Marathon runners help smash £20k fundraising target

Adlington-based waste container services firm Fairport Containers is celebrating smashing its charity fundraising target, which was set to mark its 20th year in business.

And with its final event – entering a team of two runners in the London Marathon – the firm has beaten its goal, finishing with £23,461 raised over 12 months.

Welder Lee, who has worked at Fairport for 11 years, and lifelong friend Max, owner of Max Landscapes, were overjoyed to have raised so much money by taking part in the iconic race.

“It really was an opportunity of a lifetime and we are very grateful to Fairport Containers for choosing us to take part.”

Fairport Containers kicked off its charity events last April with four energetic employees tackling the 126-mile length of the Leeds Liverpool Canal on bicycles, raising more than £10,000 shared between Derian House Children’s Hospice, St Catherine’s Hospice and Cancer Research UK.

The marathon success tops off the total far above the firm’s target.

“We are immensely proud of our business achievements over the past two decades and this fundraising success seems a very fitting way to celebrate,” he said.

Cancer Research UK receives no Government funding, relying entirely on the generosity of supporters.