# Greene King beats its £1 million target for Macmillan Cancer Support

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/04/greene-king-beats-1m-target-macmillan-cancer-support/
- Published: 2014-09-04T11:10:17+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Pub retailer and brewer Greene King has raised £1.2 million for Macmillan Cancer
Support, beating its £1 million target. It did so eight months ahead of schedule
in its three-year partnership.

[Macmillan](http://macmillan.org.uk) is Greene King’s first national charity partner.
Its early success was recognised earlier this year when it was shortlisted in the
Best Employee Engagement category at the Third Sector Business Charity Awards.

## Employee fundraising activities

Fundraising activities by employees have included:

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 * Macmillan May_ –_ a fundraising campaign lead by the _Locals _division, that 
   encouraged fundraising for Macmillan throughout May 2014.
 * The _Tour de Horse_ – a _Hungry Horse_ bespoke cycle challenge that followed 
   the route of the Tour de France in the UK in July 2014.
 * Participation in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.
 * 162 employees from across the Greene King business (from managers in pubs to 
   chefs and brewery workers) took part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks in May.

[⌊Greene King employees celebrate fundraising total for Macmillan Cancer Support⌉⌊
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Greene King employees celebrate fundraising total for Macmillan Cancer Support

Rooney Anand, chief executive officer at Greene King said:

> “Our employees and customers have worked tirelessly with real passion and enthusiasm
> to raise much needed funds for Macmillan. I think it is truly inspirational that
> they have managed to smash our target and raise £1.2 million with eight months
> of our partnership still to go!”

Greene King employees and customers will support Macmillan’s flagship fundraiser
the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for the third year running this month, aiming
to build on the £218,000 they have raised during this event over the last two years.

 

_Main photo: Greene King by Anotherpintplease on Flickr.com_