A Cannock bank raised £360 for St Mary’s Hospice by holding a raffle for customers.
Moneyway, in Wolverhampton Road, awarded a hamper to Mrs Jones, a regular customer, following the fund-raising drive.
Customer advisor Kelly Miles said: “We’ve undertaken a number of fund-raising events this year and we’ve had a great response from our customers. “We had a luxury hamper as the prize, and we’re delighted to have raised £360 which we can give to the Selly Oak hospice.
“It does fantastic work and relies on voluntary contributions to meet its £4 million running costs every year.
“We, and other branches of Moneyway, have raised money for them in the past, because it is a cause close to the hearts of some of our team, who have been unfortunate enough to have loved ones affected by terrible illnesses,” she said.
St Mary’s cares for more than 1,000 patients every year, suffering with illnesses including Cancer, Motor Neuron Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. The hospice cares for patients and offers respite and support for family members. Kelly said that customers had been supportive of the cause and that the branch would be holding another raffle before Christmas, with another hamper up for grabs.
“£4 million a year is a great deal, but it is vital, and whatever we can do to contribute is valuable, so we hope to have the same response and make another donation before the end of the year,” she added.
Gavin Petrie, Corporate Fundraiser for St Mary’s Hospice, said: “We are so grateful for the time and effort that Moneyway put into supporting us.
“We wouldn’t be able to do the jobs we do without people’s ongoing support, and getting companies like Moneyway behind us is critical to our success.
“The company is obviously very dedicated to supporting charities and this money makes an important contribution to us.”
Filed under: debt consolidation, financial advice | Tags: financial advice
Financial expert Owen Woodley has started a new blog in a bid to offer advice and reassurance to people concerned about how the current economic climate is effecting them.
Mr Woodley, who is Deputy Chief Executive of Moneyway, decided to draw on his experience within the banking world to benefit people who were worried, but reluctant to seek advice from their own bank manager.
www.Askowen.co.uk offers free, impartial advice & support, and will allow it’s readers to submit questions about their own personal circumstances situations, plus they will be able to share money-saving tips with the site’s other readers.
Owen said: “To say that people are worried about the future is a bit of an understatement. Everyday we hear about falling house prices and [negative equity], about redundancies and spiralling bills.
“People are worried about the implications, but they don’t want to ask for a meeting with their bank manager to ask his or her opinion and advice on what provisions and improvements they can make, a face-to-face discussion can be a daunting prospect, especially if you are struggling.
“The point of this [blog] is that people can ask for advice directly from me, or discuss their own tips.
“This isn’t a service aimed at Moneyway customers, and it’s not a way to push Moneyway’s services. It is about trying to offer reassurance and advice in a time of difficulty, which everyone has some need of at some point,” he said.
Owen started his career in corporate banking in London, followed by a number of years running parts of the Barclays businesses in Africa.
More recently, Owen was Regional Director for the 450 Barclays and Woolwich branches in the Midlands and in London.
He joined Secure Trust Bank in 2006, as it was re-branded Moneyway.
Owen added: “If the site does nothing more than prompt people to switch to a more economic fuel provider, then it has still helped people to think about where they can make savings and to take action.
“Banks are all over the news at the moment, and one of the reasons I came to Moneyway was because it prides itself on having the human touch, being simple and transparent, and being experts in its field – and those principles are more important now than ever before,” he said.
Filed under: cosmetic surgery | Tags: Arbonne, Cosmetics, none cosmetic surgical procedures
Viridian Medical have announced that they are soon to become a supplier of the much sought after Arbonne cosmetics range.
The announcement was made on a section of their website as they seek to showcasing the none surgical cosmetic treatments that will be soon added to the range of products and services they offer.
The statement says : “In the near future we are aiming to become an independant consultant for Arbonne’s range of skin care products.
Arbonne premium skin care range are made in the U.S.A. and developed at the Arbonne Institute of Research and Development in Switzerland”
This move is intended to complement the range of hi-tech procedures offered by the company including Smartlipo, Botox Injections, Accent RF and filler treatments such as Sculptra, Restylane, Evolence,
Juvederm and Teosyal. They normally specialise in the south east of England (places like London, Kent, Surrey, Berkshire etc etc) however this new expansion will allow them to engage with customers nationwide.
