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Barratt Homes raise £4,000 for St Gemma’s Hospice

Seven members of staff from Barratt Homes’ Yorkshire West division jumped from a plane on Sunday 26th January in aid of St Gemma’s Hospice, raising a huge £3,390 for the Leeds-based charity.

The team took part in the sponsored skydive to fundraise for the local hospice, which provides a large range of expert services to support patients, their family and friends. Barratt Homes managed to raise £3,390 for St Gemma’s, which costs £24,000 per day to run, and relies on the support of the local community and fundraisers to continue its work within the Leeds community.

Over the last six years, staff from Barratt Homes have raised more than £25,000 for the charity through a variety of fundraising events and sponsored activities.

Emma Fitton, Sales Progression Coordinator at Barratt Homes Yorkshire West commented: “We really wanted to do something special to raise as much as we possibly could for St Gemma’s Hospice, and a skydive was perfect! Plenty of people sponsored us to jump out of a plane and I’m so pleased we managed to donate over £3,300 to the charity. We’d all like to say a big thank you to everyone involved for their generosity!”

Ian Ruthven, Managing Director at Barratt Homes Yorkshire West, added: “I am very proud of the team for completing the sponsored skydive and it’s a great achievement to have raised £3,390 for St Gemma’s. Barratt Homes Yorkshire West first partnered with the hospice in 2008 and it has been an absolute pleasure to continue to run events in support of the charity, raising more than £25,000, over the past five years.”

For more information about Barratt Homes visit www.barratthomes.co.uk.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Richard Savage .