Barrow Marks & Spencer help boost St Mary's funds

Employees at the Marks & Spencer Barrow in Furness store are celebrating after raising £3,800 for St Mary’s Hospice.

Over the last six months customers have been donating generously to the cause, whilst M&S employees’ fundraising activities have ranged from raffles to a sponsored team cycle from Workington to Newcastle that alone generated £1,000.

Andrew McKellar, manager of the M&S Barrow store said, “We’re keen to show our support for St Mary’s Hospice where the dedicated staff provide an invaluable service for our community. We had great fun coming up with ways to raise money and we were particularly touched by the many large donations from our customers.”

Zoe Guest Funding and Operations Manager of St Mary’s commented, “We are delighted by the generosity of the M&S Barrow in Furness store and their customers. All the money raised by M&S will go directly towards supporting St Mary's so that we can keep on providing care and support for patients and families. Maintaining our current services costs around £2.2 million a year, of which the hospice has to raise £1.8 million.We rely heavily on the support, goodwill and generosity of the public and organisations like M&S to maintain our services."