ACCOUNTANTS HIT THE TARGET WITH TENPIN BOWLING FUNDRAISER

More than £3,500 was raised for local good causes when local businesspeople got together for a popular annual charity tenpin bowling event in Lowestoft.

Organised by staff at Lovewell Blake, the event saw 84 people representing 12 locally based businesses compete at the Richardsons Family Entertainment Centre in the town.  A team from Kerslake Construction carried off the trophy for the second year running.

With generous match-funding of raffle proceeds from Barclays and overall from the partners at Lovewell Blake, a total of £3,500 was raised by the evening – money which will be distributed to local community organisations in the form of grants from Lovewell Blake’s Community Fund.

A further £170 was raised for East Anglian Air Ambulance via an auction of a free day’s labour from bowling champions Kerslake Construction.

“Once again we were delighted to see such strong support for the event,” said Mat Waters from Lovewell Blake’s Halesworth office, who helped organise the evening.  “As well as raising so much for local good causes, the annual tenpin bowling event is a great fun way to get together with the local business community, and is very much a fixture in our fundraising calendar.”

The Lovewell Blake Community Fund was set up in 2008 to mark the firm’s 150th anniversary, with the aim of raising £150,000 for local charities and community groups.  To date the fund has given out grants worth over £350,000.