CARE Construction Challenge

Overseas development agency CARE International has laid down the gauntlet for the Construction industry in the shape of the CARE Construction Challenge.

Taking place in Cannock Chase in Staffordshire on 2 July 2011, the challenge will see teams from across the industry cover the distance of a marathon on foot, bike and canoe.

CARE aims to raise £100,000 through the challenge, to support the charity’s poverty-fighting work overseas.

CARE works in over 70 countries helping 59 million of the world's poorest people find a route out of poverty.

Sheltering vulnerable people and families is a crucial aspect of CARE’s work, which includes some of the most important and pioneering emergency shelter and reconstruction projects in the world. For example, funds raised could help pay for the deployment and assessment carried out by CARE’s emergency shelter advisers used in emergencies like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and floods in Pakistan; or projects including erecting temporary shelter for families whose homes and lives have been devastated by war, or training communities in safer and longer-lasting construction techniques.

The CARE Challenge Team offers participants expert advice on training and fundraising.

A reception after the event will be held where teams will toast the top fundraisers and celebrate on the dance floor.

The CARE Construction Challenge is also supported by construction management software providers Union Square.

If you work in any sector of the construction industry or supply chain and want to take on the challenge, visit www.carechallenge.org.uk/constructionchallenge or call the CARE Challenge Team on 020 7934 9470.