Devon intellects raise £600 for charity

Lloyd Barnes Accountancy Recruitment staged a Charity Quiz Night last week at Exeter Golf & Country Club, raising a substantial amount for Devon Community Foundation.

The quiz night, attended by over 100 professionals from businesses across Devon including Flybe, Thrifty, EDF, Foot Anstey, Stephens & Scown, Cobell and Maximus, tested everyone’s minds to the max. With questions such as ‘How many UK number 1 hits did Elvis Presley have?’ and ‘What was the name of the first space shuttle?’, how do you think you would have fared?

The overall winner was Connect Six, a team made up of 6 senior professionals from different businesses in and around Exeter, who won a case of Veuve Clicquot Champagne.  The runners up, Foot Anstey, were lucky enough to walk away with a Lloyd Barnes mug each!

With raffle prizes on offer from O’Connors Campervans, Radiance MediSpa and Dartington Crystal, the donations flooded in and many people walked away as winners.

Martha Wilkinson, DCF Chief Executive comments ‘Not only did we have a great evening, but we were delighted at the generosity that was shown by Lloyd Barnes and all the teams that attended.  Despite not winning the quiz, we did come away with a sizeable donation to our charity. Having this type of support from local businesses enables us to make grant awards to a growing number of deserving groups’.

Lloyd Barnes is one of the South West's leading specialist agencies, dedicated to the accountancy recruitment sector.  The recruitment consultant’s in depth industry knowledge and accountancy background ensures that businesses and job seekers across the region will benefit from expertise in the Devon, Cornwall and Somerset markets.  www.lloyd-barnes.co.uk

Devon Community Foundation manages around £1 million in grant making, getting money to where it really matters to voluntary groups on the frontline doing vital and life changing work in our local communities. They provide a cost-effective, personal and flexible way for businesses, individuals, statutory organisations and private trusts to invest in these community groups and make a lasting difference to local issues and causes in Devon.  www.devoncf.com