Staff from amb Insurance are celebrating after raising £25,000 for The Peter Pan Centre, a charity that supports children special educational needs and disabilities.
Since partnering with the charity in 2022, the team have taken part in a host of fundraising activities plus volunteering at different events.
Peter Lycett, Commercial Director “We asked the team for ideas and a number to aim for. The team agreed to an annual target of £12k per year for Peter Pan. We are so proud of the for being committed and exceeding this amount to reach just over £25,000 for Peter Pan”
Highlights including taking part in the charity’s annual Golf Day, our Sales & Partnerships director Mark completing a 10K run around Alton Towers, our Client Managers Dawn for shaving her head and Lesley completing a 10,000-metre swim across a month.
The company also match funded a £10,000 grant from the Aviva Community Fund.
To commemorate this incredible achievement the team was also awarded the first Business Community Hero Award at the annual Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Heroes Awards, which took place in February.
Mark Jones, Sales & Partnerships Director at amb Insurance commented,
“It’s an incredible achievement to have raised such a fantastic amount of money for a very worthy local cause, The Peter Pan Centre, which is very close to all our hearts.
“The team have really thrown themselves into all the fundraising activities we have organised or taken part in plus volunteering their time to help staff and volunteers at The Peter Pan Centre.
“We’d also like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated.”
The amb team remain ambitious to raise more funds in 2026 and push themselves into more challenges.