GLOBAL WEBINAR
REBOOT SERIES Part 1: Lessons from Antarctica – Fireside chat with Sophie Montagne and Jenny Davis
Hosted jointly by the 100WF London Committees
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Ice Maiden. Explorer. Army Reservist. Mother-to-be. Businesswoman.
Sophie Montagne was on the first female team to ski across the Antarctic continent, coast-to-coast, under their own muscle power. The British Army’s Ice Maidens skied a total of 1,704 km, battling temperatures as low as -56C and storms with wind speeds in excess of 100 km per hour. Crossing the finish line on 20th January 2018, an astonishing 14 days ahead of schedule, their 61-day journey set three world records and showed the world what women can accomplish.
Montagne and Davis, herself a polar explorer, will share perspectives on how challenging themselves, overcoming self-doubt, self-motivation, teamwork and resilience played an integral role in their incredible achievements.
Bring your questions and learn how these traits are relevant to pursuing your goals in the face of challenge, overcoming obstacles and forging positive change in our communities and for the planet.
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so that she might be inspired by the speakers to develop and hone traits to help her in her career, as well as address personal and societal challenges.
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REBOOT SERIES
This session is the first of a four-part Reboot Series the London Committees of 100 Women in Finance have created to help global members appreciate the opportunities present within the global health crisis and in the period of recovery. The Reboot Series covers topics ranging from rising to the challenges of skiing across Antarctica to the re-engineering of food distribution in London, as described in
The Felix Project case study
.
100WF members are reminded that food support is a critical social need even in areas of great wealth, and the pandemic has only worsened inequities. Throughout the Reboot Series, 100WF members can learn more about this critical issue and how they can make a difference, including as volunteers and as board members, to non-profit organizations working toward sustainable solutions.
100WF’s London Committees invite all 100WF members to join these events. This event has been led by the 100WF London Impact Committee and the 100WF NextGen London Committee.
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10:00 AM N. America West Coast
1:00 PM N. America East Coast
6:00 PM London
7:00 PM Paris
9:00 PM UAE
The program will begin promptly at 6:00 PM London time. Latecomers may not be able to enter.
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PARTICIPANTS
Sophie Montagne FRGS
Ice Maiden, Polar Performance
Jenny Davis
Polar Explorer & Lawyer
Anne Elkins
The Felix Project
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CASE STUDY
The Felix Project
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CASE STUDY: The Felix Project
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The Felix Project was set up in 2016 by Justin Byam Shaw and has rapidly become the largest food redistribution charity in London. We are entrepreneurial and ambitious; our simple solution of countering food poverty by addressing food waste resonates with donors, partners, suppliers and volunteers. We rescue food that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste. This is in-date, safe and nutritious, and includes a high proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as baked goods, salads, meat and fish.
Our model is fundamentally different to that of the traditional food bank. We collect or receive deliveries from supermarkets, wholesalers, farms, restaurants and delicatessens. We check, sort and deliver this food to frontline charities, primary schools and holiday programmes in London, who feed London’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable adults and children.
The coronavirus has unleashed a health and economic crisis without precedent. Charities and schools are closing making it hard for those most vulnerable in London to eat. As a food redistribution charity, The Felix Project is providing an emergency response to bring food to those who need it most including daily requests from newly-formed community groups all over London. Many are determined to get food to NHS teams and other adults and children in need.
As part of our emergency response plan, we are continuing to provide our absolutely vital service to organisations that are still open during this crisis. Over 325 of our schools, food banks, social kitchens and other community organisations serving the most vulnerable are currently still open. Many are experiencing an even greater demand for food.
Before this crisis, we were delivering 10 tonnes of food a day to schools and charities. We hit a major milestone last week when we redistributed over 42 tonnes of food which is the equivalent of almost 100,000 meals in one day.
We have also joined forces with other food redistribution charities as part of a newly-formed
London Food Alliance
, working with each Borough to open up new hubs for the next few months so that local communities can access large volumes of regular food supplies from us.
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Sophie Montagne FRGS
Ice Maiden, Polar Performance
Sophie Montagne had a background in journalism and luxury marketing before applying for the Ice Maiden expedition. She joined the Army Reserve in 2011, serving as a surveillance operator and section commander with the Honourable Artillery Company. A London-based desk-dweller that hates the cold, she was the least likely candidate for a record-breaking polar team. Breaking every boundary she had ever known, from conquering a fear of falling by jumping into crevasses, to facing commuters’ smirks as she dragged a training tyre across central London on her way to work, she made it onto the final team. Her 100% dedication to this epic challenge has given her a new confidence in her own ability. Now Sophie runs her own company, Polar Performance, delivering corporate presentations and training on high performance teams, resilience and communications. She is also the Director of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Polar Regions at the Houses of Parliament.
Jenny Davis
Polar Explorer, Ex-Head of Legal at SIMEC Atlantis Energy
Jenny Davis is a British lawyer and ultra endurance athlete. She has competed around the world in multi-day running events and in recent years took that experience and determination to the South Pole. She first attempted to ski 700 miles solo, unsupported and unassisted from the coastline of Antarctica to the South Pole in 2018 but her attempt was cut short due to a bowel infection and she was medically evacuated. Jenny returned to Antarctica in November 2019 and this time managed to complete her life long dream of arriving at the Pole.
Anne Elkins
Schools Programme Managers, The Felix Project
Anne Elkins was the first employee of The Felix Project since its inception in 2016. Over the last 4 years she has worked on various different projects, most recently managing the Schools Programme which provides schools an opportunity to actively get involved in reducing food waste whilst increasing access to healthy produce. Anne and her team run interactive school-assembly talks which fit with curriculum topics and bring to life the issue of food waste and its environmental impact. These help children understand what happens to food if it is not eaten, the detrimental effects of food going to landfill and how we can all stop wasting food. Anne holds a first class honours degree from the University of Hull in Global Health and Humanitarian Relief and a Masters degree from the London School of Tropical and Medicine in Nutrition for Global Health.
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