Entrepreneurs from a leading Tayside law firm have raised more than £27,000 for charity
Staff members from Thorntons Law have taken part in the Dragon’s Glen challenge for each of the past five years in order to raise money for Children 1st.
The competition challenges businesses to create a product and establish a business using £500 seed funding. Teams then have to generate as much profit as they can over the next five months.
This year the Thorntons Law team raised an impressive £8,544.16 bringing the total they have earned for the charity since 2012 to more than £27,000.
Dragon’s Glen has now raised £358,758 for Children 1st since the competition began four years ago.
This year’s event culminated in an awards ceremony in Aberdeen.
Bob Keiller, renowned Scottish entrepreneur and chairman of Scottish Enterprise, was the guest speaker. Maureen Watt, MSP and Minister of Mental Health, also addressed the audience.
A team of employees from SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) won the competition by raising £11,774.94.
Their storybook, Keeping the Lights On, teaches children about power generation and highlights science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning.
Children 1st board chairman Ken Cunningham also honoured other businesses that had raised more than £25,000 over five years of the competition.
Dragons’ Glen raises vital funds which go towards supporting the work of Children 1st across Scotland.
The charity supports families to protect children from abuse and neglect, as well as to help the survivors of abuse and other traumatic events to recover.
Fundraising director Barbara Kidd said: “The total raised by Dragons’ Glen since 2012 is phenomenal and has helped improve the lives of over 10,000 children, young people, parents and carers for each of these five years. We could not do our work without this support.”
The competition continues to grow in popularity and takes part in five cities across Scotland: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.
Children 1st is now accepting entries for the 2017-18 challenge, which starts in September.
