Twenty Five teams take on the #Franklins50 challenge!

Over twenty businesses so far from across Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes have signed up for the #Franklins50 challenge and will turn £50 seed funding from Franklins Solicitors LLP into as much money as possible over three months for five local charities – Cynthia Spencer Hospice, Northampton Hope Centre, MK Act, Willen Hospice and MK Food Bank.

The challenge runs from February 13^th until May 12^th and will see teams testing their business acumen to the max, participating teams are coming up with a range of activities to turn £50 into as much money as possible for their chosen charity. From selling hand-cut leaves and portrait photography, to abseiling down the Northampton Lift Tower and putting colleagues in wet sponge stocks, nothing is off the table as long as it’s safe and legal!

Northampton based companies taking part include:

• Deathhouse
• OneFourSix
• Syncro Office Technology Ltd
• Travis Perkins
• DBFB
• ACS Office Solutions
• Bluestep Solutions
• Towergate Northampton
• Chartwells Controls Ltd
• Smurfit Kappa Northampton
• ACS Recruitment Kettering
• BWC Profiles
• Franklins Solicitors LLP
• Nutri Troops
• KSN Clothing
• Provention
• Miller & Chalk
• The Hope Centre
• Lambert Smith Hampton
• John Lewis
• Hillier Hopkins
• Halo Resourcing

Andrea Smith , Partner at Franklins Solicitors LLP, said:

“It’s fantastic to have so many companies on board and there’s still time to sign your team up and help us tackle the local cost-of-living crisis and improve wellbeing. It’s a brilliant team-building opportunity and we can’t wait to see what imaginative ways teams come up with to raise some money.”

About some of the teams taking part for the first time:

Nutri Troops was founded by Olympic Volleyball Player Peter Bakare who represented Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics. He is currently a motivational speaker, focusing on inspiring school students across Milton Keynes and beyond. Peter will use the £50 seed funding to design and print promotional materials to offer Milton Keynes’ businesses discounted motivational lunchtime talks for their staff.

Nutri Troops CEO Peter Bakare said:

“I’m so excited to be part of the Franklin’s £50 Challenge to raise money for MK Act. They are such a great charity who help hundreds of families in Milton Keynes who are suffering from domestic abuse. Through Nutri Troops, I have helped coach hundreds of children in Milton Keynes and some of them have been from an MK Acts refuge. I have seen the positive impact the charity has had on these families, helping them to find safety away from domestic abuse, so I would love the opportunity to raise money for MK Act.”

Milton Keynes-based aluminium and plastics extrusion company, BWC Profiles, are entering a team that will run the MK Turing 10K on 30 April to raise money for MK Act.

Danny Varley, BWC Profiles Managing Director, said:

“We’ve never done anything like this before. Most of us can barely run 5K let alone 10K but it’s for a great cause and we need a good reason to give up the biscuits and get off our backsides. We hope to raise at least £5,000 for a brilliant charity that supports those that have suffered domestic abuse so we hope people will dig deep to help MK ACT.”  

Cyber security consultancy, Provention, has been supporting MK Food Bank for several years and says the #Franklins50 challenge is show their support and team-build at the same time.

Max Fogg, cyber security consultant, explained:

“We’re going to run a sweepstake and use the £50 seed funding to buy a prize and we’ve also got some other ideas in the making. It’s great to support a cause helping our local community feed their families in these challenging times.”

Syncro Office Technology Ltd, Co-Founder, Stuart Mildren, said:

“We actively seek opportunities for our team to engage in local, fun, community activities so signing up to the Franklins £50 challenge was a really simple decision. We are supporting Cynthia Spencer Hospice as we’ve seen first-hand the hard work and care that takes place from all of the Cynthia Spencer volunteers and staff – they are a credit to our community.

We’re using the £50 seed funding to hire a local professional photographer in a high-quality setting to provide professional portrait photos which we will sell at a heavily discounted price/ donation of £25.00 per person.”

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