Stop Press: record charity cheque gets even bigger!
26th January 2016

The VEKA UK Group has not only almost trebled its charity fundraising record with a cheque for £14,910.26 for The Encephalitis Society – but just days ago, a generous donor added another £90 to take it over the £15,000.

Even without the last-minute top-up, the total was nearly three times the size of Veka’s previous biggest donation – £5100 for The British Legion, raised over a six-month period in 2014.

The group chose to support The Encephalitis Society for a full year, rather than the six months usually dedicated to each chosen charity, after Head of Technical Mark Barsby was diagnosed with the condition.

Head of Human Resources Gabriela Hammond explained: “The Encephalitis Society has become a very important charity to us here since Mark was diagnosed. Everyone has been so keen to support the work being done for those affected and their families, that we soon exceeded our previous fund-raising record!

“We've had all sorts of activities going on, from three-day sponsored bike rides to 'virtual' bike rides on an exercise bike in the office! We've had bake-offs, cake sales, pin and bracelet sales, 'wear it blue' days, Christmas card donations and a sponsored Christmas Jumper day.

“I and a number of the team ran the Manchester 10k and there's even been a company 'waist watchers'!

“We've also had a number of generous donations from customers including Modplan and Glazerite, for which we are very grateful. Members of Network Veka also gave generously at the AGM and Business Centre Event.”

Pictured: Mark Barsby and The Veka UK Team hand the cheque over to Cassie Meegan-Vickers from The Encephalitis Society.

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