Mecca Doncaster colleague celebrates royal success at fundraising event

HRH The Princess Royal rewards charity champion

Local Mecca Doncaster team leader, Lucy Coy, is celebrating after being named regional charity champion for Yorkshire and the Humber, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal, for her contributions towards charity Carers Trust.

The event, held at The Royal Horseguards Hotel in London, celebrated the whopping £500,000 raised for the charity in the last year. The partnership between the charity and The Rank Group Plc, which owns Mecca and Grosvenor Casinos, began in February 2014 and saw clubs take part in a host of different activities to raise much-needed funds.

Local Mecca Doncaster team leader, Lucy Coy, is celebrating after being named regional charity champion for Yorkshire and the Humber, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal, for her contributions towards charity Carers Trust. The event, held at The Royal Horseguards Hotel in London, celebrated the whopping £500,000 raised for the charity in the last year.
The partnership between the charity and The Rank Group Plc, which owns Mecca and Grosvenor Casinos, began in February 2014 and saw the West Bromwich club take part in a host of different activities to raise much-needed funds.

Throughout the year, Lucy hhas organised a whole range of fundraising events including a Masquerade Ball to entertain the customers, as well as a charity knitting club which handmade products to raise funds for Carers Trust. She has also arranged tombolas, fairs and charity bingo games. Overall, Lucy has managed to raise over £5,600 towards the total amount across the UK in the last year.

Commenting on her award win, Lucy said: “It’s a great privilege and honour to be recognised and rewarded formy fundraising efforts especially by someone as high profile as the Princess Royal.
“I can’t say thank you enough to my colleagues and kind-hearted customers who have helped to support all our fundraising efforts over the last year. This award doesn’t just belong to me, it belongs to all the great customers we have at Mecca Doncaster too. Without their support, we wouldn’t have been able to raise such a fantastic amount for Carers Trust.”
Cherry Tatlow, Rank Charity Partnership Manager, said, “It’s thanks to the hard work and passion from charity champions like Lucy that the first year of our partnership with Carers Trust has been such a success.

“It was an honour to have The Princess Royal, as President of Carers Trust, attend the event to help us reward the tireless efforts of Mecca and Grosvenor Casinos across the UK.” The Princess praised the inspirational work done by the charity champions across the business and personally handed out awards to those who had gone above and beyond for Carers Trust.