St Oswalds Hospice Christmas Fundraiser

Imagine dressing your COO up as Santa and challenging him to eat in every single Greggs in Newcastle City Centre.

Well, that's exactly what we did...

Introducing the "Greggs Decathlon" where we challenged Dan Kerr to dress up as Santa & eat in every single Greggs in town before the end of the day, along with the help of his Elf, Deyin Turna

🎅 10 Locations, 10 Meals, 1 Santa

As part of a festive month of fundraising, our team planned a ‘Greggs Decathlon.’ This saw our very own Santa (a.k.a. Dan Kerr, COO) and his Elf  (Deyin Turna, Head of Delivery) set off from their office, travelling to 10 different city centre Greggs shops and sampling a sweet or savoury delight at each one, as chosen by the public! Items on their list included a ham and cheese baguette, chocolate eclairs, festive bakes, vegan sausage rolls and everything in between, meaning that Santa and his Elf were very well fed!

Our Decathlon (amongst various other fundraisers) are all in support of St Oswald's Hospice who are a local charity here in the North East, providing support to those living with life limiting illnesses, as well as their families. They are a charity close to our hearts at Samuel Knight as well as many others who have been in need of their services.

With the support of Katelyn & Jake in the marketing team, we documented the entire journey from start to finish 

We decided to support St Oswald’s Hospice this year as our Christmas charity partner as several members of the team’s family have benefited from the range of services the hospice offers here in the North East.

Head of Marketing, Brand & Communications, Katelyn Young said “After all the help St Oswald’s Hospice gave my grandad, it was a no brainer for us to give something back – I’ll always remember the care he received and the difference it made to our family”.

We want to give a huge thank you to St Oswald's for supporting us throughout the fundraiser and in total we raised £1,333 in support of their work with local adults, children and their families!