But the kind souls of Roland DG in Clevedon North Somerset found a slightly less energetic activity to raise money for a children’s hospice: they ate chocolate and munched crisps in their tea break enabling them to send a cheque for £850 to Children’s Hospice South West.

Added to that Roland DG (UK) printed banners for two UK charities: Ronald McDonald House Charities and Children’s Hospice South West throughout the three days of the Sign and Digital show earlier this year. 

“Charities use banners to help raise awareness of what they do when they attend events and run open days,” says Mark Elvidge of Roland DG. “As such, we were delighted to be able help these two charities raise their profile by using our machines at the show to output a range of stunning, high quality, marketing collateral for these two wonderful charities.”

Mark and the Roland DG team chose to support Ronald McDonald House Charities following his own positive experience at the Ronald McDonald House Charities’ house in Manchester, when his daughter, Grace, was battling Leukaemia.

Children’s Hospice South West is a charity that has been supported by Roland DG (UK) employees at their offices for a number of years. Proceeds from the company’s employee tuck shop are donated to the charity each year, with the employee donation doubled by the company each time.

Children’s Hospice South West was founded in 1991 by Eddie and Jill Farwell after they experienced for themselves the urgent need for hospice care for children in the South West. The charity has three hospices in the region and plans more in the future.

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This video gives an insight into the work of the hospice:

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