Businesses rally round to raise £20,000 for cancer charity

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Nicky Godding

Frank Smith, Margit Margusson, Laurence & Jackie Llewelyn Bowen and Nicholas Granger

A Gloucestershire blood cancer charity hosted a networking day for business at The Beaufort Polo Club and raised more than £20,000.

Patrons Laurence and Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen and more than 150 business people came together in support of local blood cancer patients and their families.

Linc Charity funds clinical psychologists to help patients and their loved ones navigate the impact of cancer, clinical trial nurses to support patients through trials that could benefit them further, and offers financial support after diagnosis for items such as childcare, rent costs, or alternative pain management.

Guests watched polo matches and enjoyed afternoon tea.

Sponsors included Meliora Renovations, The Queens Hotel Cheltenham, and British Bespoke Auctions. Prizes were given generous local businesses, including HMA Tax, Richard George Tailoring and Feather Cotswold Cottages.

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.