BUSINESSES from across Northamptonshire raised £732 for Cynthia Spencer Hospice by taking part in a charity football tournament organised by Silverstone Fleet Management.
Twelve businesses took part in the five-a-side competition at the Benham Sports Centre on Moulton Park after Ryan Bishop, Sales Manager at Silverstone Fleet Management, decided he wanted to use his local business contacts and love of football to raise money for the company’s Charity of the Year.
He also wanted to keep the momentum going after the incredible success of #Sing4Cynthia in October, a social media campaign he spearheaded that saw people from across the local business community film themselves singing songs and uploading them to LinkedIn.
They then pledged money to a Just Giving page and nominate two other people to take part.
Bishop said: “We managed to raise £1,149 with #SingForCynthia and I wanted to keep that going and decided to look at a way of raising money through football.
“As a football fanatic, I wanted to get everyone involved in a fun atmosphere where we could all have a good time but also raise some more money for Cynthia Spencer Hospice.”
Prior to the event, Silverstone Fleet Management set up a landing page for registrations and Ryan contacted numerous local businesses who all paid £60 to take part. Businesses that signed up included SK Energy, Oracle Solutions Asbestos Ltd, Technical Foam Services, Quagga Design Ltd, ACS Office Solutions, Wilson Browne Solicitors, All Things Management Ltd and Pegasus Forklift Training. The main sponsors of the event were GPW Consulting and Pendragon Protect and Dunmore Energy were banner sponsors.
The overall tournament winners were YMD Boon Architects and Dunore Energy received the runner up trophy.
Scott Norville, Managing Director at Silverstone Fleet Management, said: “We are over the moon with how everything went and Ryan did a fantastic job of organising.
“It was great to see so many well-known businesses from Northamptonshire turn out and take part. As well as football, there was some great networking going on and people left with plenty of leads too.”
Silverstone Fleet Management has already committed to running the tournament again next year and will introduce improvements to ensure more money is raised for charity, such as adding a raffle and setting up a Just Giving page so supporters can donate as well as those playing.
