood sample which includes cholesterol and diabetes screening.

The Chest and Heart's annual running costs exceed £100,000, which relies solely on voluntary support from the public, private individuals, corporate bodies and various groups and organisations.