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GM FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCES GMF100 CYCLING CHALLENGE TOTAL

GM Fundraising has just announced that its GMF100 Cycling Challenge has raised an impressive £55,000. The funds will go to Hope House Children’s Hospices, which provides palliative care for children with life-limiting conditions and support for their families, both on site and in their homes.

Gary Morton, GM Fundraising’s founder, said: “Finally, we managed to get an event over the line after a torturous 18 months of pandemic-ridden efforts. We wanted to help Hope House rebuild financially, and the GMF100 Cycling Challenge was created to show our continued commitment. A huge thank you to everyone involved in making the GMF100 Cycling Challenge happen: the riders, the supporters and to everyone who sponsored them. We are delighted to have raised this significant amount.” The GMF100 Cycling Challenge saw over 90 riders cycle 100 miles on Sunday 8th August from their factory or premises. Gary said: “What an event! Despite heavy rain in some parts of the country and a strong headwind, all the riders completed the challenge safely. Thank you to each and every one of them.” The event was sponsored by Epwin Window Systems. Gary said: “Special thanks must go to Epwin Window Systems who came up with the event idea and became the headline sponsor too. Clare O’Hara, Managing Director of Epwin Window Systems, said: “We were delighted to support the GMF100 Cycling Challenge and even more pleased to see what a success it was in raising some much-needed funds for Hope House.” The mission of Hope House Children’s Hospices is to ensure that no one should face the death of a child alone. It costs £6.5 million every year to run its services and 86% of this is spent on care. Over 95% of Hope House’s annual costs are met through charitable donations and GM Fundraising is its largest single donor. Since it was established in 1995, GM Fundraising has raised over £2 million for Hope House Children’s Hospices. Gary said: “The atmosphere on Sunday was incredible with live team updates streaming across our social media platforms. After such a tough year for the charity, it felt great to finally begin fundraising for such an important cause. The money we have raised will do so much to help the children at Hope House.” GMF100 Charity Cycle Challenge has received such positive feedback from all the participants that GM Fundraising has announced this will become an annual event. Gary concluded: “We have been delighted by the support this new event received and have now added this to our scheduled events for 2022.”

GM FUNDRAISING TO HUMOUR THE PINK JOKE CAMPAIGN

GM Fundraising are backing the 21-year anniversary for Window Widgets and specifically their forthcoming publication of the Little Pink Book of Jokes, which will be fuelled by submissions from across the industry and supported with sponsorship opportunities.

Everyone across the glazing and fenestration sectors will be encouraged to submit jokes for the Little Pink Book which can be done by emailing jokes@windowwidgets.co.uk, visiting the landing page at www.windowwidgets.co.uk/widgetscomedy or via social media using the #WidgetsComedy hashtag. Money has already been pledged at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/widgetcomedy to help the fundraising effort gain early traction. The publication will be designed, printed and distributed by Window Widgets who will cover the entire cost, whilst the aim from a fundraising aspect is to raise a minimum of £21,000 to be split equally between GM Fundraising and We Mind & Kelly Matters. There will also be a separate children’s activity and joke book published which will be distributed to local schools and by request to other schools across the UK. Gary Morton, chairman and founder of GM Fundraising commented: ‘This is a wonderful, selfless and thoughtful gesture, not to mention a novel way in which to celebrate an important business anniversary. As one of the beneficiaries for this creative campaign, GM Fundraising will be fully supportive to help raise much needed funds for us, but also for John Hewitt and his We Mind & Kelly Matters charity, so please everyone give this your full support.’ Sarah Hitchings, sales and marketing director of Window Widgets added: ‘We’re generating momentum by the week now with this campaign and publication. It was important for us to celebrate this business milestone, but in a way that gives back to others associated with this industry, so we’re reaching out to everyone to get involved and to support these great charities.’ For information on GM Fundraising visit www.gmfundraising.co.uk. For further information on Window Widgets please visit windowwidgets.co.uk or request a copy of the product catalogue at sales@windowwidgets.co.uk or by calling 01452 345848. Look out for the social media handle of #widgetscomedy and please be a part of it.