Specsavers team complete high-altitude charity run

A brave team of 22 Specsavers staff ran 10km for charity last week as they took part in a high-altitude road race.

Joining 44,000 other participants for the 2017 Great Ethiopian Run, the group ran to raise funds for the charity Vision Aid Overseas (VAO), which has been the company’s international eye care charity since 2008.

The runners, who assembled from different branches across the UK, hope to raise more than £57,000 to help VAO provide sustainable eyecare in Africa and improve the life of people with poor vision.

All members qualified for company sponsorship, with the first £1,000 of the £2,600 minimum donation per runner donated by the optical group.