Going the extra mile for refugees

Staff at marketing agency MacMartin are walking more than 1,200 miles to support refugees in troubled parts of the globe.

As part of the British Red Cross and its Miles for Refugees campaign, 10 staff at the Church Broughton business have been donning their walking boots and taking part in the challenge during lunch breaks and evenings.

The campaign offers participants the opportunity to walk, swim or cycle a range of distances, which are all based on the number of miles that refugees in different situations around the world are having to travel to reach safety.

Katie Redfern, marketing account manager at MacMartin, said: “We particularly wanted to support this campaign because of the British Red Cross’s work with refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine.

“We really wanted our first charity challenge to be relevant to a current global situation, which is why we chose this particular one.

“As busy office-bound people we don’t naturally get that many steps into our normal working day.

“The nicest thing is that everyone is going for a walk together every lunch time, which is actually a really good chance to get away from our desks into the fresh air.”

To support MacMartin’s Miles for Refugees campaign, please click here.