Scott Rees & Co beat previous Children in Need record

This article was published on: 11/21/13

Pudsey Bear image

Last Friday Scott Rees and Co hosted an internal auction and staff raffle, as well as a wear your colours to work day in support of Children in Need to raise a magnificent £535 children’s charities across the UK.

Scott Rees raising money for Children in Need 2013

The total amount raised bettered last years total of £503 as employees of the firm were encouraged to wear an item of red, yellow, blue or green clothing and donate their pounds to the charity.

There were also more raffle prizes that there has been in previous years, which no doubt helped to raise such a fantastic amount of money.

Overall Children in Need raised a record £31 million, which was over £4 million more than last year.

Event organiser, Tony Hedley thanked all the staff at the firm for contributing not only on the day but for the prizes for the raffle.

If you feel your organisation, charity or cause could benefit from the support of Scott Rees & Co, please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss the details further.

Image source(s)

1. Wikipedia; Bruno Postle; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_pudsey_bear_in_sheffield_children_in_need-2009.jpg