Bizspace to Help Charity Raise £9.6m - by Putting the Kettle onBIZSPACE, the UK’s leading provider of managed workspace, is helping a cancer charity raise a massive £9.6 million – by putting the kettle on.
A large number of Bizspace’s 110 business centres took part in the World’s Largest Coffee morning, held across the UK on September 25th, in order to help Macmillan Cancer Support hit its national fundraising target which it will use to fund its vital cancer services, ranging from specialist nurses and doctors, to grants and advice for people who have money problems because of their illness.
‘It has been great raising money for such a worthy cause and all the teams involved had a lot of fun”, comments Gregg Sheen, Bizspace’s marketing director. “To help our senior management prepare for all the cakes they consumed during the coffee morning, we organised a charity Iron Man Challenge to raise additional funds.
“The challenge ran from 1st June to 31st August and included a two mile swim; a 100 mile bike ride and finally a 26 mile marathon run. Our head of finance, Steve Payne got so carried away that he actually completed six marathons during the three month period. The Challenge itself raised £2,000 for Macmillan and we are still counting the total raised at all the coffee mornings.”
Macmillan’s fundraising manager for North London, Rebecca Steadman, adds “We are extremely grateful to Bizspace for holding these activities to raise money for us. The money will help fund vital cancer services and hopefully Bizspace’s participation will encourage even more local businesses, groups and individuals to support our charity in the future.”
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