Fundraising for Charities

Both Adam Graham, Managing Director & Neel Mavji Head of IT Communications at Qlic IT took on the Saucony 10K raising money for Welcare.

You can donate to their JustGiving links Below:

Adams Fundraising Link

Neels Fundraising Link

Brandon Stepped into the Ring and took on an opponent in a Charity Boxing Match raising money for Cancer Research UK.

You can still donate here

Adam Wignall took on the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2026 in April, raising money for Mental Health UK.

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Neel is taking on a HYROX fitness event, an endurance race that mixes running, heavy workouts, and a lot of grit all to raise money for a great cause Macmillan Cancer Support

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Matt H takes on the Movember challenge to raise awareness for men’s health and also pushes himself to complete 5K every single day!

Please show your support to Matt!

Our Managing Director Adam takes on The Big Half for Save the Rhino International!

He’s not just running a half marathon for the challenge, he’s doing it to raise money for our incredible client, Save the Rhino International, and we couldn’t be prouder.

You can donate here

Our incredible team members Jack & Dan are running the Saucony 10K in aid of Welcare

Taking to the start line on the 13th July 2025 we’re incredibly proud of their efforts so far.

Donate to their pages here:

Jack’s JustGiving

Dan’s JustGiving

This quarter for our Charity Challenge, Alex from Qlic IT is taking on an incredible challenge, stepping into the ring for an Ultra White Collar Boxing match!

But this fight is about more than just sport; it’s a tribute to his amazing Nan, whose strength and love continue to inspire him.

Alex is raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, a charity that provides life-changing care and guidance to those affected by cancer. Their work has touched countless families, and now, it’s time to give back

Our incredible team members Jack & Dan are running a half marathon in aid of The Maypole Project.

Taking to the start line on the 13th October 2024 we’re incredibly proud of their efforts so far.

Donate to their pages here:

Jack’s JustGiving

Dan’s JustGiving

We had an incredible day volunteering with Bromley Borough Foodbank (Trussell Trust Network), where our team spent the day helping to organise their warehouse. It was a rewarding experience to support such a vital cause and contribute to the amazing work they do for our community.

Join us in cheering on our incredible team member, Rae Dawson, as she takes on the London Marathon for a cause close to her heart – Evelina London Children’s Charity, where her daughter is lovingly cared for. Let’s rally behind Rae and this remarkable charity, making every step count for a brighter future! Any donation, no matter the amount is greatly appreciated by Rae, her family and all other families and staff involved with Evelina London.

This December, we’ve decided to donate £1,000 to charity for Christmas. After the most difficult task of selecting a charity, we are pleased to announce the winner of our Christmas Donation is Women for Refugee Women! The amazing charity supports women seeking safety in the UK from persecution, war, violence and other torture, to rebuild their lives on their terms. Our donation will help Women for Refugee Women host their annual festive party for refugee and asylum-seeking women to enjoy a hot festive lunch, dance, sing, celebrate and play games.

Mike Horton from Qlic IT will be completing the skydive in September to raise money for The Maypole Project. They are an amazing charity that does a lot for their local community. Help us cheer on Mike and raise money for The Maypole Project by donating!

On the the 24th April, the Qlic team volunteered at Dramatize’s brand new Tea Room to help revamp and renovate the space ready for opening, tasks included: Revamping the community garden by planting new plants and rebuilding raised beds. Renovating the Tea Room with fresh paint and upcycled furniture. Dramatize provides adults with learning disabilities the opportunity to gain work experience and the training required to progress to paid employment.

For the first quarter of 2023, our team will be giving up something they love or habits they’d like to leave in 2022 to raise money for Morecambe Bay. Our team has chosen 3 things to give up in 3 months, smoking, alcohol and chocolate. Support our team during this Charity Challenge and help us raise money for the amazing Morecambe Bay by donating on our JustGiving Page.

