Chinese New Year brings new challenges for Welsh businesswomen
Hugh James Partner, Alison
Love, will trek The Great Wall of China for Macmillan Cancer
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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