17 December 2012
PR 21/12

Land Registry staff raise thousands of pounds for charity over 2012

With Christmas fast approaching, many Land Registry staff are busy fundraising for local and national charities to add a bit of festive cheer.

Activities at the 14 Land Registry offices include collecting toys for the Children’s Society, raising money for a local hospital ward and donating money to homelessness charity Crisis instead of buying Christmas cards for colleagues.

So far this year, staff have raised a total of over £39,000 for more than 150 charities. These include the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Macmillan Cancer Support, Midlands Air Ambulance, Children in Need and St Christopher’s Hospice among many others.

Charity committee member Maggy Goodier said: “It never fails to amaze me how willing colleagues are to support worthwhile causes by donating time, effort and money.”

Activities that staff have participated in to raise money include fire walking, abseiling, moustache growing, riding a bucking Bronco and being pelted with wet sponges.

One employee, Sue Malley, was this year awarded the British Empire Medal for her many years of charitable work. Sue, who spends hours every weekend making sure that hot food and drink are made available to homeless people in Peterborough said: “I find volunteering rewarding because I see people getting their lives together and moving on.”

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Notes to Editors

With the largest transactional database of its kind detailing over 23 million titles, Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.
This year marks the 150^th anniversary of Land Registry. As a government department established in 1862, executive agency and trading fund responsible to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Land Registry keeps and maintains the Land Register for England and Wales.
Land Registry has 14 offices in England and Wales; Birkenhead, Coventry, Croydon, Durham, Fylde, Gloucester, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Telford, Wales and Weymouth.
For further information about Land Registry visit www.landregistry.gov.uk

Contact

Jessica Prasad 0300 0067037, Jessica.prasad@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk
Duncan Keary 0300 0067522, Duncan.keary@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk