Virgin Media take up the Really Charitable Hustle Challenge

Virgin Media 'Hustlers'

The Strategy and Architecture Team, based at Virgin Media's Hook Head Office, managed to bag over £2,500 worth of fabulous goodies to complete The Really Charitable Hustle Challenge, including an iPod Touch, iPod Nanos, a digital camera, food hampers, store vouchers, the list goes on!

We provided our 'wish list' to the Virgin Media teams, which included items to either give to the children and young adults who use our care services, or things that we can use to raffle, auction or fundraise with. The rest was left to the eager teams to accumulate as many items on the ‘wish list’ as possible without spending a penny!

Daniel Hennessy, Executive Director, Strategy & Architecture said 'We decided to pool our resources to maximise the skills in the teams. Some people hit the phones and called local companies and business contacts whilst the 'outriders' blitzed Basingstoke and Reading town centres. We all thoroughly enjoyed the day and feel tremendously proud that our efforts have produced such a fabulous result. We're all delighted to be able to help Naomi House and look forward to doing another team challenge for the charity next year'.

Tina Starbuck, Corporate Fundraiser said 'When the teams came back to the office at the end of the day it looked like an Alladin's Cave! On behalf of everyone at the hospice, I'd like to say a huge thank you to Daniel and his team for their amazing achievement, and to all the local shops and companies who gave such generous donations'.