Team overcomes obstacles to raise charity cash

Almost £1,200 has been raised for specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound from a muddy obstacle course challenge.

Staff from Hydro-X Water Treatment recently took part in the 15km Tough Mudder challenge in aid of the charity.

The event, which took place in Birmingham, saw the team complete a series of 20 obstacles.

Account manager Mark Judson, who nominated the charity for the fundraising event, said: “Having supported Safe and Sound previously, I am very proud of all my colleagues who have collected a very respectable total for an extremely worthwhile local charity.”

Tracy Harrison is chief executive of Safe and Sound, which supports children, young people and families whose lives have been affected by child exploitation including online grooming, sexual exploitation, County Lines, trafficking, modern slavery and radicalisation.

She said: “The team at Hydro-X have done an amazing job collecting sponsorship and then tackling this gruelling course.

“Our own challenges are often focused on going beyond people’s comfort zone and this definitely fits that brief so congratulations to the whole team.”