Sandhurst Business Challenge in aid of Help For Heroes

The 18^th and 19^th of August saw 15 teams from some of the UK’s most well-known organisations competing at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) in the Inspirational Development Group’s Sandhurst Business Challenge. The teams involved came from HSBC, RBS, Aon, The Home Office, BT, Linklaters, Hermes Fund Managers and British Sugar.

Building on the success of 2010’s inaugural Sandhurst Business Challenge, which raised over £30,000 for Help for Heroes, 2011’s event brought even more teams, from a greater range of organisations together. As part of the challenge, each team was asked to come up with some innovative yet practical ideas in order to raise at least £2,500 for the charity. Although not all of the funds raised have been collected in so far, the initial figures provided by the teams have left us confident that we will reach our target of £40,000 this year.

The demanding 2 day event was full of a mixture of physical, mental agility and commercial tasks and activities undertaken in the grounds and training area of Sandhurst and challenged the teams to develop their leadership, followership and team working skills. The teams were pushed outside their comfort zones which thus forced them to raise their performance bar – leading them to achieve above their own expectations.

The challenge culminated in a gruelling race including making their way over the arduous assault course used normally by the Officer Cadets, rafting across the stunning Sandhurst lake and a sprint with a stretcher to the finishing line at the front of Old College.  The two teams of the City lawyers Linklaters came in first and second, closely followed in third place by Hermes.

IDG’s partnership with RMAS has given us the unique opportunity to organise and run the Sandhurst Business Challenge at the Academy. We are proud to be able to offer an event which not only allows for teams to take part in this enjoyable team-development opportunity, but also raises a significant amount of money for a very worthwhile charity.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Sandhurst Business Challenge, or reserving team spaces for 2012’s event, please contact: info@inspirationaldg.com

The Sandhurst Business Challenge 2012