boxChilli Scafell Pike charity walk 2022

boxChilli started as a one-man business on Managing Director, Anders Bohea's laptop with the simple ethos of "do good work." We are now a successful 360 marketing agency with 23 driven individuals who are part of the boxChilli team. Now working with National Accounts and brands across the UK, we are still very much focused on supporting the local community. This is why every year, we choose a charity and, as a team, work together to raise as much money as we can.

Last year, boxChilli raised ￡1,180 for our 2021 charity, Solent Mind, who provide an essential service delivering support and information for those experiencing mental health issue in the South. We chose this charity because of the immensely good work which they do which was especially significant during COVID19 and the subsequent lockdowns.

Of course, this made fundraising more of a challenge, however, as usual, the team took it in their stride. PR & Marketing Director, Alexandra Pinhorn, soared donations high with her Wing Walk where she raised funds for Solent Mind whilst strapped to the top of a plane! Never say that the boxChilli team doesn’t aim for the stars...

Fundraising?

This year, the boxChilli team wanted to work a little closer to home. Many of our team spend time outside of work supporting the local community and giving back. We wanted to show our support by pooling all of our charity efforts and splitting the money raised between these groups.

Antony is our boxChilli PPC expert and can be found maximising client sales with his skills, as well as keeping everyone laughing on those cloudy Mondays in the office. Every year, Antony brings joy to the community by supporting the Waterlooville Community Grotto. Christmas can be a tough time of year for some families and having these services around means children have something fantastic to enjoy around the festive period. Supported by Waterlooville Library, the Community Grotto team give presents that are both functional and educational and charity donations go towards this, as well as enhancing the experience.

Owen is our SEO developer, and when he's not ensuring our SEO client websites are meeting Google’s performance criteria, he can often be found debating football with Antony. Owen runs a community Youth Group in the Waterlooville area for those aged 4 to 11. This was previously paused due to COVID19 and will be restarted in April. The Youth Group is a space where children can go to have fun, socialise, enjoy themed evenings as well as lots of activities like games, crafts and baking. This is a fantastic event for the local children to make new friends and enjoy themselves.

We are immensely proud of the team for being involved in such activities which benefit our community and giving up their time to help others. This is why we thought donating to these groups is extremely apt, and we are already underway with fundraising activities for the cause.

The boxChilli team will be organising and attending fundraising events throughout 2022, with some of our previous efforts including The Great boxChilli Bake-off where the team went head-to-head with a battle of taste, judged by the company Directors.

Scafell Pike

In September, some of the team will be whisked away for the weekend to take on the Scafell Pike trail, which will be an intense weekend of hiking, challenge, and of course, plenty of laughs along the way.

Team building is an essential part of the boxChilli ethos and what better way to test our relationship than hiking, there really is nowhere to go but up. All joking aside, the boxChilli team love a challenge and with Scafell Pike being the highest and the most prominent mountain in England, this is the perfect feat for us to raise money for an excellent cause and do something which will go down in the boxChilli history books.

boxChilli will be continuing to complete fundraising events throughout the year and would love you to get involved. Every spare penny counts and is hugely appreciated, not only by our team but by the people in our community who reap the benefits of our donations.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/boxchilli-team-fundraiser