£22,540 Raised for St Luke’s

After taking part in the Master Cutler’s Challenge 2016, Henry Boot Group of Companies formed a special relationship with St Luke’s, who were one of the benefactors that year. At the beginning of 2017 it was decided to make St Luke’s our Charity of the Year and begin on a new journey to raise as much money as possible.

St Luke’s are a Sheffield charity caring for people aged 18 and above throughout the city who have terminal illnesses.  Their aim is to control their symptoms, alleviate pain, and give them the best possible quality of life, which of course being a charity is all free of charge.

Our first step was to form an internal committee, with members across the whole Group, to come up with ideas and events to ensure we achieved the same success as in previous years. Whilst the list below contains some familiar fixtures, the committee managed to once again come up with some great events, including:

• Dress Down Day
• Sales from IT equipment
• Employee “Give an hour”
• St Luke’s Raffle
• Bake Off
• Wold Walk
• Race Night at Owlerton Stadium, Hillsborough
• Summer BBQ

It was great to see so much support not only from our employees but from St Luke’s as well, who throughout the year continually provided us with support with all our fundraising events and staff interaction.

Amy Oakley, who lead the Henry Boot committee, said, “We have developed a great relationship with the St Luke’s team and hope to continue to develop it in the forthcoming years. They really got involved in helping me and the committee to organise last year’s events, and were always keen support us whenever possible. I was so proud to have been part of the team that raised such an incredible sum to support their work.”

At the end of the year the Group managed to raise £22,539.88, a total everyone at Henry Boot should be very proud of. To have raised this amount for a truly fantastic cause is amazing but to have done it with St Luke’s as a partnership will always make 2017 a memorable year.

“We are so grateful to everyone at Henry Boot for the amazing support they have given to St Luke’s. We have formed a fantastic working relationship with their team and have been consistently impressed by their dedication, commitment and passion for supporting our vital work caring for adults with a terminal illness and their loved ones and families in Sheffield. The Henry Boot team developed and delivered an exciting range of fundraising events and opportunities and everyone here at St Luke’s is very grateful for the impact they have had on our work” – Jack Kidder, Corporate Fundraising Manager.

If you wish to find out more about the wonderful work St Luke’s do please visit www.stlukeshospice.org.uk.