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Could your
team meet the
challenge of
the mountain?
In 2026, a team from Stewarts swapped the off ice for the
mountains of North Wales to take on Back Up’s famously tough
fundraising challenge. Now, Back Up is inviting more law fi rms
to follow their lead and enter a team in The Push 2027.
Back Up is a national charity supporting people aff ected by spinal cord
injury across the UK. Through practical skills and multi-activity courses,
mentoring, vocational support and dedicated services for families and
young people, Back Up works alongside people as they adjust to life after
injury and helps them achieve their ambitions.
The Push is an exhilarating, inclusive challenge that brings teams together
to conquer Yr Wyddfa, formerly known as Snowdon.
Each team includes a wheelchair user and works together to push, pull
and hike approximately eight miles across steep, mixed terrain, reaching
the summit before making the journey back down. It is a formidable test
of teamwork, communication and determination, with every participant
playing an important part.
In 2025, four legal fi rms, including Kingsley Napley, Stewarts, Fletchers
and Serious Injury Law, took part in The Push. This year, 15 colleagues
from ‘Stewarts Summiteers’ joined James Needham, a wheelchair user
and member of Back Up’s Outreach Team, to take on the challenge.
For Warren Maxwell, Partner in the Personal Injury
team at Stewarts, the challenge demonstrated what
can be achieved through trust and inclusive teamwork:
“The Push is a real test of teamwork.
Communication, commitment, trust and a lot
of humour are all essential ingredients if a team
is to work well together, particularly when the
terrain becomes diff icult. The challenge was a
fantastic experience and enjoying the views
from Yr Wyddfa with James was an incredible
feeling, made even more meaningful by
knowing we were raising money for Back Up.”
James Needham,
Outreach Team, Back Up
For James, The Push was both a
demanding personal challenge and a
powerful demonstration of why the funds
raised are so important:
“Taking on The Push with the Stewarts
team was a brilliant experience. They
did a fantastic job, not only participating
in the challenge but also spreading the
word and raising the vital funds needed
to make a diff erence.
“In my role within Back Up’s Outreach
Team, I see every day the diff erence our
services make to people adjusting to life
after spinal cord injury. The funds raised
help us deliver practical skills and multi-
activity courses, mentoring, vocational
support and services for families and
young people, and enable me to connect
more people with that support.
“Stewarts understood that taking part
was about much more than turning up
on the day. Their support is helping to
create long-lasting change by enabling
more people to rebuild their confi dence,
achieve their ambitions and get the most
out of life.”
Working
together
on the
mountain
Stewarts’ involvement in The Push is the
latest chapter in the fi rm’s long-standing
relationship with Back Up.
The fi rm is a member of the Back Up
Legal Panel, a group of trusted legal fi rms
experienced in supporting people following
spinal cord injury. Stewarts has also
supported many of the charity’s fundraising
events, including the City Dinner, Back Up’s
annual fundraising evening for supporters
and partners from across the legal sector.
The relationship has a particularly important
connection with Back Up’s London to Paris
Cycle Ride. The iconic ride was pioneered
by Danny Turnbull, a Stewarts partner and
former Back Up Trustee. After Danny sadly
died from cancer in 2017, aged 43, the ride
became part of his lasting legacy.
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