Runners cover 601 miles to raise thousands for Hertfordshire Mind Network

Splendid Hospitality Group has donated £2,000 to Hertfordshire Mind Network and 100 rooms to hospitality industry charity Room To Reward, following a 601 mile charity run completed by eight team members throughout August.

The Super Eight ran to each hotel to raise money for Hertfordshire Mind Network, to aid the people in the Hertfordshire community who suffer from poor mental wellbeing.

The route was chosen to represent the distances between each of Splendid’s 20 hotels, running the equivalent of Crawley to Glenrothes with ‘stops’ in London, Bristol, and Yorkshire along the way.

Undertaken as a two-fold endeavour, the charity run aimed to promote the importance of maintaining mental health within the Splendid Family, alongside giving back to both industry and mental health charities as a thank you for all they have done during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The original target was £1,000, which the team doubled, raising £2,000.

Marc Saunders, Splendid Hospitality Group’s head of marketing and communications, said: “By completing this charity challenge, we are able to not only donate rooms to both Room To Reward and vital funds to Hertfordshire Mind Network, but we’ve also brought our team, who are located across the UK, together to raise awareness of the importance of mental health within our Splendid Family.”

Each hotel on the route has donated five unsold room nights to Room To Reward to gift volunteers with a short break as part of Splendid Hospitality’s wider partnership with the hospitality charity.

Charity Director of Room To Reward, Adam Terpening, said: “Splendid Hospitality have been wonderful supporters of Room to Reward for a number of years and we are hugely grateful to the team for going several extra miles to give us the chance to say ‘thank you’ to more Hidden Heroes.

"Their incredible efforts will give some memorable breaks to some inspirational volunteers.”