At RS Group we are committed to our ESG action plan and living our purpose of Making Amazing Happen For A Better World.

Our global charity partner, The Washing Machine Project (TWMP), are an amazing grassroots charitable organisation dedicated to providing hand-cranked washing machines to underserved communities worldwide. Their mission is to empower women and children with the time to take charge of their lives, by providing displaced and low-income communities with an accessible, off-grid washing solution. They have developed the world’s first IKEA-style flatpack washing machine, the Divya 1.65, which requires nothing more than basic hand tools to assemble.

On Friday 21st June this year, to honour this innovative engineering, and to raise critical funds and awareness for their life-changing work around the world, we are arranging a unique challenge up Mount Sonwdon (Yr Wydffa), one of Britain’s highest mountains at an elevation of 1,085 meters above sea level.

There will be two teams:

CARRY Team, lead by Mark Watson, a member of RS’s Talent Acquisition team, will hike the 4.5miles up Mount Snowdon via the Llanberis path with one of the innovative washing machines (weighing 30kgs) on his back.

BUILD Team, lead by Nav Sawhney, founder and CEO of TWMP, will simultaneously ascend using the Snowdon Mountain Railway, transporting a flat-packed version of the washing machine. Upon reaching the summit, this team will need to assemble their machine.

Once each team has a fully assembled machine ready at the top, they will walk a further 2 miles along the Ranger path to lake Llyn-Ffynnon-gwas to collect water, before walking back and conducting a symbolic laundry wash cycle at the summit.

If you would like to donate to this amazing cause, then please give what you can and help make amazing happen for displaced and low income families and help to create a better world.

RS Group will match all donations!