From the start of October to the end of December, our team members Adam and Dan will be cycling and running an incredible distance to raise money. Adam will be cycling 600km, which is the equilvialent of cycling from London to Frankfurt! Dan will be running 360km, which is the equilvialent of running from London to Paris! Support our team members and help us raise money for The Grange Centre.

For our August Charity Challenge, our team will be competing in a bake/cook off to raise money for Age UK Ealing! Each week we’ll be updating our socials, so keep an eye out for our team’s homemade treats. Who will be crowned the best baker/cook at Qlic? Find out at the end of September!

For May’s Charity Challenge, our team will be taking on the 3 million steps challenge to raise money for Mental Health Resource. 3 million steps is the equivalent of walking from the London Eye, all the way to the Rome Colosseum! We will be running and walking throughout the whole of May to achieve our goal.

Support our team and help us raise money for Mental Health Resource by clicking on ‘Full Story’ below!

For our February Qlic Charity Challenge, our amazing colleague Chris Thatcher will be conquering The Great Wall of China (a challenge created by The Conqueror) and will be walking, running and rowing 259km to raise money for Lucy Air Ambulance!

Lucy Air Ambulance is the only charity in the UK that flies children to hospital by aeroplane. This ensures children can receive the specialist care and treatment they need, wherever they are in the UK.

For our latest Qlic Charity Challenge, we will be helping CareTrade to raise £2,000 to go towards creating a permanent social enterprise that provides autistic jobseekers from across London with work experience in the catering industry. As a cause close to several of our team members, we shall be spending 24 hours between us on Sunday 28th February trying to experience what life could be like with autism.

This year we decided to take part in Giving Tuesday by donating our Christmas Party Fund to a charity doing an amazing job to help the community around them this Christmas. We’re glad to announce that the lucky recipient of the donation is Bendrigg Trust!

The charity will be using our donation to create their first-ever ‘Winter Wonderland’ for families with disabled children. The Christmas-themed trail will wind through their accessible woodland, with families meeting many Christmas characters along the way, before finishing up at Santa’s workshop for an early Christmas present.

Throughout the months of April and May, Qlic created a donation scheme where 5% of all project management revenue would be collated and put towards raising money for those charities supporting the vulnerable during Covid-19! As well as this, Qlic created their own fundraiser for the team to collectively complete 1,500km in just 14 days! We are delighted to say that Qlic has raised a grand total of £2,400, which we’ll be splitting equally between three outstanding organisations!!

Our three chosen organisations and a bit about how they’re helping the vulnerable and how Covid-19 has affected them:

1. Action for Community Development – Serve a the lead organisation, in partnership with other members of Lewisham BAME Network (58 BAME lead organisations) in Lewisham we are providing: Freshly prepared hot African, Caribbean and Asian meals to older people twice a week about 200 registered so far. As well as, telephone befriending twice a week call to 38 frail elderly people mostly living alone. Weekly virtual wellbeing Group with 23 participant and increasing.
2. Age UK Croydon – They have been quick to adapt the way we are supporting older, vulnerable people using our Helpline to take calls from people who are worried or who have questions about the support available.  They have set up a Food and Essentials Hub to deliver free food to those most in need, and they have set up a Companion Call Line to pair people with a telephone befriender to have a weekly friendly chat.  Their main challenge is how we continue to connect with older people through using different technology, especially considering the older people may have social distancing for a long time to come.
3. Lambeth & Southwark Mind – Are an independent mental health charity in South London and are seeing a massive cut in income due to our fundraising events being cancelled and retail income suspended. They support people not just with mental health issues, but specifically the most excluded groups engaging with mental health services. They work with people suffering from Hearing Voices (who find it difficult to engage with video conferencing), people from the black community who regularly under-engage with regular services. They also run a Mental Health Information Line for south London residents, a completely free psychotherapy clinic, peer support groups for the most excluded and hard to reach members of society.

