Yorkshire Bank staff get ready for Moonlight Walk in Preston

Workmates taking on St Catherine's Hospice's Moonlight and Memories Walk say the fund-raiser is the perfect opportunity to work together as a team, in aid of a worthy cause.
A team of colleagues from Prestons Yorkshire Bank are taking on the St Catherines Hospice Moonlight and Memories WalkA team of colleagues from Prestons Yorkshire Bank are taking on the St Catherines Hospice Moonlight and Memories Walk
A team of colleagues from Prestons Yorkshire Bank are taking on the St Catherines Hospice Moonlight and Memories Walk

Colleagues from Yorkshire Bank in Fishergate, Preston, are set to pound the pavements in the hospice’s annual night time trek on Saturday July 1.

The team of 10 – consisting of staff, friends and family members – are taking on the 10-mile route from the hospice in Lostock Hall, heading through Penwortham, Preston and Bamber Bridge.

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Yorkshire Bank has a partnership with national charity Hospice UK, of which St Catherine’s is a member. It means funds raised by staff for local hospices are match-funded by the bank.

The branch manager’s assistant, Garry Wilkinson, said: “We’ve worked closely with St Catherine’s over the past few years.“We’ve done the charity’s quiz nights, abseils and skydives between us, as well as things like cake sales in the branch. “The walk is a chance for us all to come together with family and friends and do what we can to help the cause, and we’re really looking forward to it. We’ve been going out training together and really encouraging one another.

“We’ve all been touched by conditions like cancer one way or another, so it’s quite a bonding experience.“On a personal level, my dad was supported by St John’s Hospice in Lancaster before he died from pancreatic cancer in March aged 77, so I want to do the walk in his memory. The whole hospice movement does fantastic work and makes such a difference to people at very difficult times in their lives.”

St Catherine’s fund-raiser Norman Cutler said: “It’s great to have the team from Yorkshire Bank on board with our Moonlight and Memories Walk and we’d love to hear from other businesses and community groups who might be interested in coming together to achieve something in the name of a good cause.“With both a 10 and four-mile route available, we want to appeal to people of all ages and abilities and can promise a very special night.“Registration is £15 for adults and £10 for under-18s for either route, and people are encouraged to raise as much in sponsorship as possible to help us continue providing our specialist palliative and end-of-life care for local people.”

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To sign up, visit http://www.stcatherines.co.uk, call 01772 324540 or email [email protected].