Exeter hotel raises over £7,000 for charity

A top Exeter hotel pulled in thousands of pounds for charity in 2014 by hosting everything from a sky dive to a pumpkin contest.

The Mercure Exeter Southgate raised more than £7,500 for a number of charities - and has big plans to do even better this year.

The charities that have benefitted from the novel fundraising events include Contact the Elderly, Exeter Foundation, Age UK and Hospiscare.

Tamsyn Parsons, sales manager, at the hotel, said that fundraising was a big part of the hotel’s life.

She said: “Our fundraising activities have grown year by year, with more of the team getting involved. The main contributors are the Hotel Sales Team, these are definitely the most active fundraising members of the hotel, followed by the Health Club and its members.

“We are always very proud of what we achieve. It means a lot to us to be able to make a small difference to the charities we are supporting and will continue to do whatever we can so that we can contribute something, no matter how big or small.”

Tamsyn said the fundraising goal for this year was £10,000.

“We have lots of exciting events planned, to help us to achieve this figure, including a Pig Racing Night, ‘Donate, don’t dump’ days and the Rainbow Run. We will also have a 10k team for Age UK and for the Michelmores 10k, amongst many others.”