Colleagues from across the UK also took part in a winter raffle, with the grand prize including an overnight stay for two at the Liverpool Titanic Hotel, and tickets to the British Music Experience Museum. Paul Elliott, Area Manager at EG Group alongside his wife Keli, completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge in one day to also raise funds for the charity.

At the heart of the fundraising campaign was four-year old Theo, who at just eight days old was rushed to Salford Royal Hospital by paramedics after almost turning blue at home due to a previously undetected heart condition. He was unresponsive when he arrived and staff struggled to stabilise him. Theo was placed on life support, had his bloods taken and was sent for an x-ray which showed he had an enlarged heart.