The fifth edition of endurance event Music Mudder has raised more than £68,000 for music therapy charity Nordoff And Robbins.
The music-inspired endurance event is organised by talent agency Wasserman Music, in partnership with Nordoff And Robbins. More than 430 music industry peers took on the challenge.
The money raised through this year’s Music Mudder could fund over 800 music therapy sessions, supply 33 schools with a full suite of instruments that could be used for music therapy delivery, or contribute towards three students completing the two-year Nordoff And Robbins Master of Music Therapy programme.
Hosted by broadcaster, presenter and content producer Ore Olukoga, Music Mudder 2025 saw 54 teams from all corners of the music industry join together this month tackle 38 obstacles at the Camelot Events ‘Nuts Challenge’ course in Dorking, Surrey.
James Hughes, competing on Team GRF, completed the 7km course in the fastest individual time of one hour, two minutes and 46 seconds.
Team Atlantic took the top spot as the fastest overall team for a second year running, with an average time of one hour, nine minutes and 40 seconds.
Cuffe & Taylor won the top prize for team fundraising, with £10,000 raised through Enthuse, while Team WME’s Josh Javor raised the most individually, bringing in £1,990.
Over £2,000 was raised through a prize draw on the day, with donated prizes including a Ruark radio, Marshall headphones, Two Tribes beer, Kylie Minogue prosecco, Flare Audio earbuds, VIP tickets to Ricky Gervais at OVO Arena Wembley and LW Theatres show tickets.
Sandy Trappitt, director of fundraising, Nordoff And Robbins, said: “The fifth anniversary of Music Mudder was a great success! So many of our friends from across the music industry and beyond joined us to take on the challenge, get muddy and raise lots of money for vital music therapy services. In challenging times when our costs are rising as fast as demand for music therapy, all the money raised will help us massively in giving even more people the chance to connect and communicate through the power of music. We’re so grateful to everyone involved both behind the scenes and waist deep in mud for their ongoing support of this unique event, and to Wasserman Music for partnering with us and keeping the mud flowing.”
Lucy Putman, agent, Wasserman Music, said: “We’re so proud to have hit this special milestone of hosting five Music Mudders in aid of Nordoff And Robbins. Raising over £68,000 this year means we’ve now raised over £300,000 for music therapy services through Music Mudder, which is an incredible achievement. I’d like to give a huge shout out to everyone who took part in the fundraising. We were lucky that the sun came out again on the day, and it was great to see everyone out in force supporting this amazing charity.”
PHOTO: Team Atlantic (Music Mudder photo credits Mark Rowe & Dean Fardell)
