Team EQ takes on the Lakes Challenge

Over the 3rd & 4th of September a team from EQ Investors will be taking part in the Invesco Perpetual Lakes Challenge. Our aim is to raise £3,000 for the Youth Adventure Trust, a charity that helps disadvantaged young people participate in outdoor activities.

by Jeannie Boyle, 24th August 2016

To make a donation, please visit our fundraising page!

All money raised will go towards the Youth Adventure Programme: an outdoor youth development course that provides young people between 11 and 14 years old a chance to try new things and challenge themselves. The programme enables them to experience success, learn to go beyond their own expectations and grow in confidence.

A love of the outdoors came to me late in life, I was already 30 when I climbed Snowdon for the first time. Getting to the top gave me a sense of achievement I’d never experienced before. The confidence it gave me crossed over into my professional life so around this time my career in financial services really started to develop.

Now I’m lucky enough to live on the doorstep of the South Downs. At the weekend I get on the goretex and get up a big hill – it helps me deal with any anxiety I’m experiencing. Time spent outdoors is proven to have a positive impact on mental health. In 2015 Researchers at Stanford University found that being outdoors in nature helped reduce depressive thoughts.

Giving young people the opportunity to experience challenges in the outside world is hugely important to me and that’s why I’m taking part in this challenge. Our team will be hiking up three of England’s highest peaks, mountain biking 45 km, and then topping it off with a 5km kayak. It’s going to be tough, so please give generously if you can!

About the author: Jeannie Boyle

Jeannie has been working in financial services for over 10 years. She joined EQ in 2008 as a Technical Consultant and since 2010 has been a Director of the firm. When providing advice, Jeannie focuses on clear communication, so that her clients fully understand the facts, options and recommended solutions, enabling them to make well-informed decisions. As a Director, Jeannie concentrates her efforts on ensuring the advice provided across EQ is of an exceptional standard, putting in place processes and systems to ensure our clients remain at the heart of our business. Jeannie is a Chartered Financial Planner, a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society and in 2015 won Money Management’s Ethical Financial Planner of the Year Award. She appears regularly in national and trade media outlets discussing personal finance issues. Outside of work, Jeannie enjoys yoga, hiking, triathlons and live music.