Matt and Dan will be taking on a 5k run around Danson Park, passing the lake, Danson House and going through the woods. A 2 lap course which is majority on tarmac path but a gravel path and woodland track does break this up.

Did you know the average person in the UK only walks around half a mile per day!! That’s around 2,000 steps per day! Our lovely Caroline is setting herself the challenge of walking 200 miles in June! It may not sound a lot to some, but it’ll mean doing over 12,000 steps a day and around 7 miles per day. Caroline is hoping people will sponsor her and her aim is to raise enough money to have a Defibrillator fitted at Warren Road School. With over 700 students, over 700 parents, a huge number of staff and lots of weekly clubs, this is something very important to our local school. The cost is roughly £600, so it is a tall order!

This month is a very personal cause for us at Premier and especially for Ben. In his own words ‘In early 2018 Jackie Caspary was diagnosed with cancer.  Jackie was the operations director at Premier Choice Telecom. We sat opposite each other for all of Jackie’s time at Premier Choice. Since Jackie started working with me she had a tickling cough which wouldn’t go away, after some nagging Jackie went to the doctors and shortly after was diagnosed. Jackie sadly stopped work in March this year due to her continuing cancer treatment. Jackie has been an inspiration to all at Premier and personally helped me to develop in my role. She will be missed at Premier.’

As part of our December challenge we will all be wearing out best Christmas Jumpers for the day on Friday 14th December. Alongside this there will be several festive mini challenges over throughout the month.

To embrace the spirit of Children in Need Emily will be wearing bear ears for the month of November. The whole team will also be getting involved in some fun activities in the office all to support a great cause.

The whole team is getting involved this month and will be putting on our very best Halloween outfits for the whole day on the 31st!

This month Brad has put himself forward to take on the Premier Charity Challenge. Brad will be dyeing his hair a colour chosen by public vote for the entire month. Keep an eye on our social channels to see which colour wins and get updates on how Brads month is going.

Pav is putting on his oven gloves for this months charity challenge and treating us all to a charity bake sale. Having won a previous office bake off with a super delicious cake, we are all very excited about what yummy goodies Pav is going to rustle up this time.

Chris is took on this months ‘Hairity Challenge and is said goodbye to his razor for the month of July. Much to the dismay of his family Chris grew a beard for the month.

Elliott took on the challenge for June and ran a half marathon. Choosing one of the hottest days of the year Elliott was really up for a challenge.

Ollie is buzzing about this months challenge. He will be taking on the Nuclear Races at the end of the month. He will be tackling some big, high, man-made and natural obstacles designed to test every ability of fitness on a fast-paced, flowing, punishing course over epic varied terrain. Needless to say he is going to need all the support he can get!

We will be keeping you updated on Ollie’s prep for the challenge across our social pages so make sure you are following us!

Caroline was glowing about April’s challenge. She took part in the Glow in the Park run on 28th April accompanied by our very own Lisa H. They ran 5km in the dark, lit up by glow sticks and finished in a huge foam party, it sounds like a lot of fun but it was hard work. Caroline and Lisa cheered each other over the finish line, showing the true team spirit that we have at Premier Choice.

Dan is getting stuck in…the mud for this month’s challenge. He has decided to brave the elements and take on the tough mudder at the end of the month. As the name implies this is a tough challenge and he will need all our support to get him to the end of the course so please help him raise lots of money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust by clicking the donate button.

We will be keeping you updated on Dan’s prep for the challenge across our social pages so make sure you are following us!

For the month of February, Mike Horton took on the challenge. For the whole month Mike gave up bread. Anyone that knows Mike will know that bread is the core item of his diet so it was a tough month for him.

For the month of January, Sam Crossman, our first line engineer took on the challenge. Sam gave up meat and fish and went vegetarian for the whole month. Anyone that knows Sam will know what a huge challenge this was for him.

For the month of November, Adam, our operations manager, wore a heart on his sleeve every day to raise money for Carly Heart Trust.