Last Thursday, Pound Gates hosted local businesses at The Whopping Big Quiz of the Year, its annual charity quiz night in aid of The Soma Leo Foundation. It was a packed house at Venue 16, with 29 teams taking part. The event raised over £2,000 for the charity. https://youtu.be/4GFtbBqzhEU Congratulations …
Throughout May, the teams from the Pound Gates Group took part in The Cycling Challenge for Soma Leo and raised over £5,000 for the charity. Through a combination of static bikes in the offices, spin classes and special cycling challenges, the team collectively cycled over 7,400 km, the distance from …
Throughout the month of May, staff from across the Pound Gates Group (Pound Gates, Sevatas and Contior) are taking part in The Cycling Challenge for Soma Leo. The Challenge will raise funds for The Soma Leo Foundation, our charity that provides primary aged education to 175 children in the deprived …
The Pound Gates Charity Quiz Night returned this week, in support of The Soma Leo Foundation. At Venue 16, teams from across Ipswich took part to battle it out for the brainiest team in Ipswich crown. The event was hosted by local celebrity quiz master Simon Jay and raised £1,500 …
2021 has been a busy year of fundraising at Pound Gates for The Soma Leo Foundation. In the short video below we round up both the events and initiatives undertaken in the UK, and what’s been happening at the school in Nyiera, Kenya throughout the year. If you’d like to …
In January the staff at Pound Gates, along with their colleagues at Sevatas and Contior, pledged to take 11 million steps in Step Up 4 Soma Leo, The Pound Gates Lockdown Steps Challenge. The Challenge was designed to help our staff look after their physical and mental wellbeing during Lockdown …
The staff at Pound Gates have pledged to take 11 million steps in January in Step Up 4 Soma Leo, The Pound Gates Lockdown Steps Challenge. With a new lockdown in place, we recognise the importance of helping our staff to look after their physical and mental wellbeing, and so …
The annual Soma Leo Foundation Charity Golf Day took place at Ufford Park, Woodbridge on Wednesday 3 July. 58 players took to the course, on what was a beautiful sunny day. The event, now in its sixth year, was co-sponsored by Pound Gates, Concertus, Becketts and Sackers and this year …
In June and July charitable events were held in support of The Soma Leo Foundation which together raised over £13,000. This will enable to charity to operate our school in Nyiera, educating and feeding 60 children for over a year. It will also help us in supporting other schools in …
On the 18 November we held our inaugural charity quiz at the Novotel Ipswich. We were joined by 144 guests from a wide range of Suffolk businesses. The evening was a great opportunity to introduce The Soma Leo Foundation to new comers and provide progress updates to those who have …
