Alexis Minds her step - for 22 miles

A Kettering woman is hoping to raise hundreds for charity through completing walking for more than 20 miles on a treadmill.

 

Alexis Hicks, 27, of Burton Latimer, will be raising funds for mental health charity Mind – a cause close to her heart.

 

Alexis, who works as a personal consultant at back-to-work experts Working Links, said: “I have family members suffering from mental health conditions and also work with people claiming health-related benefits so the charity’s something quite close to me.

 

“And the reasoning behind the 22.5mile walk is because that’s the distance between our two furthest outreach offices in the region so it’s going to be quite a challenge.”

 

As part of the tenth anniversary of Working Links, all its 2,000-strong staff are to give up a day of work to volunteer for charity – known as a Rainbow Day.

 

Alexis will be undertaking the gruelling task at Kettering’s Balance Health Club on Saturday 7 August. To donate, visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/alexishicks.

 

To find out more about Working Links, call 0800 917 9262.