Cemex colleagues raise 18k with 400-mile charity cycle
Starting at Cemex’s Stockton-on-Tees office in County Durham on Monday 16 September, 9 colleagues from Cemex completed the week-long cycle challenge with a grand finale at Cemex’s Southampton office.
Along their epic cycle ride the team took in several other Cemex sites across the country including Dove Holes quarry in the Peak District, Cemex’s UK headquarters in Coventry and their National Technical Centre in Southam where they were supported and cheered on by colleagues from across the business.
Alongside raising money and promoting the vital work of national disability charity, Sense, who support people with complex disabilities to gain independence and achieve their potential, there were a number of wellness activities across Cemex sites, to promote employee wellbeing, build community and provide further opportunities for fundraising support.
Chiedza Mupfumira, Social Impact Lead at Cemex, said, “At Cemex, we are committed to creating a collaborative workplace, which promotes wellbeing and empowers everyone to achieve their full potential. We want to ensure that we foster an environment which is truly inclusive, where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Our ambitions in this area directly align with the incredible work that Sense carry out on a daily basis, and we’re excited about the opportunities to continue our collaboration with Sense as we embark on our own journey to become a disability confident employer.”
Representatives from Sense were welcomed to Cemex’s headquarters in Binley, Coventry on Tuesday 12th November for the final handover of the cheque and to lay the foundations for an ongoing partnership as Cemex takes its first steps towards becoming a Disability Confident employer.
Amanda Santer, Associate Director of Public Fundraising for Sense, commented, “This is just the beginning of our amazing partnership, and we’re excited for all the positive change we can create. Together with Cemex, we’re working to create a more inclusive and accessible workplace for people living with complex disabilities.”
Sense supports people with complex disabilities, including deafblindness, to feel connected and included. From the first weeks of life and through the major milestones of adulthood, Sense want to ensure that disabled people and their families are supported to live fully at every stage of life.
About Cemex:
Cemex is a global construction materials company that is building a better future through sustainable products and solutions. Cemex is committed to achieving carbon neutrality through relentless innovation and industry-leading research and development. Cemex is at the forefront of the circular economy in the construction value chain and is pioneering ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels in its operations with the use of new technologies.
Cemex offers cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and urbanisation solutions in growing markets around the world, powered by a multinational workforce focused on providing a superior customer experience, enabled by digital technologies.
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About Sense
Sense is a leading disability that offers personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life.
Over 70 years, we’ve built extensive knowledge and expertise in supporting people with complex disabilities including deafblindness. We’re here, in people’s homes, centres and communities, focusing on the things a person can do, not what they can’t. We celebrate the moments of connection that bring more joy to life. Together, we always find a way, no matter how complex someone’s disability.
With Sense, children can develop new ways to communicate and play, young people and adults can develop skills and confidence for work and life and families can feel seen, supported and valued.
Together, we can achieve long-term change. Through our campaign work we step up in the face of adversity and unite with the 1.6 million people with complex disabilities in the UK.
For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/