Four employees took on the 100K Big Bike Ride for Severn Hospice. Luke Hevingham, Dale Heaton, Kath Stevens and Nick Alford spent months training beforehand and the bike ride was mentally and physically demanding throughout, but working together they rose to the challenge. With donations from colleagues, friends and family, they raised an impressive £708.
Luke says: “We knew it was going to be tough but it was for a great cause which we all feel strongly about supporting, and when it came down to it all 200 riders worked together by inspiring each other to cross the finish line.”
Another Trust employee, Brogan Scullion, after hearing of her Grandma’s diagnosis of merkel cell carcinoma, decided to put on an impromptu concert at The Wrekin Housing Trust building to raise money for Severn Hospice. Brogan, who works at the Trust and teaches dance for The Arts Centre Telford, worked with a number of her students who stepped up last minute and happily brought songs along to perform to an audience full of generous friends and families.
Brogan says, “In total we managed to raise £1056. I was just overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity and so appreciative of their help. The students that performed are so busy with school, their other performances and their regular dance and singing lessons, but they still gave their time and energy. I am so keen to let the public know how kind-hearted teenagers can be, they get such a bad reputation a lot of the time.”
On top of this, starting with a Mary Berry style Bake-Off, employees took part in the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, raising an impressive £2852.90. Beating last year’s total of £2492.87, they also organised a raffle and tombola and sold dozens of cakes, all homemade by employees. With dozens of employees helping to organising the event, they also had prizes donated by Dulux, Stanbridge Interiors Ltd, Edmundson Electrical Ltd, Travis Perkins, QA Kitchens, Office Team, CCS Media, Hawk and DMW Environmental Safety Ltd.
Macmillan raises money in order to give people affected by cancer the support they need emotionally, physically, mentally and financially. Severn Hospice helps people who are living with complex and progressive illnesses by providing care in homes, as outpatients, in day hospices or in the wards.