Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC has raised ?680 for The Children’s Centre’s MOBEX project, after holding a staff raffle to win an iPad Mini.

A team from Appleby entered the St. Patricks Day pub quiz held at Bar George and came in first place, winning the top prize, an iPad Mini and a bottle of champagne. The team decided, rather than keeping the iPad Mini, to give it away as a raffle prize instead, raising money for a charity nominated by one person in the winning team. Each person nominated a charity and the winner, MOBEX, was pulled out of a hat.

The next day, the team sold raffle tickets around the building to staff in Appleby’s Isle of Man office, raising an amazing ?430 from ticket sales alone. This total was then added to by the company’s Charitable Foundation to make a grand total of ?680.

MOBEX is a charitable project of The Children’s Centre, which works with young people and adults from all backgrounds, and uses outdoor activities as a basis for experiential learning. Through challenge, adventure activities and creative projects, the MOBEX project enables people to discover new abilities to succeed in their lives and deal with the issues that adolescence and early adulthood bring.

MOBEX Senior Instructor, Sarah Hickey, said: ‘MOBEX is a charitably funded project and, although there is a charge for sessions, this is subsidised by The Children’s Centre. Thanks to the generous donation from Appleby, we will be able to build on the successful sessions we ran for Next Step in 2014 and continue to run sessions through 2015.

‘This work greatly benefits all involved and donations to the MOBEX project help ensure its continuation in the future.’

Tom Brook, Senior Associate at Appleby added: ‘We are delighted with the sum raised by this raffle, and to donate the proceeds to MOBEX at The Children’s Centre. This is a hugely worthwhile local charity, which provides a significant service for the Island’s community.

‘We would like to thank everyone who got involved, and the Charitable Foundation for contributing to the final amount raised.’
 
Photo - (L-R): Camilla Griffiths, Michelle Brook, Helen Jackson, Jeff Jepson, Sarah Hickey (The Children’s Centre), Helen Sheen (Next Step), Tom Brook, Eleanor Dangerfield and Katherine Johnson.