b'Partner News Autumn 2021 27CorporateLeonardoDales, I normally only do three maybe four walks in the week, but this challenge pushed me to try harder, completing an activity every day.employees raceSince the outbreak of the pandemic, employees have made extra efforts to deliver to customers, while volunteering to produce PPE for their local communities and like everyone across the country, they to put wellbeinghave been adapting to changing times. The company has run various initiatives to encourage them to prioritise their physical and mental health and wellbeing, from seminars and blogs to guides on all aspects in first place of wellbeing, so they maintain an ongoing awareness of its importance.David Claridge, Lead Sponsor for the Race to Space initiative said: Our employees have gone above and beyond in demonstrating resilience and supporting our customers, as well as the wider communities they live in. Although we chose a fun theme for the challenge, the underpinning message company provides technology for the globalis a serious one. We want our employees to satellite navigation systems for the Galileoput their health and wellbeing in first place. satellite programme, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).Employees from Edinburgh, Luton, Lincoln, Basildon, Bristol, Southampton, Yeovil joined colleagues in Italy, Poland, USA, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Cyprus, Canada, and South Korea for the challenge. They cycled, ran, climbed and swam their way to almost double the target set, achieving a global total of 88,039.1km.Tracking employees progress on Strava made it possible to assemble statistics that attested to the 1,508 participants efforts. Employees completed 4,946 activities over 5,658 hours and 55 minutes, equivalent toOur employees have a total of 8 months. The elevation climbed Leonardo employees across the globewas 827,005m, equal to climbing Mountgone above and beyond have smashed an international target forEverest 93 times and 2,152,740 caloriesin demonstrating resilience a challenge that asked them to prioritisewere burned, equivalent to 10,604 slices of their health and wellbeing, an increasinglyrich indulgent chocolate cake. and supporting our customers, important theme due to the ongoingas well as the wider Covid-19 pandemic. Leonardos Senior Configuration Controller in Luton, Sarah-Jane Arnold, participatedcommunities they live in.Leonardo participated in a global Race toin the challenge. She said: I decided to Space initiative, that challenged employeesparticipate as I am newish to Leonardo and around the world to clock up a joint totalI thought it would be great to enter a team of 46,000km, which is the approximateevent to get to know a few more people. I distance from Earth to the Galileo Satellitereally enjoyed it and it was lovely to have Constellation and back, by any physicalsupport from all over the world and see the means. It was a concept that resonated withother activities the team were up too. When many of Leonardos employees, since theI go away to the Lake District or Yorkshire'