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12 Jun 2025

Europe-wide well-being efforts raise £55k

Colleagues in VetPartners practices in UK and beyond spent May on challenges to boost mental health and cash for good causes.

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Europe-wide well-being efforts raise £55k

Colleagues from Viking Vets in Bristol who completed the Bristol Great Run 10k wearing Viking helmets.

Veterinary colleagues from the UK and Europe spent a month running, hiking, climbing mountains, swimming and performing the downward dog – all to boost well-being and raise cash.

Between them, the 1,000-plus VetPartners colleagues helped to raise £55,372 for charities by joining forces for the Month of Movement campaign.

Team members from the UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal were invited to take part, with participants donating £4 (€4.80 or CHF4.50) for every hour of activity in May.

Beneficiaries

Many supported the partner charity World Land Trust, but other causes included Vetlife (UK), Association YouCare (France), Fundación También (Spain), VETHiLFE (Germany) and Treedom (Italy).

In total, more than 1,000 colleagues took part, registering 13,843 hours of activity on an app between them and raising £20,004 for the World Land Trust and £35,368 for the other charities.

Great efforts

Among some of the fund-raising efforts were the following:

  • Clotilde Gerin, from VetAvenir in Switzerland, scaled the summit of Europe’s highest peak Mont Blanc.
  • VetPartners UK talent business partner Alastair Kay cycled 45.21 miles (72.76K) around Yorkshire.
  • RVN Andrea Drake, of Penbode Vets in Cornwall, cycled from home to the practice, clocking up 20 miles (32.35K).
  • Colleagues from Viking Vets in Bristol completed the Bristol Great Run 10k wearing Viking helmets.
  • Portuguese practice Centros Veterinários Mais Vida organised a 24-hour activity, forming teams walking in shifts.
  • The Spanish central support team arranged a group Pilates class.
  • In the Netherlands, director of clinical development (northern region) Maaike van Etten participated in the Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival.
  • Colleagues in French practices ran, walked, swam, cycled, played tennis and padel and did Pilates, while the central support team organised walks and picnics.
  • Month of Movement organiser Hannah James, VetPartners head of ESG, went swimming in Loch Tarff in Scotland.

Brought together

VetPartners chief executive Jo Malone, who clocked up more than 16 hours on runs and walks with her dog Tilly, said: “Month of Movement brought us all together as a UK and European veterinary community and encouraged us all to become active and have fun. I really enjoyed taking part, and hearing about all the amazing activities colleagues did throughout the month was really inspiring.

“Through their efforts, we have donated to charities they feel passionate about, and I hope they all feel proud of how much they have raised and feel a sense of achievement.”

World Land Trust is an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most threatened habitats and species.