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Teams from Alliance Healthcare UK, one of the UK's leading distributors of pharmaceutical, medical and health and beauty, has raised £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2016 through a series of challenges across the UK.

A team of 16 braved the Windsor Triathlon which included swimming 1.5km in the River Thames, cycling 40km across Berkshire, and concluding with an uphill 6km run outside Windsor Castle. The team raised over £7,000 from generous sponsorship of the event and through €go green week€ at the Support Centre in Chessington, where team members dressed in green, baked cakes, held a charity quiz and enjoyed a summer BBQ party.

David Tooby, head of parallel imports at Alliance Healthcare, said: €This was a fantastic team effort! People did something they never thought they could do and were pushed to their limit. When times were tough we focused on why we were doing this €“ to raise funds to help those affected by cancer. Everyone has been affected by cancer in some way, including members of the triathlon team, so what seemed impossible became possible€.

Other challenges included Jason Coupe, a driver from the Alliance Healthcare South Normanton Service Centre, tackling a grueling 24-hour, 310 mile cycle challenge from Newcastle to London, which he completed  in 18 hours, 47 minutes, finishing seventh in a field of 700 participants. In August, keen fishers from the business came together at Monks Lake, Kent, for the annual Alliance Healthcare fishing competition which raised over £2,000. And this autumn Alliance Healthcare teams across the country supported Macmillan's coffee morning and added a further £1,150 to the Macmillan fundraising, totaling over £10,000.

The money raised by Alliance Healthcare will be used to fund Macmillan Cancer Support's vital cancer services, including specialist nurses working throughout the NHS, a nurse-run support line and grants for cancer patients with financial difficulties.