Instore, which provides restaurant and cafe food services to UK’s retail brands, has raised £27,500 to support various Cancer Research UK initiatives through a range of fundraising activities.
The activities have included a group of colleagues raising over £2,000 after climbing Pen y Fan, the highest peak in South Wales.
The Instore team aims to raise a further £22,500 this year through taking part in Stand Up to Cancer in October and through collection goblets which will be placed in Instore cafes throughout the country.
Andy Rees, managing director, Instore, said: “We’re extremely proud of our partnership with Cancer Research UK and it is great to see so many colleagues from across our Instore business take part in various fundraising activities to raise much needed funds that will hopefully go a long way in the fight against cancer.
“We would also like to pay a special thanks to our colleague, charity champion, Jo Jackson, who has shown a tremendous amount of passion in her charity work for Cancer Research UK over the years and has worked extremely hard to gather support and encourage others to take part in fundraising activities.”
Jackson, health and safety manager for Compass’ education business, Chartwells, was recognised last year as Cancer Research UK’s corporate charity champion of the year after helping Compass to raise over £140,000.
Instore says that it has so far raised £194,000 for Cancer Research UK since 2009.