Greene King raises £125k for Macmillan
Staff from across the pub retailer’s estate baked cakes, brewed coffee and organised raffles to raise the money – an increase of more than 7% compared to last year.
Joel Moniz and his team at the Copa bar in Cheltenham even incorporated exercise into their coffee morning, with staff rowing and cycling on exercise machines in exchange for donations. Moniz has previously trekked Mount Everest for Macmillan, and is now in training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and the Indian Himalayas in 2015.
Rachel Gascoigne, partnership manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “For the third year running Greene King has raised a record amount for World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, testament to the tremendous fundraising efforts of employees and customers. This year we’ve been especially successful by expanding the fundraising tools available to use when planning events; this success equates to vital funds that will help Macmillan to ensure that no one faces cancer alone.”
Rooney Anand, chief executive at Greene King, added: “Many of our pubs, restaurants and hotels have got behind Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and I’m really proud that our employees and customers have raised such a huge amount.
“Knowing that the £125,176we’ve raised will to help fund Macmillan’s cancer support services in local communities right across the UK is a fantastic reward for our fundraising efforts.”
Caption: 3d cake beer – one of the entries into the Greene King ‘bake off’ competition. Caption: Coffee Morning 18 – Greene King’s Adam Underwood and Nicola Talbot with Rachel Gascoigne of Macmillan.
