My name is Ray, I’m a Business Analyst and I’ve been with Southern Water for 2 years

This is my first time fund raising with Southern Water and I'm excited to be involved in a great cause. 

We have ambitious fundraising targets and I really hope, as a team, we can achieve them through some fun and challenging events (though I'm not sure about the fancy dress!)

My goal from joining is simple: to learn more about Water Aid and the work it does; help them, as much as we can and have a laugh or two.

Let it Flow… Help it Grow…H2OWater is life. It’s crucial to hygiene and crucial to health. Yet, millions of people around the world still don’t have access to clean water or decent sanitation. Millions of people are denied this basic human right. WaterAid, our company charity, is trying to put this right – and our 2022 Winnovators team is going to do their bit to help them.

Let it flow… Help it grow… H2O is a bunch of eight passionate people determined to tackle head on the three challenges set up by WaterAid: raise a minimum of £5,000 for the charity, solve a real world water problem, and learn and develop in the process.

Good News :Our Winnovators 2022 team has won the seed funding from Water Aid this year and now they need all our Southern Water and wider community help to raise as much money as possible for Water Aid and help out in this wonderful cause!What’s in their plan?The team has come up with lots of ideas to raise money – from a 160 miles’ walk in fancy dress - which they hope will bring the bulk of their target, to sports day, raffles and sweepstake, boot sales, roadshows and beach clean. And they’re planning to involve everyone – employees, suppliers and partners.

We’ll keep you posted on how the team is doing and how you can help them. Stay tuned!About the Winnovators programmeWinnovators is a global employee development programme run by WaterAid. 

Participants must form teams and use their knowledge and expertise to solve real-life challenges in countries where WaterAid is carrying out vital work. Each team is presented with three challenges in support of WaterAid’s country programme, which for 2022 are in India:Solve: design a solution to a real world problem set by WaterAidFund: run a fundraising campaign and raise a minimum of £5,000Learn: record your learning and development