Walking to Atlanta – Moneypenny clock the miles in February

Over the past month, Moneypenny employees have been racking up the miles together, walking the distance between their UK and US offices. 

Moneypenny’s Wrexham HQ is 4110 miles from the US office, in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta is known as the birthplace of some of the biggest names in hip-hop such as Usher, Ludacris and Outkast as well as soul legend Gladys Knight. The city is also known for being home to the Atlanta Braves baseball team, and for its vast green spaces, which covers nearly a third of the city’s skyline.   

This year, Moneypenny celebrates 25 years as the world’s customer conversation experts, marking the occasion with a year-long calendar of events to honour their amazing clients and team. 

One of these events was a four-week walking challenge, aiming to cover the  4110 miles between the UK and US offices, with a focus on the importance of exercise and physical health, highlighting its positive effect on mental health. Andy, who is a strong advocate for mental health, leads a regular ‘Walk & Talk’ group on weekends for the UK team in stunning local locations, explains where the idea for the challenge came from: 

“The idea for Walk & Talk first came about from my own experience with mental health challenges. Taking a walk to help clear my mind has always been one of my favourite coping strategies. 

We all have our own stories and varying levels of support and I wanted to arrange a regular event that is easily accessible for people, should they want to get out and about and join like-minded people enjoying our beautiful, local surroundings, whilst being at peace with their thoughts and all things associated with Mental Health and day-to-day life.” 

‘Race Across the Pond’ as we called it in the UK, was a massive celebration of this, bringing more of us together across the business and getting active at the same time!” 

Those taking part in the challenge logged their weekly miles every Monday between 10th February and 9th March, with all miles being added to a collective group total.  

Abigail organised the challenge within the US team, focusing on both logging miles and raising awareness about heart health throughout the challenge.  

“February is Heart Health Awareness Month and we’ve been exploring what we can do as a business to help support our amazing people – not just in their jobs but with their health as well. We looked into what our healthcare plans have to offer and decided it was a no-brainer to get our step count up, joining our colleagues in the UK to walk the distance between us and feel closer than ever! 

A big congratulations to our top walkers of the month, Jesse and Brandon!” 

Together, those taking part in the UK and US walked an impressive 8023 miles over the four weeks – enough to travel from Wrexham to Atlanta and nearly all the way back! Proving just how much we can achieve when we all work together.