Insurance Compliance Services Ltd is ‘Walking for Water’

The team at Insurance Compliance Services, part of UKGI Group, have pledged to walk five kilometres or more a day for the month of March in aid of WaterAid’s Stand with Women project.

The challenge has been launched to coincide with International Women’s Day, March 8^th, and has been developed to raise awareness of women and girls across the globe who must walk long distance daily, simply to access water. The team have promised to walk 155km or more over the course of March.

ICS Managing Director, Jill Hambly, commented: “We wanted to do something to mark International Women’s Day and WaterAid’s Stand with Women project is the perfect fit.” ICS hope to raise £500 for WaterAid upon completing the project.

ICS runs an initiative to support International Women’s Day each year. Last year the team hosted webinars focusing on diversity and inclusion and the menopause to help support women in the workplace.

On its website, WaterAid states: “Around the world, women and girls are being held back by having to walk 5km or more for water every day, taking away their hopes for the future as they miss out on paid work or school.”

According to WaterAid, 703 million people globally (almost one in ten) do not have access to clean water close to their home, forcing millions to embark on difficult journeys every day to fetch water they and their families need to survive.

To make a donation and support the cause, visit: https://walkforwater.wateraid.org/fundraising/insurance-compliance-services-ltd-is-walking-for-water