JCB Employee’s Fundraising Plunge

TEN days, ten locations, ten open water swims, each less than a chilling ten degrees. That was the challenge JCB employee Georgina Williams set herself to raise vital funds for the NSPCC.

And the intrepid open water swimmer has now completed her UK-wide adventure with a ten-minute dip in the stunning JCB World Headquarters’ lake at Rocester, taking her fundraising total to more than £5,400 for the company’s NSPCC Appeal.

JCB Backhoe Training and Demonstration Manager Georgina, 32, who works at JCB’s World HQ, set off on the mammoth tour on December 4^th. She took to the water each day near key JCB dealers in Dorset, Essex, Norfolk, Manchester, Yorkshire, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Irish Republic before heading home to JCB World HQ.

Having initially set a £2,000 fundraising target, Georgina was overwhelmed by the support of JCB’s dealer network, who joined her in the water at each location and helped boost funds – with highlights including plunging into the middle of a five-degree Loch Lomond in Scotland and swimming alongside seals in the North Sea at Norfolk.