Chinese New Year brings new challenges for Welsh businesswomen
Hugh James Partner, Alison
Love, will trek The Great Wall of China for Macmillan Cancer
Support
09 I 03 I 10
For two well-known Cardiff businesswomen, the
Chinese New Year has marked the beginning of an uphill climb as
they get into training for an 11 day trek along the Great Wall of
China to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Lawyer Alison
Love, who heads the Employment Department at Hugh James and Human
Resources Advisor, Dorothy Johnson, are off to tackle the 300 steps
of ‘Heaven’s Ladder’ in April and have already raised around £4,000
towards their figure of £10,000.
Both women are hoping that the South Wales
business community will respond generously to their fundraising
events over the coming months. These range from a Chinese New
Year Party which raised over £2,000, a fun Music Night with Big
Mac’s Wholly Soul Band in Penarth’s Paget Rooms on 6 March and a
prestigious business lunch in Cardiff’s Holland House Hotel on 25
March where BBC Wales’ own Weatherman Walking, Derek Brockway will
be the guest speaker.
Neither Alison or Dorothy have done anything
like this before but feel very strongly that they want to raise as
much money as possible for Macmillan. Alison says that she has been
thrilled so far with the support she has had from Hugh James and
her clients and contacts. She said “I have lost a number of
friends and colleagues to cancer in the past year and this
challenge allows me to support a charity that does so much for
cancer patients and their families”.
Meanwhile Dorothy has had direct experience of
Macmillan’s support during her mother’s battle with the disease.
She said “Macmillan helped my family to ensure that my mother’s
final weeks were made as comfortable as possible, supporting us at
home during a very difficult time so I am keen to raise as much
money as possible by taking part in this challenge and I do hope
the business community will come up trumps by buying tickets for
our fund-raising events”.
Tickets and sponsorship packages are now
available for the Business Lunch on Thursday 25 March at the
Mercure Holland House Hotel. Tickets are £45.
Find out more and buy tickets
For further information contact:
Alison Love
E alison.love@hughjames.com
T 029 2039 1075
or
Charlotte Allan
E Charlotte.Allan@hughjames.com
T 029 2066 0587