Sponsors

This expedition would not be possible without the generosity and support of our sponsors. We are delighted that from the sponsorship we have raised, all the costs of the expedition, its preparation and the administration required to get it off the ground have been fully covered. As a result, every single penny people generously donate will go into the charities and organisations we are supporting. We would like to thank the following:

Headline Sponsor

  • Artemis Investment Management

    Artemis is a leading UK fund manager, offering a range of funds within each of the main investment vehicles – Unit Trusts, an Investment Trust, a Venture Capital Trust (VCT), Hedge Funds and a SICAV. Artemis is a dedicated active investment management house, specialising in investments and asset management for retail investors and segregated institutional investment management.
    www.artemisonline.co.uk

  • Carillion

    Carillion plc is one of the UK’s leading support services and construction companies, employing around 50,000 people. We have annual revenue of around £5bn and operations across Britain and in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa and Caribbean.
    www.carillionplc.com

  • Elmfield

    The fastest growing vocational training provider in the UK, Elmfield Training Ltd provide workforce development solutions through assessment, training and accreditation. A pioneer in the marketplace, they innovatively lead the way with a number of the UK’s largest organisations.
    www.elmfieldtraining.com

  • Helly Hansen

    Helly Hansen provides high quality, protective technical gear for work survival and sport. They work and play in the harshest environments on the planet to learn what’s needed to create the best performance gear possible. They work closely with people who work and/or play outdoors more days than they are indoors to continuously optimize the technology and design of our products.
    www.hellyhansen.com

  • Little, Brown

    Little, Brown Book Group one of the UK’s leading publishers of fiction and non-fiction. Three times the winner of the Publisher of the Year Award, most recently in 2010 at the Bookseller Industry Awards, Little, Brown Book Group has a proven history of success, and a track record for delivering bestsellers across the full range of our publishing.
    www.littlebrown.co.uk

  • Lloyds Development Capital

    LDC specialises in providing equity finance for unquoted UK companies with profits typically in excess of £1million. Established in 1981 LDC is a leading player in the private equity mid-market and is able to provide between £2million and £100million of funds for management buy-outs, institutional buy-outs and development capital (replacement, expansion and acquisition) transactions.
    www.ldc.co.uk

  • J O Hambro

    JOHIM was founded in 1986 by Richard Hambro, David Chaplin and Lord Balniel. Since then, they have grown organically and have attracted some of the most experienced investment managers to join us. Today they have a world class investment team covering all aspects of discretionary portfolio management.
    www.johim.co.uk

  • Career Transition Partnership

    The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is the official provider of resettlement support to Service men and women as they prepare to leave the Armed Forces and enter civilian life. They provide vocational training, teach the skills needed to produce a CV, interview techniques, researching the employment market and applying for jobs and offer one to one career advice.
    www.ctp.org.uk

  • Catlin Group Limited

    Catlin Group Limited is an international specialist property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, writing more than 30 classes of business. Catlin operates four underwriting platforms – the Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd’s, Catlin Bermuda, Catlin UK and Catlin US – as well as a network of international offices. Our structure provides both strength and flexibility.
    www.catlin.com

  • PACE Rehabilitation

    PACE Rehabilitation is one of the UK’s leading independent rehabilitation providers. Their business is built on converting patients into people and assisting them in re-claiming their lives following life changing events. PACE provides specialist prosthetics, orthotics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and therapeutic services and are prosthetic partners of Walking With The Wounded. They were voted the Rehab Provider of the Year at the Personal Injury Awards 2010.
    www.pacerehab.com

  • Edmiston & Company

    Edmiston & Company is a world leader in the superyacht industry. Specialising in the sale, charter, management and new construction of the largest and most important yachts. the company has an unrivalled reputation when it comes to performing for its clients at the very highest level.
    www.edmistoncompany.com

  • Pullum Sports

    Pullum Sports is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of high quality strength sport equipment and accessories with a history of over 100 years. They offer a wide range of gym equipment made here in UK which is complimented by a number of supplier relationships to offer an extensive range of training accessories, bars and discs to strength sport enthusiasts.
    www.pullum-sports.co.uk

  • The Big Prawn Co.

    The Big Prawn Company is proud to be the Official Nutritional Sponsor of Walking With The Wounded. Formed in 1995, The Big Prawn Company is now the UK’s largest producer of brined and extended life seafood products specialising in Prawns and Crayfish tails. The company is known for quality and innovation and was responsible for introducing Crayfish to the UK market. The Big Prawn Company’s snack products (Breakers, Seafood Cocktails) are widely available at retailers including Waitrose, Aldi, Pret a Manger, Tesco, Makro, Bookers and leading independent fish merchants.
    www.bigprawn.com

  • Esri UK

    Geography connects our many cultures and societies and influences our way of life. Esri is built on the philosophy that a geographic approach to problem solving ensures better communication and collaboration. Geographic information system (GIS) technology leverages this geographic insight to address social, economic, business, and environmental concerns at local, regional, national, and global scales.
    www.esriuk.com

  • Mint Polo in the Park

    Since it’s debut in 2009, Polo in the Park has rapidly established itself as one of the leading central London sporting events selling out to both the corporate market and general public in 2010. In a similar way to how Twenty20 has changed the image of cricket, Polo in the Park has adapted the traditional rules of polo to create a high octane, fast moving and dynamic sport which attracts both spectators and the media alike.
    www.polointheparklondon.com

  • Alternative Networks

    Alternative Networks is one of the leading providers of communications products and services to the UK business sector. We offer a complete communications portfolio of fixed line, mobile, voice, data, systems and billing either as individual products or as fully converged solutions to private and public sector organisations.
    www.alternativenetworks.com