TrustFord Castleford has raised £1,300 for Cancer Research UK in a festive spin bike challenge held at the Park Road dealership.
A team of nine colleagues, led by Castleford-based Operations Director John Leeman, dressed as Christmas elves for a gruelling spin class on the forecourt of the dealership last Monday. Cancer Research UK is a TrustFord’s official charity partner and the dealership group regularly takes part in a variety of events across its network of 65 sites to raise much needed funds for both organisations.
The Spin Challenges follows earlier fundraising in November, where four TrustFord colleagues braved the cold and were submerged into a Ford Ranger full of icy water at the Dagenham dealership, raising £1,255. In addition, the third annual TrustFord One Penny auction, held on eBay in December, saw a brand new Ford Transit Courier (1.5 Duratorq TDCi 75ps) put under the hammer with a starting price of just 1p. The auction raised a fantastic £7,000, all of which went straight to Cancer Research UK.
Julia Greenhough, Head of Marketing at TrustFord, who leads the partnership with Cancer Research UK, commented: “The spin challenge was another fun way to raise crucial funds for Cancer Research UK, which performs such vital work. We are always looking for new ways to support this amazing charity, and we look forward continuing to do so as we move in to 2017. We’d like to thank all of those who have generously donated to all of our recent fundraising activity; the support of our colleagues, customers, friends and family has been fantastic.”
