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Gazelles takes the half marathon win


Four staff from chartered accountants Newby Castleman are celebrating after winning the prize for fastest women’s team in the Cummins Relay Challenge at the Leicester Half Marathon. The ‘Newby Castleman


Gazelles’ finished the race in a time of one hour and fifty minutes, with each team member running a distance of around three and a quarter miles. The firm, which has offices


in Leicester and Loughborough, paid the Gazelles’ entry fee, allowing them to focus on the task of raising as much sponsorship money as they could. They were competing


against teams from 35 other businesses and organisations in the annual challenge, ran along the Leicester Half Marathon route. The organisers set a target


of £10,000 for the Leicestershire and Rutland hospice and have surpassed this with nearly £13,000 raised to date.


Rothera Sharp hosts fundraiser for Age UK


Over 130 business owners and professional services gathered for Rothera Sharp’s BBQ ‘Meat-Up’ and fundraiser recently, with the evening raising a substantial amount for Age UK. The event, which took place at St


Mary’s Church, in the Lace Market, Nottingham, was held in conjunction with the firm’s chosen charity, Age UK Notts, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Attendees were also invited to


take part in a raffle to raise additional funds for Age UK Notts. The event also provided the ideal


opportunity to launch Age UK’s Trees of Life project, which is being supported by Rothera Sharp, and was announced by Age UK Notts Fundraising Director Maggie Ross, Patrick Candler, of Sherwood Forest Trust, and Mich Stevenson, Chairman of Spenbeck and Deputy Chairman of Nottingham Regeneration. The campaign allows those


looking to purchase a tree for themselves, a loved one or as a business to make a donation to Age UK Notts and in return have a


L-R: Patrick Candler, Maggie Ross, Christina Yardley and Mich Stevenson


beautiful tree planted and dedicated to them. Christina Yardley, Business


Development Partner at Rothera Sharp, said: “As a business firmly rooted in Nottinghamshire we are delighted to be collaborating with


Age UK to deliver the Trees of Life Campaign. This is a great opportunity for people to celebrate the lives of loved ones by planting trees, while improving our great county and raising money for the wonderful work Age UK does.”


A variety of high profile representatives attended the awareness-raising event Leicester Animal Aid


Local dog and cat rescue and rehoming Centre in Huncote, Leicestershire, founded in 1956.


Community Impact Award winners at the Leicestershire Business Awards 2017. Elmwood Farm • Forest Road • Huncote • Leicestershire • LE9 3LE


W: www.leicesteranimalaid.org.uk T: 01455 888257


Registered Charity No. 242560 14 business network November 2017


Awareness raised for working with Autism


Autism East Midlands has launched its Working with Autism networking event, supported by fellow Chamber members Rolls- Royce and Notts County Football Club. This interactive networking event


saw a number of invited guests in attendance, including Cllr John Whitby, The Right Worshipful Mayor of the city of Derby, Annie Hall, High Sheriff of Derbyshire, Heather Wheeler, MP for South Derbyshire, Cllr Nicola Roulstone and representatives from Ashgate Hospice, Autism Concern, Bombardier, D2N2, Derby College,


Derbyshire City Council, Geldards, Smith Cooper and Unite. It focused on what can be done


when supporting autism in the workplace. Around 50,000 people in the East Midlands have autism, however, only 16% of autistic adults are in full-time employment. Figures show that in Derby, 2,587


children and adults are believed to have an autistic spectrum condition and of this figure 1,653 are of working age. In Derbyshire - excluding Derby - 7,784 children and adults are believed to have an autistic spectrum condition of which 4,810 are of working age.


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