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Lawcris Panel Products have been supporting us for 16 years and we are incredibly grateful to them. Having just renewed their Business 365 membership, we thought it would be good to hear about the reasons why St Gemma’s Hospice is important to them.
You have supported St Gemma’s Hospice for 16 years, we are extremely grateful to you for all of your support. Can you talk about why supporting the Hospice is so important to you as a business?
Supporting St Gemma’s gives us great pride. We love getting behind events such as the Winter Ball, golf days, Santa Dash, and many more. By supporting these events, our staff learn more about the importance of our business’ social responsibility. We sadly lost a dedicated member of staff back in 2007. He spent his final days being cared for in St Gemma’s and the team were truly wonderful, so sponsoring this incredible hospice really does have great significance to us.
How does it support staff team building?
Fundraising unites our employees in a common cause. Collaborative efforts in planning and executing activities gives us all a shared sense of purpose, strengthening relationships, building trust and enhancing morale. We find that after events such as our bake sales and the more physical ones, like the Total Warrior style events, our staff are buzzing to share their experience with other members of their team, contributing to a more cohesive and motivated atmosphere.
What has been your favourite fundraising event to take part in?
Total Warrior has to be the absolute favourite! Our team was made up of people from all different departments; transport, warehouse, accounts, sales and marketing, so it brought everyone together. The team really bonded during the experience, pulling each other through the mud and over the obstacles.
We trained hard and it paid off – we smashed the 12km course with 25 obstacles along the way in 2 hours 15 minutes! Not only did we burn 1050 calories each….more importantly, we raised an incredible £5,434 for St Gemma’s! We honestly couldn’t be prouder of our staff for spending their time training and raising money.
Have you got any plans for your fundraising next year?
One of the main events that is now well established in our calendar is the annual epic charity football match fundraiser. We take this one very seriously, (it’s football after all!) and 2024 will be our 4th match. It is a fantastic day packed full of footy and family fun, where all money raised goes to SGH. We are also hoping to do a sky dive along with another major physical challenge of some sort! We have our traditional Christmas fundraisers such as raffles and Christmas jumper day which everyone loves. We really get into the spirit of things over here!
Interested in fundraising for the Hospice? Take a look around our website at https://www.st-gemma.co.uk/corporate-support to find out more about all the different ways you and your company can get involved and support St Gemma’s Hospice.