MEMBERNEWS IN BRIEF


No need to suffer in silence, says local charity


The Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Mohammed Saghir, has led a hearing screening test at Loxley House, Nottingham City Council offices, to mark World Hearing Day. As well as marking World


Hearing Day, the hearing screening, organised by Nottingham charity The Ear Foundation, launched an awareness campaign to highlight how important it is for people to look after their hearing. Councillor Mohammed Saghir


said: “People in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have a fantastic network of hearing services available on their doorstep and we were delighted to have the opportunity to encourage people on World Hearing Day to access these services and make their hearing a priority.”


Solicitors raise funds for new cancer centre


Chesterfield law firm BRM Solicitors has raised £18,874 for the Macmillan appeal, which aims to raise £2.5m to help build the NGS Macmillan Unit Appeal at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The firm ran a free will writing initiative during September and October 2016. To support the appeal, BRM


Solicitors offered to write clients’ wills for free during the two months and waived their fees, encouraging clients to make a cash donation of £54 for a single will and £108 for a double will to Macmillan for the service. The scheme has run for two


years and has so far raised £28,616 for the Macmillan Appeal.


Business gets behind Hospital’s Big Appeal


Staff at Notts Energy Supplier Yu Energy are backing Nottingham Hospitals Charity’s Big Appeal to raise money for young patients at Nottingham Children’s Hospital. The company, which supplies


gas and electricity to business customers across the UK, already has a team of five signed up for the Asda Foundation Nottingham 10k race in May. The company is planning


other activities where colleagues can – for a small donation - challenge the Fantastic Five at office twister, Bop It or a spelling bee.


Winners are rewarded with


extra breaks and early leave passes. Staff will also be granted leave to volunteer for the charity.


10 business network April 2017


L-R: Nikul Patel, Prince’s Trust, Rachel McCann, PKF Cooper Parry, Hollie Price, Young Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, Gavin Whitehouse, PKF Cooper Parry, Romario Wanliss, Young Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust


PKF Cooper Parry teams up with Prince’s Trust


Midlands accountancy firm PKF Cooper Parry has become an official partner of The Prince’s Trust, pledging £25,000 to the youth charity. As a Prince’s Trust supporter, the


firm will provide support through employee volunteering and various fundraising initiatives throughout the year, such as its Community Week and Global Entrepreneurship Week. The money will help fund an additional 25 places on The Prince’s Trust’s programmes for young people across the Midlands. Ade Cheatham, Chief Executive


‘The Prince’s Trust does invaluable work, helping to change the lives of young people’


of PKF Cooper Parry, said: “We are extremely proud to be partnering The Prince’s Trust and to be supporting it as our nominated charity for the year. “The Prince’s Trust does


invaluable work, helping to change the lives of young people who for one reason or another are struggling to find their way in the world. By


Record pledges for LOROS’ challenge


A record number of teams have already pledged to take part in this year’s LOROS Accumulator Challenge, which will see participants compete to see how far they can grow £50. With over 30 teams signed up so


far, the competition to see who is niftiest is definitely on, with schools, businesses and organisations alike taking on the challenge this spring. Each team will be given £50 by


LOROS, before they spend the next three months seeing how much they can turn it into. LOROS Corporate Fundraiser Magdalena Korytkowska said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for our supporters to get their creative caps on, as they battle it out to see who can raise the most money. “Best of all, anyone and everyone can take part in our Accumulator Challenge, it’s great to see people of all ages already getting their ideas flowing. “It never fails to surprise me how innovative and resourceful people can be when it comes to this annual challenge for LOROS.”


Corporate Fundraiser Magdalena Korytkowska (left) and Accumulator participant Jo Kavanagh


partnering with businesses like ours, as well as helping to raise much needed funds to continue its work, The Prince’s Trust has access to a pool of enthusiastic volunteers who can provide professional advice and guidance, as well as their time and energy. “The partnership with The Trust


fits perfectly with one of our core business values, which is to be generous and have fun.” Established in 1976, The Prince’s


Trust was set up to help young people (aged 13 to 30) who are struggling at school or unemployed access jobs, education and training.


JLT partner with Macmillan


Insurance and risk management advisers JLT Specialty, which has offices in Birmingham and Nottingham, partnered with Macmillan Cancer Support in 2016. The campaign was launched


with the hope of raising £53,000 to fund a Macmillan nurse for a year and to help manage the growing costs of caring for people affected by cancer. With all the initiatives completed, the partners and staff recently presented a cheque for £53,021. Sally Swann, Head of JLT Midlands region, said: “When you have cancer, you don’t just worry about what will happen to your body, you worry about what will happen to your life. “At Macmillan, they know


how a cancer diagnosis can affect everything and they are there to provide support.”


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