STAFF at a building services provider have raised nearly £3,000 for St Richard's Hospice in Worcester.

Members of J S Wright took part in the Great Birmingham 10K Run and held a raffle on a fun day for colleagues and families.

The lion’s share of £1,610 was raised by a team of ten who successfully pounded the streets of Birmingham along with 7,000 other runners in the city’s first 10K run.

Lizzie Brazier, community fundraiser for St Richard’s, said: “We are so grateful to the team at J S Wright who took part in the Birmingham 10k run to raise money for the hospice. The company has raised a fantastic amount of money and the Hospice will benefit from this hugely. For example, it costs £2,195.15 to provide complete care for a patient in our in-patient unit for five days.”

Angie Swann, head office receptionist who presented the cheque to St Richard’s on behalf of J S Wright, said: “The aches and pains of taking part in the 10K Run were all worth it by enabling us to raise, along with the funds from the fun day and tombola, such a huge amount for such a worthy cause. A huge thank you goes to all those sponsors and supporters who enabled us to raise the money. We are already looking to build on that figure by organising further fund-raising activities throughout the year.”