Staff at potato supplier Branston have raised £15,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care through sponsored runs, cycle rides, walks, bake sales and other activities.
James Rogerson completed the coast-to-coast cycle challenge, cycling a total of 137 miles in one day to raise a phenomenal £965.
Simon Spink and Mark Armstrong took part in the Great North Run and raised £500 for the cause.
Nine employees competed in the Lincoln Zombie Run, a five kilometre assault course where they had to avoid volunteers dressed as zombies and overcome various spooky obstacles.
Others did a 10km twilight walk through the grounds of Grimsthorpe Castle.
Branston’s Blooming Great Tea Party in June raised almost £6,000 with visitors enjoying the Great Branston Bake Off, a rodeo bull and a staff cricket match.
Bake sales, cooked breakfasts, a ‘wear it yellow’ day and raffles topped up the funds to £15,000, presented to Charlotte Jackson from Marie Curie Cancer Care at Branston’s Lincoln site.
Branston managing director Graeme Beattie, said: “We all really enjoyed getting behind the fundraising initiatives. Marie Curie Cancer Care was chosen by our employees as a really worthwhile local charity.
“Their care is invaluable for helping people deal with the devastating effects of cancer and we hope that the money we have raised will help support the work that they do in our local communities and beyond.”
This year employees have voted to raise money for St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice and Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. They aim to raise £8,000 to split between the two charities.
Branston has sites in Scotland and the South West as well as its prepared foods factory in Lincoln.
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