MEMBERNEWS IN BRIEF
Over £1m for charity Brand agency Champions (UK) presented Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People with a cheque for just over £1m to show how much it has raised for the charity since 2007. Rainbows Hospice, at Loughborough, relies on public donations to survive. Matthew Hayes, Managing Director
of Champions (UK), said: “We are honoured to have been able to support Rainbows over the years.”
Hospice savers Savers with deposits in Hinckley & Rugby Building Society’s Hospice Affinity Account have generated a £18,300 donation for three hospices in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Mary Ann Evans Hospice, The
Myton Hospices and LOROS are each receiving £6,100.
Run a marathon A third of East Midlands residents have confessed to being so unfit they get out of breath running for the bus, according to statistics released as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) new fundraising challenge MyMarathon. This month, the BHF is launching
the fundraising challenge to raise money for life-saving research. It aims to get everyone to run the distance of a marathon, even if it's only at a rate of 50 yards day.
A mountain of a challenge
Local businessman Darryn Buttrill, Owner and Founding Director of bi Design Architecture, in Repton, has completed the Three Peaks Challenge the hard way. During five days of extreme endurance - and
extreme weather - over the Easter weekend he and four friends climbed all three peaks and cycled between each of them. He had set himself the task of raising £2,000 for
the Multiple Sclerosis Society but raised closer to £5,000 - £4,500 counted and donations still coming in as Business Network went to press. Darryn was dismayed when a friend in his 30s was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Together with four friends, Darryn decided to raise
money for and awareness of this debilitating disease, which affects around 100,000 people in the UK. He said: “I knew what we set out to do would be a
physical and a mental challenge but we planned it that way because it had to be worthwhile doing. “I found I got to a point when to keep going was a
mental rather than physical test, and at times I did say to myself ‘if it takes all day and into the night, I am going to do this’. Being with friends was vital because when one of us was flagging the others would buoy
Snowdon summit - Darryn Buttrill (second row, left) with four friends and two of their wives who supported them on the challenge and climbed Snowdon with them
you up and we were all determined to complete the challenge for our friend, for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and for all the people who had supported us and made donations.”
If you would like to donate, visit
www.justgiving.com/Dave-Hawkes2
First Champion for Leicestershire Cares
The winner of the first Champions award from business charity Leicestershire Cares has been named as Caroline Harris. Caroline, who works at Europcar, in Leicester, won
the accolade for her “tireless work recruiting volunteers from her company to help community groups and schools”. Leicestershire Cares introduced the Champions award to celebrate outstanding achievement and dedication to engaging employees in Leicestershire Cares projects. Caroline is Human Resources Manager
at Europcar, of Welford Road, Leicester. Jo Hudson from Leicestershire Cares said:
“Caroline has worked tirelessly behind the scenes for the past 12 months recruiting volunteers within Europcar. “They have supported a
diverse range of organisations within the community and Caroline’s efforts should be recognised. She is extremely deserving of this award.” Caroline said: “I feel very
proud and honoured to have been presented with the first Champions award.”
Right: Caroline is the first winner of the Champions award from Leicestershire Cares
8 business network May 2016
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