We've decided to run a Christmas step challenge for our team, starting on Monday 7th December, running through to the 16th December. Ten days in total - one for each year that Coyote Software has been around!

To mix things up a bit, we've been thrown in three extra challenges completely unrelated to steps. The winners will earn an extra 40,000 steps for their team without having to take a single step themselves. 

As if the team needed any more encouragement, Coyote has pledged to donate 50p for every 1k steps completed during the challenge to our friends at Little Village - so the more steps racked up, the more we can raise for this great charity. 

Little Village is a London-based charity providing support for babies and children up to the age of 5 from families experiencing challenging circumstances - homelessness, unemployment, low wages and domestic violence. 

They collect items from families in the area and get those items out to other families, who really need them but can't afford to buy them. Every item they give out is a gift from one family to another. 

I a recent survey of 50+ baby banks, Little Village found that 9 in 10 baby banks say that the COVID-19 crisis is making it harder to support families in the way they would want.

Our aim is to raise funds to make Little Village's challenge that little bit easier. No child should go without essentials, especially not in a wealthy city like London.