GGM Charity run! Couch to 5K

This week Team GGM took on the couch to 5K challenge for our chosen charity of the year The North West Air Ambulance.

Starting from our Colne depot, our team of five completed the challenge in a very respectable 35 minutes! 

Following in the footsteps of last year’s highly successful charitable efforts, we’re keen to build on this success and keep the momentum running.

Managing Director Chris Gibson explain more:

“Every year we aim to carry out a number of physical challenges to raise funds for our company charity. We’ve previously completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks and in 2020 we didn’t let lockdown dampen our spirits, carrying out a charity walk and cycle ride in socially distanced stints, followed by our charity challenge in 2022 where we took on a cycle ride from our Haydock depot to our Colne depot. This year I decided I wanted a more personal challenge, I’ve never been a runner but decided I would embark on the Coach to 5K program, I figured if I could do it anyone can, it took me a few extra weeks as I pulled a muscle in my back but I got there in the end and to complete this with my collegues Tom, Danny, and Andy and Alex gave me the extra motivation to get over the line. In terms of what we do next year – maybe it’s time for the next generation ? “

Since the charity, The North West Air Ambulance launched in 1999, it operates 365 days a year and they have responded to over 24,500 missions across the Northwest and must raise over £9.5m each year to remain operational.

If you would like to donate to this brilliant charity you can do so here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/the-ggm-group