Brewery launches first charity partnership
l - r Representatives from Greene King charity committee with Rachel Gasgoine (centre) from Macmillan Cancer Support, Joanna Kreckler, Alison Siddons, Mark Blythman, Nick Bean, Lindsay Keswick and Caroline Crouchman
BURY St Edmunds based brewer Greene King has pledged its ongoing support to a cancer charity.
The leading pub retailer has launched its first UK-wide charity partnership and aims to raise £1million for Macmillan Cancer Support over the next three years.
Fund-raising was kicked off at Greene King’s annual Real Beer and Food Festival, held two weeks ago at its Westgate Brewery, in Bury.
A total of £2,000 has already been raised for the cause, including £200 from the festival, and other fund-raising activities are planned throughout the year, including a 480km cycle challenge from London to Paris and a sponsored run in Bury.
The pub giant will also be joining Macmillan’s flagship event, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on September 28.
Rachel Gascoigne, from Macmillan, said: “It’s great to see Greene King employees throwing themselves into their fund-raising for Macmillan. It’s events like these that really add up and make a difference to people affected by cancer.”
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