Irwin Mitchell are keen supporters of UK Sepsis Trust and on its legal panel supporting families who have suffered injury or loss as a result of delay in diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. We help raise awareness and fundraising is at the heart of our fight against sepsis.

September is World Sepsis Awareness Month and we are supporting the charity by stepping up to Sepsis with multiple teams of five across our offices doing as many steps as possible in the month of September to raise funds and awareness.

This year, we have 17 teams of 5 taking part in the Step up to Sepsis Challenge between Monday 31 August and Sunday 13 September, on World Sepsis Day.

The teams taking part are:

Team 1 - Sepsis? Not On Our Watch

• Bradley Young

• Sarah Coles

• Kate Young

• Alexis Tulloch

• Edith Jamieson

Team 2 - The Sepsis Steppers

• Faisal Ali

• Beth Liddle

• Kim McCleery

• Alex Roberts

• Hannah Nagle

Team 3 - North OCC on the Move

• Bella Whiteley-Tye

• Poppy Heslop

• Rachel Morris

• Katy Daws

• Molly Robinson

Team 4 – Team StACEy

• Anna Stacey

• Stacey Hanson

• Lauren Mannion

• Marcia Bandeira

• Alex Smith

Team 5 – The Group Actioneers

• Lisa Munden

• Grace Kelway

• Tim Annett

• Jessica Jordan

• Aira Nsangu

Team 6 – Steel City Strutters

• Millie Edey

• Jessica Balcombe

• Caitlin Diamond

• Emily Butchers

• Sarah Plummer-Ingall

Team 7 – No Win, No Stroll

• Kady Howe

• Isabella Allen

• Chelsea Siddall

• Rebecca Levesley

• Holly Tomlinson

Team 8 - The Extra Milers

• Sarah Jones

• Josh Beszant

• Richard Kayser

• Frankie Rhodes

• Vicky Grimshaw

Team 9 – The Step Squad

• Georgie Cushing

• Emily Mallinder

• Katie Lovick-Norley

• Niv Ramachandran

• Ella Stevens

Team 10 – Southampton Steppers

• John Steventon-Kiy

• Rebecca Brown

• Emily Lavery

• Kayleigh Hayter

• Callum Reilly

Team 11 - The Medical Negligence Milers

• Victoria Grundy

• Rebecca Dawson

• Jen Cawthorne

• Tausif Bhad

• Shahin Master

Team 12 - Making Every Step Count

• Nicola Ashton

• Sophie Maysmor

• Carly Saxon-Garnett

• Eleanor Parker Smith

• Zakiah Albaythani

Team 13 - St Peter's Pacers

• Lindsay Wise

• Victoria Anderson

• Hollie Morgan

• Kris Inskip

• Karolina Sybilska

• Emerald Hutton (6th member)

Team 14 – Pace Invaders

• Lorraine Dixon

• Jackelyn Bush

• Alison Bolderson

• Laura Ransome

• Angela Cook

Team 15 – the Record Breakers

• Joanna Love

• Karen Merton

• Anne Hodgson

• Maureen Fletcher

• Clare Hayward

Team 16 – The Proclaimers (I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more…)

• Cat Buchanan

• Luke Daniels

• Joe Matchett

• Shannon Meehan

• Jemma Till

Team 17

• Jade Elliot-Archer

• Laura Daly

• Katherine Jones

• Jasmine Sharpe

• Lucy Baker

• Jasmine Shankster