Adventurous members of Charles Clinkard’s Head Office team are set to take on an extreme charity challenge.
Charles Clinkard staff members are preparing for a sponsored skydive in aid of Butterwick Hospice.
Megan Ripley, Roger West, John Butterfield, Jonathan Ross, Jonathan Midgely, Joel Barnett, Chris Garbutt, Rhys Garbutt and Gary Todd make up the the head office team with a head for heights, who will take on the 10,000ft tandem leap from a plane on 19th February. It is the first of two challenges the team are participating in to raise money for the charity.
In March, staff from the company will be running for their lives in Butterwick’s first ever UK Zombie Run, a 5K dash through Hamsterley Forest with blood-thirsty, flesh-hungry zombies hot on their (well-clad) heels.
Butterwick Hospice is a well-loved local charity which provides specialist pain and symptom control, complementary therapies, counselling and bereavement care to adults and children suffering from life-limiting illnesses, and relies on donations to fund their work.
Charles Clinkard are a corporate supporter of Butterwick Hospice, with donations enabling the charity to fund counselling for children through the variety of services they offer.
The team hope that their daredevil events will help to raise extra funds to support the charity.
Digital Marketer Megan Ripley said, “Charles Clinkard has always had strong links to the local community, having been based in Teesside since the company began over 90 years ago.
“As a family retailer, we know how important it is that children, young people and adults receive essential support and attention, whatever their needs.
“The support and care that Butterwick Hospice offers for people suffering life-limiting illnesses and patients’ families is invaluable, and is certainly a cause worth supporting.”
To sponsor the Charles Clinkard team in their fundraising efforts,visit justgiving.com/Charles-Clinkard-Skydive, or text CCSD90 followed by the amount you’d like to donate, e.g. CCSD90 £10 to 70070.
