Local business goes the extra ‘smile’
Tots up £9k for Big C in 2013 and selects Nelson’s Journey as staff charity for 2014
Local insurance brokers and financial planners Alan Boswell Group (ABG) have raised a total of £9k for Big C, their 2013 staff nominated charity. Dress-down days and cakes sales as well as audacious sky dives, endurance cycle rides and an entertaining staff bike race in the Gas Hill Gasp have all contributed to the grand total.
Big C community fundraising manager, Diane Northway, said: “What a terrific sum! Alan Boswell Group’s staff got right behind us this year and did some incredible things, all in the name of charity. The Group has a long association with Big C, raising a staggering £47K in the last decade alone.”
Norfolk children’s charity, Nelson’s Journey, has been chosen for 2014. Their charitable pledge to ‘(bring) back smiles to bereaved children’ is something the 220 staff at Alan Boswell Group can’t wait to support during the year ahead.
Nelson’s Journey chief executive, Colin Lang MBE said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have been selected by such a pro-active business. We’re a local charity and gaining support from local firms is vital to our fundraising efforts. It means we can continue to support bereaved young people across Norfolk.”
Nelson’s Journey provides support for children and young people living in Norfolk who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life. The funds they raise are used to improve the emotional wellbeing of bereaved children by: increasing their confidence and self-belief, providing education about the causes of death and enabling families to talk openly about their bereavement.