WE’VE DONE IT… Employers across Northamptonshire have been celebrating with Franklins Solicitors as they pass the £100,000 milestone for money raised in the law firm’s #Franklins50 fundraising challenge.
A total 24 teams from employers across Northampton and Milton Keynes took part in this year’s challenge, which has raised £20,000 to support Cynthia Spencer Hospice and Northampton Hope Centre which helps to feed families in need. They also raised money for Milton Keynes-based domestic abuse charity MK Act and Willen Hospice.
The challenge required teams to take £50 seed funding from Franklins Solicitors LLP and turn it into as much money as possible over three months for their chosen charity. Franklins partner Andrea Smith said: “This year we really want to help towards the current cost-of-living crisis and improving wellbeing. It is great to see the difference the money raised will make to the local charities involved.”
Teams, benefiting charities and Franklins colleagues were at the Northampton Marriott hotel to raise a glass to this year’s campaign and to passing the £100,000 milestone.
Louise Danielzuk from Northampton Hope Centre said: “In a nutshell this money will mean people in Northampton no longer need to go hungry and the money raised will feed 750 hungry families. Every day we are hearing more stories of people unable to feed themselves or families having to go without food because they simply cannot afford the food or the fuel to cook it with. This money means that this no longer needs to be the story.”
Top fundraiser for MK Act and overall BWC Profiles – raised £3,000.
Top fundraiser for Northampton Hope Centre Louise from Miller & Chalk – raised £562.10
Top fundraiser for Cynthia Spencer Hospice Travis Perkins with £1,593.80.
Top fundraiser for Willen Hospice Team Bala from John Lewis – raised £2,154.75.
Small Business Superstar Peter Bakare, Nutri Troops – raised £1,317.
Best use of social media Syncro for their launch video – raised £920.
Most creative fundraising idea dbfb communications who produced, printed and sold their own cookbook featuring the favourite recipes of their staff, along with printed branded aprons – raised £625.
Best community initiative OneFourSix digital marketing hosted a BBQ serving breakfast and lunch for the second year running, which was promoted to local businesses – raised £800.
Best example of teamwork John Lewis Teams – their four teams – Odney, Ambleside, Leckford and Bala – competed against each other to raise a grand total of £5,621.81.