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16 Sep 2024  | London, GB

EY Bristol raises over £19,000 for Cancer Research

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Staff from EY’s Bristol office have raised £19,478 (including Gift Aid) for Cancer Research UK through a range of activities in and out of the office.

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading independent charity for cancer research, influence and information. It was selected as the Bristol office’s 2023/24 charity following a vote by employees as part of the firms UK Charitable Giving programme.

Over the past 12 months, money was raised from a variety of events including bake sales, competitions, a festive raffle and a 10k a day step challenge to name a few. A sponsored walk from Priddy to Cheddar Gorge in the Mendip Hills was also organised and supported by over 100 colleagues, raising more than £2,800.

The fundraising activities were led by Mark Ireson, a Manager in Strategy and Transactions at EY, with support from various other members of the team. Mark and his family have been heavily impacted by cancer. After losing both his father and uncle because of cancer in 2019, Mark’s mother was then diagnosed with stage 3-4 cancer the same year. She started chemotherapy in January 2020 and has battled through five courses of treatment so far with the most recent having just finished in June.

Mark Ireson, Manager at EY in Bristol, commented: “I’ve been absolutely blown away by the support of colleagues in EY Bristol. The whole office got behind all the fundraising events we’ve organised, which is amazing. Cancer Research is a cause close to my heart and I’m so grateful for everyone’s support.”

Louise Gash, Relationship Manager at Cancer Research UK said: “It has been fantastic supporting the EY Bristol office to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK. The whole office has really embraced the challenge and the amount raised has far exceeded what we thought would be possible when EY Bristol originally chose Cancer Research UK as their charity for the year. Here at Cancer Research UK, we rely on money raised by organisations such as EY to be able to fund the research needed to bring us closer to our vision of a world where people can all live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. Thanks go to the whole team for helping toward this.”

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