A LAW firm has embarked on a charity fundraising mission.
Owners and staff at AWB Charlesworth aim to raise more than £18,000 by the end of the year.
Solicitor and co-owner James Dunn boosted the effort by taking part in last month’s London Marathon.
He had aimed to raise £4,000 for Manorlands – around a quarter of what the Sue Ryder charity needs each day to run the Oxenhope hospice.
But he smashed through his target, raising £4,700.
James – who is head of commercial property at AWB Charlesworth’s Aireside House office in Royd Ings Ave, Keighley – says: “The Sue Ryder Manorlands hospice is immensely important to me personally – and to my family, as well as to staff and clients at AWB Charlesworth.
“I would say I enjoy supporting the hospice in every way I can, but the London Marathon was a killer. No doubt I’ll be doing something again, but right now my poor old feet need a well-earned rest.”
Tribute is paid to James by the fundraising team at Manorlands.
Adam Brunskill, the hospice’s senior community fundraiser, says: “On behalf of everyone at Sue Ryder Manorlands hospice, I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to James for all his fundraising efforts as he took on this year’s London Marathon.
“It means the world to us that James chose to support Manorlands with his ballot place in the marathon, and we are extremely proud of what he has achieved.
“The amazing total he has reached will help our expert teams be there for more people when it matters most.”
Manorlands supports patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families at the hospice and in the community, across an area covering Craven, Airedale and Wharfedale as well as parts of Bradford.
All services are free to patients and their loved ones, but it costs more than £10,000 a day to keep the hospice doors open.
Only a small part of the cost is covered by statutory funding.
Most of the money has to be raised through fundraising events and activities, and voluntary donations.
This month, Jenny Barron – a solicitor, and co-owner, at AWB Charlesworth – organised a family festival at Embsay to also raise funds for charity.
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Proceeds are going to both Manorlands hospice and an organisation that supports education in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.
In addition to its Keighley office, AWB Charlesworth – which is accredited with Lexcel, the Law Society quality mark – has branches in Bradford and Skipton.
