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Barkers raises nearly £9,000 for Friarage Hospital

From a fabulous fashion show to racking up the pounds while pounding the streets for the Great North Run, Barkers of Northallerton has raised £8,900 for our charity.

Barkers became a corporate sponsor of Our Hospitals Charity in January 2022 and raised the funds though a variety of means including Christmas gift-wrapping and a Santa’s Grotto over the festivities, as well as the fashion show held in the spring, two staff members running the GNR in September and throughout the year via donation pots at the till points.

Over £2,000 of the total was raised through the festive period alone.

Bridie Wilkinson, head of marketing at Barkers, said: “Our teams worked exceptionally hard this year, wrapping up gifts on the gift wrap station, as well as in the Beauty Hall and across the store right up until Christmas Eve.

“On top of the £2,250 we raised over Christmas, we have also raised money from a couple of people signing up to take part in the Great North Run plus a big fashion show we did in April raised around £2,000 too.

“We picked Our Hospitals Charity because we are a local business and the directors wanted to support the local hospital. The hospital has done a lot for the Barkers as a family and they wanted to give back to the local community.”

Lisa Meehan, fundraising manager at Our Hospitals Charity, said: “We are so grateful for the continued support of Barkers and all their fundraising throughout last year.

“We are blown over by the money raised during the Christmas period, it just goes to show the generosity of our local community never ceases to amaze me and we are eternally grateful.