BBC Children in Need
Staff and members support Children in Need.
Coventry Building Society staff and members raise over £41,000 for BBC Children in Need
16 December 2011
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Binley Road branch pyjama party; staff (left to right): Gary Ryan, Sue Grieve, Kelly Whelan, Tom Tattam, Navdeep Chouhan.
Malcolm Kennedy, Branch Network - Regional Sales Manager dressed as Pudsey and selling cakes.
Head Office cake sale, staff (left to right): Melanie Whitehead, Rosie Dodd, Hannah Wood, Ross Henderson, Sophie Jelley, Danielle Hurley.
Staff and members of Coventry Building Society have raised a staggering £41,000, with funds still coming in, for the BBC Children in Need Appeal with over 170 separate fundraising events across the business, the largest number of events ever held by the Society for Children in Need.
Corporate Responsibility Manager, Anna Cuskin said "We had some fantastic fundraising efforts from staff ranging from pyjama parties and cake sales in branches to a cycle race of over 130 miles."
"We are delighted to have raised such a huge amount and to set a new record for the Society by raising the largest amount for Children in Need in a single year."
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Branch Managers - Dan Pheasant and Paul Purewal after completion of a 22 mile running challenge.
Cycle teams
Team A (front row left to right): Carl Thompson, Adrian Townson, Jeremy Cox, Ian Hunt, James Webb, Sajid Hussain.
Team B (back row left to right ); Darin Landon, Mark Evans, Matt Mannings, James Paterson, Richard Field, Keith Williams.
Branch staff at Jubilee Crescent, (left to right): Natasha Muir, Zoe Tuckey – Adams, Jayne Whelan, Amanda Clark, Lindsey Alsop, Jasbinder Kaur, Tom Lakic.
Notes to editors
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